I had a decent recruiting season this year and received a unicorn offer (Glean, Nuro, Scale AI, etc.). On the side, I also applied to this scholarship program (a tier below Rhodes Scholarship; Gates/Marshall/Schwarzman) and got the offer. Right now I need to decide between the unicorn or the scholarship and I have no idea which to pick. If I pick the scholarship my fallback would be interning at a series-B startup and hope for a return offer.
The scholarship is more humanities/public policy focused and the main value proposition is the networking. It’s pretty well-known in finance and consulting but not so much in tech. The people there are a much different crowd from your average SWE and are impressive in a different way. Some of them come from an MBB/IB/PE background, and many have started NGOs, launched and scaled startups (some are ex-YC founders), were part of Forbes 30 under 30 and won national/international level awards (grammy award winners, olympians, etc.).
The unicorn I will most likely be joining is undergoing quite a lot of hypergrowth. I’m not sure which area I’ll be working in but it’ll likely be in an area relating to AI. The new grads joining are quite good with many having big tech/quant/unicorn experience.
On one hand I do think the people in the scholarship are really cool. I’ve met some in person and some on a group chat and from how I’ve interacted with them, I get the feeling that they’ll become a future leader. On the other hand missing out on a year of hypergrowth from the unicorn is quite a big opportunity cost.
The biggest concern is not being able to find a job the following year. The only brands/noteworthy things I have on my resume are T5 CS schools, a NeurIPS publication and a startup that landed a YC interview. I’ve had 4 years of intern experience; 1 summer at F500 company and the remaining 3 at startups. I don’t think my resume’s good enough to land a job of similar calibre to my unicorn offer in this competitive market.
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r/cscareerquestions I had a decent recruiting season this year and received a unicorn offer (Glean, Nuro, Scale AI, etc.). On the side, I also applied to this scholarship program (a tier below Rhodes Scholarship; Gates/Marshall/Schwarzman) and got the offer. Right now I need to decide between the unicorn or the scholarship and I have no idea which to pick. If I pick the scholarship my fallback would be interning at a series-B startup and hope for a return offer. The scholarship is more humanities/public policy focused and the main value proposition is the networking. It’s pretty well-known in finance and consulting but not so much in tech. The people there are a much different crowd from your average SWE and are impressive in a different way. Some of them come from an MBB/IB/PE background, and many have started NGOs, launched and scaled startups (some are ex-YC founders), were part of Forbes 30 under 30 and won national/international level awards (grammy award winners, olympians, etc.). The unicorn I will most likely be joining is undergoing quite a lot of hypergrowth. I’m not sure which area I’ll be working in but it’ll likely be in an area relating to AI. The new grads joining are quite good with many having big tech/quant/unicorn experience. On one hand I do think the people in the scholarship are really cool. I’ve met some in person and some on a group chat and from how I’ve interacted with them, I get the feeling that they’ll become a future leader. On the other hand missing out on a year of hypergrowth from the unicorn is quite a big opportunity cost. The biggest concern is not being able to find a job the following year. The only brands/noteworthy things I have on my resume are T5 CS schools, a NeurIPS publication and a startup that landed a YC interview. I’ve had 4 years of intern experience; 1 summer at F500 company and the remaining 3 at startups. I don’t think my resume’s good enough to land a job of similar calibre to my unicorn offer in this competitive market. submitted by /u/RewardVegetable5701 [link] [comments]
I had a decent recruiting season this year and received a unicorn offer (Glean, Nuro, Scale AI, etc.). On the side, I also applied to this scholarship program (a tier below Rhodes Scholarship; Gates/Marshall/Schwarzman) and got the offer. Right now I need to decide between the unicorn or the scholarship and I have no idea which to pick. If I pick the scholarship my fallback would be interning at a series-B startup and hope for a return offer.
The scholarship is more humanities/public policy focused and the main value proposition is the networking. It’s pretty well-known in finance and consulting but not so much in tech. The people there are a much different crowd from your average SWE and are impressive in a different way. Some of them come from an MBB/IB/PE background, and many have started NGOs, launched and scaled startups (some are ex-YC founders), were part of Forbes 30 under 30 and won national/international level awards (grammy award winners, olympians, etc.).
The unicorn I will most likely be joining is undergoing quite a lot of hypergrowth. I’m not sure which area I’ll be working in but it’ll likely be in an area relating to AI. The new grads joining are quite good with many having big tech/quant/unicorn experience.
On one hand I do think the people in the scholarship are really cool. I’ve met some in person and some on a group chat and from how I’ve interacted with them, I get the feeling that they’ll become a future leader. On the other hand missing out on a year of hypergrowth from the unicorn is quite a big opportunity cost.
The biggest concern is not being able to find a job the following year. The only brands/noteworthy things I have on my resume are T5 CS schools, a NeurIPS publication and a startup that landed a YC interview. I’ve had 4 years of intern experience; 1 summer at F500 company and the remaining 3 at startups. I don’t think my resume’s good enough to land a job of similar calibre to my unicorn offer in this competitive market.
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