Amazon

Can talk to any Amazonian and ask about their code. The majority of people were super helpful.

Proactive and smart colleagues who are willing to guide you and give you feedback.

Autonomy over your project. You are given an objective, but how you build your project is mostly up to you.

Easy to connect with other interns and network with dope people.

Good pay.

Brand name opens up opportunities.

• It's project-based, and you are competing with your peers, so the internship can feel like a long evaluation.
• Need to figure out how to communicate to a manager who doesn't seem to really care about the tech (team-dependent). So, you have to get good at selling your current goals and talking in non-technical terms.
• Cult-like obsession with leadership principles.