Hello. I have two SWE offers: one from well-known company, Microsoft after an internship there and one from financial company. Pay is about equal at both companies (msft has higher comp package). Benefits better at Microsoft as well. Issue is that I am interested the financial team’s product and not remotelt interested in what the Microsoft team is working on. Should I stick it out with Microsoft and then move around within after a year or go with my passion now, even though I may not get that much exposure to the tech stacks and technologies Microsoft has to offer. Thanks in advance.
Think about the resume you want to build as well. Go with Microsoft.
Microsoft first. Working for a year isn’t that long and you can always move to another company after
I always go with passion, but my passion was always where money is
Two career paths: tech vs finance industry. If you go second path, it’ll be harder to go back to tech again
This is false information. Many places in the finance sector have higher bars than places in the tech sector.
Bar is one thing, your domain of expertise is another, if not more important
Which finance company? Location?
Pursue what you’re interested in. You spend 35-50 hours a week at your job. You’ll be happier that way.