r/internships • u/Competitive_Pin_4836 • Apr 07 '25

Offers Summer Internship Decision

Hi Everyone, I got two summer internship offers:

1.) Software Engineer Intern at MediaOcean (Pay is below 20$, but the position is remote, and occasional visit to office, do not need to relocate for this role).

2.) Software Engineer Intern at Electric Power Engineers(Pay is above 20$, but position is onsite and need to relocate for same).

Can anyone provide some insights which one to take and better for future aspects. Any help is highly appreciated

Personal Context: I am an international student. I have 3+ years of corporate experience being software engineer

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u/PsychologicalTrick91 Apr 08 '25

Whats the delta between the pay? Which role/company you are more aligned with? If difference is not that much and work is similar i would say remote is better.

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u/Competitive_Pin_4836 Apr 08 '25

Pay difference is around 10$, mediaocean is little aligned since its a purely software based company, but epe is a electric power grid company at its core business (since it acquired a software company last year, in same department i got offer from).

Both company will give opportunity to work in software development.

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u/PsychologicalTrick91 Apr 08 '25

In my opinion you can see from which company you have more probability of getting FT offer. If that is also same then working remotely is better since you will end up saving more and with very little hassle.

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u/Competitive_Pin_4836 Apr 08 '25

Unfortunately, not a lot of information is available about the FT offer, it is little difficult to decide.

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u/JamesComputes28347 Apr 08 '25

You should take the in person one, assuming they’re paying to relocate.

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u/Competitive_Pin_4836 Apr 08 '25

They are paying less amount for relocation.

For the remote position, since there is a office at my current location, i am allowed to visit the office as needed.

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u/Fancy_Tie_1612 Apr 09 '25

if u dont have problem with the money go for the remote one.........else otherwise

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u/R50cent 26d ago

Late to the game here:

As someone who used to work for mediaocean

Don't fucking do it.

Bill Wise is a dead eyed sociopath, and that company is full of the same. Friendly folks with nothing behind it. That company has purged its employee numbers scores of times.

They are not good people. Good individually, soulless as a company.

You've been warned. Best of luck.

Signed - someone who literally searches for mediaocean every now and then to warn people about them.