Need advice about joining Accenture
I'm a 3rd year CS student in Canada, graduating 2028, aiming for FAANG or big tech firms for full time.
I started an internship in a data analyst role at a mid sized firm at the beginning of May. It is mostly remote, pays a bit more than what Accenture offers, and ends August 28. The work is actually really technical, SQL on big datasets, building dashboards, production data pipelines. I like my manager, made friends with the other interns, and the work is genuinely good.
However, Accenture would start early June, and It's a Technology Analyst Intern role (10 weeks program). Obviously with Accenture, the brand recognition is way better, and theres more on site client work.
I accepted both before realizing they overlapped. I can't do both because the schedules don't work and the code of conduct doesn't allow concurrent employment.
If I stay at the data science internship, I get the more technical work, slightly better pay, longer term, and I keep the relationships I've already built. But it's not a strong resume name at all.
However, if I leave the mid sized firm and join Accenture, I get the better brand and an in-person downtown experience that I'd probably enjoy more, but I'd be burning a bridge after only a few weeks
I'm leaning toward Accenture but I feel terrible about ditching my current company after one week. What would you do?