<ul><li>Janvi Kalra, an AI engineer at OpenAI, suggests that students should intern at both Big Tech firms and startups to diversify their experiences after college.</li><li>Interning at Big Tech provides skills in building reliable software for scale and working on projects with less immediate pressure to succeed.</li><li>On the other hand, startups offer the opportunity to ship a lot of code quickly, work on a variety of problems, gain a breadth of skills, and have more responsibility in impacting the company.</li><li>Kalra recommends gaining experience in both Big Tech and startups early in one's career to understand the differences and learn from each type of experience.</li></ul>

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