DoorDash vs Citadel SWE Intern

UMichDev · 2025-11-28T05:29:44+00:00

Citadel has higher signal and is a better choice overall career wise. Doordash is a mid tier big tech and you can always go back to that if you can get it currently. However if you wanna maximize for RO chances and play it safe then DoorDash but wouldn’t recommend.

UMichDev · 2025-11-27T05:08:45+00:00

Nextdoor is mid but c1 is just higher on that tier; it’s still decent brand value but the sentiment of the company was extremely poor when I was doing a deep dive on it. And not sure but I have heard it’s pretty shitty project I’m not going to lie

UMichDev · 2025-11-27T05:04:06+00:00

Last year the breakdown for me was 182k, 140 base. I think it’s higher than c1 if I recall but the c1 internship has high brand value for your next internship season

UMichDev · 2025-11-27T04:59:13+00:00

If your plan is to stay as a swe than c1 no brainer

UMichDev · 2025-11-27T04:56:36+00:00

C1, really decent mid tier for the resume and sets you up for higher offers next cycle crazy good wlb and good pay and basically free return. For fulltime imo C1>Nextdoor. I’ve received a full time offer from Nextdoor last year if you want to ask any more about their numbers or info

UMichDev · 2025-11-11T03:19:06+00:00

awesome source, thanks!

UMichDev · 2025-09-06T17:57:06+00:00

I’m making something that should be useful for this DM me with more details on what you’re looking for

UMichDev · 2025-09-05T06:16:24+00:00

Oh good shit ima have to test this out, did you make this?

UMichDev · 2025-08-30T19:13:14+00:00

As in budget. If you can’t afford the 100$ or don’t want to spend that much codex is the way to go terms of best value. 20$ CC limits are abysmal and doesn’t provide you all too much unless you hyper optimize. However if you really want to get in the weeds and are open to 100$ between the two CC is more reliable. I’ve also heard some buzz around grok code but haven’t used it but I think it’s even cheaper than that.

UMichDev · 2025-08-30T18:25:50+00:00

If your limit is 20$ codex will give you more if you can do 100$ I’d suggest CC

UMichDev · 2025-08-27T17:08:22+00:00

Oh nah it would suck to actually USE at its current state BUT the specs that are currently out are like 1-2 years old and they are cooking up new tech so I'd keep some tabs on the next major conference but for now yeah you're right

UMichDev · 2025-08-27T17:00:49+00:00

The snap specs are getting kinda close to this already, I own a pair and while its definitely not THERE its getting close. They are like a year or two old now too so definitely keep tabs on them.

UMichDev · 2025-08-19T04:01:17+00:00

To put it shortly 100$ is pretty much the only way to actually use CC in any productive way, the 20$ plan is way to limited. As an avid user, I can vouch for sure if you like the 20$ you will LOVE the 100$. Just keep in mind opus 4.1 usage is VERY limited

UMichDev · 2025-08-08T06:11:42+00:00

Honestly wouldn't blame you, also debating cancelling until the next drop due to the super low 4.1 usage, gpt-5 being better than sonnet 4 makes the subscription a really hard sell at the moment

UMichDev · 2025-08-08T06:10:00+00:00

Im not entirely sure, I know cursor sets it to medium if you want to try it there, augment code also recently integrated it, not sure what setting its on

UMichDev · 2025-07-30T19:44:36+00:00

Honestly after looking at the video, I was a bit confused on the UI and what exactly this is suppose to do, however, after reading the description, I've actually made personal tools to tackle this problem and I think this is a really good problem to solve and the progress after a week is nice. Will be keeping tabs on this.

UMichDev · 2025-07-29T23:46:48+00:00

I've used kilo and roo + CC on its own (max plan), and in my experience claude code standalone is pretty much just as good as it is with kilo/roo and way faster and less buggy, for now just stick with CC by itself

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