Robinhood vs Coinbase vs Samsara for last internship
Oct 22, 2020
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Trying to decide between offers from these 3 for my last internship. It seems like Coinbase and Robinhood are the heavy hitters. I want to stay in New York and Coinbase has a New York office and the option to work fully remote as a New Grad, while the other two don't. Robinhood seems to be the more interesting product. Samsara is known for having a lot of smart people, so the mentorship might be really good. What do you all think I should choose? Thanks!
#coinbase #robinhood #samsara
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Also there are some serious wtf decisions being made somewhere within recruiting, ops, and leadership. You should know that during our layoffs in May, new grad offers were rescinded except for MIT or Berkeley alumni. They even rescinded return offers from past interns in favor of people we had no history with. We still kept our intern program, but the way they are handling return offers now is pretty sus. I don't think you'll want to play these games especially when you have other solid internships to choose from.
A friend who is from MIT was given significantly (I mean significantly) more RSUs than me and a few others. They were also put in as a part of highly impactful project whereas others were given peripheral work. Some people from MIT were extremely rude for no apparent reason.
I would strongly suggest to accept the offer and do an internship there. Keep your eyes and ears open and see how other FTEs get treated. Make a note of it and look for signs like that to avoid for a real job.
Smart people != Nice people
Smart people can be a**holes too and the really smart ones are good at hiding bias and bad intentions. The extremely smartest can even do mentally gymnastics to convince themselves that their behavior is justified.
Having said that, I worked with some super talented and crazy smart people :)
Robinhood then Coinbase then Samsara