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Good Pedestal into the Industry

SWE Apprentice
Current Employee
Has worked at Google for 2 years
April 25, 2023
New York, New York
4.0
RecommendsNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

A great learning opportunity for folks with non-traditional backgrounds in software engineering. However, the program and some of the teams involved aren't ready to host apprentices.

Multiverse (a sourced-out company) provides the required external learning material, which only touches the basics of web development. We try to implement learned knowledge from Multiverse at Google, whether it's related to the project we're working on or not.

Both of the teams I worked on were great!

Cons

No conversion and low pay for what is technically an extended intern position with L3 projects. The program doesn't seem to have requirements laid out for hosts to expect from an apprentice.

Advice to Management

Shouldn't teams give open-source projects so that apprentices can have GitHub activities?

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
4.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
4.0

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