I am confused to take the offer and have no idea how to continue my progression in tech
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I am international cs sophomore who goes to state school in the States. My university ranks high in med and accy, but has not direct pipeline to tech industry. I applied to around 60 companies to arou
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I am international cs sophomore who goes to state school in the States. My university ranks high in med and accy, but has not direct pipeline to tech industry. I applied to around 60 companies to around 80 internships. Right now, my odds come down to two offers: an unpaid startup with 100k seed based in SF to do unpaid and other one is doing an internship as SWE working for telecom company. Landing the second offer was not that easy, technical round, behavioral round, and on the go lose the dream company' fellowship, which was JP Morgan. At the end, they offered decent package, $25 an hour with one time $3.5k housing stipend for a low-cost state capital. My TAs and friends from my country worked there but could not get a return offer at the end, so they got part-time jobs at their offices during school year instead. I am confused like sophomore internship matters or like location of the internship how well it matters and all. With the current situation, I am very nervous and excited at the same time. It's been a month since I got the offer but has not accepted it yet! I started learning coding since 14 yo, but has not done much of leetcode. I would appreciate what is the next steps I should do to land junior year internship at faang companies. If you were at my position what would have you done to succeed or you already done to share with me. I would appreciate all the help.