I am extremely lucky to be in this position but need to decide between three offers for the upcoming summer pretty soon. Any help is greatly appreciated, final internship before graduation.Dell Technologies | SWE Intern | Austin, TX Intern: $32/hr + Free Housing + Unknown Stipend | Expected FT TC: 122k (but could technically be $95-125k, not sure how their packages work)P&G | AI Engineer Intern | Cincinnati, OH Intern: $39/hr + $1,900 Stipend | Expected FT TC: $108k | Seems to be a SWE role on AI-focused support teamWells Fargo | SWE Intern | Columbus, OH Intern: $48/hr + $2,500 Stipend | Expected FT TC: $100k | Highest intern pay but lower FT comp, older technologies it seemsKey Considerations: FT potential, company recognition, experience quality, location, tech focusPersonal Thoughts:Dell is in coolest city for me personally and is an actual tech company and tech city, lower intern pay but does that matter long term probably not. P&G having AI Engineer title is cool but wont really be doing much more than a data engineer mixed with swe. Wells Fargo is a really good internship offer but their starting package seems to be consistent at 100k unless in NYC or SF

Idk if this is controversial, but I'd take Wells Fargo just for the pay personally. If you're going to be applying and interviewing at other places for new grad openings anyway (which you should even if you have a return offer), I think just having an internship on your resume probably matters more than where it's from exactly. Unless you're interning at some startup where your work is actually on production, people generally understand that intern work doesn't do much. So I suggest just taking the money, trying for a return offer at Wells Fargo anyway, but going hard during recruiting next year too.

If you want to stay in tech Dell experience will be more valuable for a future tech job vs rest of them. I would not look at internship from money perspective vs look at it from future placement perspective.

Perhaps coming from a different perspective than the other replies: What opportunity would you most like to have as a full-time return offer and possibly work the first ~3 years of your career at? Internships are great for learning things AND test driving the organization and position to see if it's a good fit for who you are and what you'd like to be doing. For maximum career growth I'd go with the P&G AI position because you're more likely to pick up *relevant* transferrable skills there and make a larger impact than a place like Dell that's constantly understaffed or Wells Fargo where you're stuck supporting archaic garbage.

AI is the future. Tech core companies keep laying people off. Get in tech on more stable industries. They pay really well over time anyway. Work/life balance is great on these legacy fortune 500. Also banking tech is sort of awesome. Stable, high pay. Proctor and Gamble or Wells for me

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I am extremely lucky to be in this position but need to decide between three offers for the upcoming summer pretty soon. Any help is greatly appreciated, final internship before graduation.

Dell Technologies | SWE Intern | Austin, TX Intern: $32/hr + Free Housing + Unknown Stipend | Expected FT TC: 122k (but could technically be $95-125k, not sure how their packages work)
P&G | AI Engineer Intern | Cincinnati, OH Intern: $39/hr + $1,900 Stipend | Expected FT TC: $108k | Seems to be a SWE role on AI-focused support team
Wells Fargo | SWE Intern | Columbus, OH Intern: $48/hr + $2,500 Stipend | Expected FT TC: $100k | Highest intern pay but lower FT comp, older technologies it seems

Key Considerations: FT potential, company recognition, experience quality, location, tech focus

Personal Thoughts:

Dell is in coolest city for me personally and is an actual tech company and tech city, lower intern pay but does that matter long term probably not. P&G having AI Engineer title is cool but wont really be doing much more than a data engineer mixed with swe. Wells Fargo is a really good internship offer but their starting package seems to be consistent at 100k unless in NYC or SF

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ramenenjoyerSoftware Engineer

First of all, congratulations! 3 offers to choose from gives you a luxury that most people don't have, so good on you for the work you've put into getting here. If we're evaluating just the internship offers (pay aside), then I think it's important to factor in how much you think you'll learn or how impactful the work you'll be doing actually is. Then, even if you decide you don't want to stay full time, you'll have something good for your resume. That said, I think Dell is the move here even though it's the lowest pay. It being a dedicated tech company probably means you'll be working with a better tech stack and would lead to more transferrable skills imo.

apigoblin403Computer Science

Hi there, thank you so much for the thoughtful reply. I think you essentially summed up what my gut had been telling me and why I have been leaning that way. Honestly, I think all three offers are pretty close, but I think being at a Tech company just gives Dell that slight edge not to mention the location is a plus for me as well. I think some people vote WF because of the 48/hr pay but the fact that Dell covers my housing adds a good 1000-1500 a month onto total comp (also not really as important as full time offer pay to me anyways).

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