My main goal is to do software engineering and I’ve heard things like it’s hard to switch from QA to SWE, but I’m not sure if that applies to internships. I really wanna work at Apple but I also wanna do SWE over QA. Should I go for the company name or should I do the SWE internship and try to apply for future SWE roles at Apple? #apple #goldmansachs #Google #Amazon #meta
I know a number of people who have moved to SDET or dev roles from QA. Some are still ICs and some moved on to management. The risk at Apple is if you get a bad manager they can completely screw your trajectory either from a growth perspective (not getting opportunities aligned with your goals) or they just try to block you from leaving their team. It has become such a problem that my org recently changed the rules so you don’t have to tell your manager you are looking internally until you have a verbal offer from another team.
SWE > QA doesn’t matter the company