SDE Intern vs SDET Intern
Have an offer from a growth stage startup for SDE Intern. Subsequently, also an offer from Fintech PBC. Tech stack at Startup: Java, Spring, MongoDB Tech stack at Fintech PBC: Testing framework and tools Startup stipend: 25K Fintech PBC stipend: 60K My inclination is more towards the SDE role purely because of the wide exposure while the money at Fintech is too good for now but there is not much room from growth and also with Al taking over. Help me make a decision!
I would take the SDE role, software engineering will give you more flexibility later in your career. Don’t try to optimize for 30k rn.
You can also always switch from being a test engineer to software engineer but life happens, and inertia is a real thing.
LokiPen
Stealth
7 months ago
You can go with SDET and then move to SDE if you are still inclined towards it.
Go for SDE, from my view you get to ship the products and features that people use. That's a different type of feeling.
