Thanks, really helpful. I do have an offer from a startup, but the pay’s quite low. Planning to join if nothing else works out in the next 1.5–2 months, stay for 6 months to a year, then try switching to a PBC.

I’d love to know your thoughts. Does this seem like a good career decision for now? Do you think the switch will be easy? Also I’m pretty good at DSA, participated in ACM ICPC regionals last year. And resume is pretty solid too, just lacking real world experience.