So I accepted an offer to be a Coinbase software engineer intern and was asked some questions about the team I want to be matched with. What teams would you like to collaborate / work with: - Security - Customer support - Product - IT - User research - Legal - Finance - Compliance Team you want to build services for: 1. Engineering - Infra, Crypto 2. Product - Retail, Institutional 3. Support - Platform I don’t have a strong preference for any option and I don’t mind working on either the front or back end. I also would like to work on a team where I’ll be challenged, supported, but also have a good wlb. I’d appreciate any advice and would like to hear about the team you work with! #engineering #software #swe #tech
As an intern, who has no strong preference for any of these, you can't go wrong with any of these. Infra is the most generic (applicable to any company/role), crypto the most specific. Rest everything is in middle
If I'd want to maximize my internship and increase my marketability going forward, my personal stack ranking would be #1, #2, #3. I enjoy learning about crypto and distributed systems moreso than working on product. I also don't want to work on a support platform. Ask yourself, what are you interested in?
So I’m interested in doing crypto stuff, but I don’t want to be pigeonholed into that area.