Ask HN: Should I Leave Google Engineering Residency?
I’m currently a SWE in Google’s engineering residency program. This is a one year fixed term engineering rotational program. At the end of the year, most residents are given conversion offers to start immediately as a regular SWE. I like the team I’m on, but there is no headcount, so if I convert, I’ll likely go through the match process and be placed on some other team. I’m not excited about going through this process and essentially starting over at google.
I’m wondering if I should just interview elsewhere and, if I get an offer I like, just take it, even before the program ends. Google has given me no guarantee to stay beyond the program, so I feel it is reasonable to look for, and take, another offer. With a year of Google SWE on my resume, I should have better options than I did when I first looked for jobs.
I’m wondering if I should just interview elsewhere and, if I get an offer I like, just take it, even before the program ends. Google has given me no guarantee to stay beyond the program, so I feel it is reasonable to look for, and take, another offer. With a year of Google SWE on my resume, I should have better options than I did when I first looked for jobs.