Pros: Good pay. New York. The financial knowledge involved in learning the product. The CFA's training classes are keeping the internship program afloat. A pantry, if you have never seen one.

Cons: This company is anything but Hogwarts, even when Hogwarts was being torn down. This company is Ron Weasley with a broken wand. The technology is so outdated, it's unbelievable that they still lead the industry, just like it's unbelievable that Ron gets with Hermione. A lot of employees have never had any experience outside of Bloomberg because they are that stupid; they never get hired elsewhere. Finding an employee who has experience at a decent company like Amazon or Google is nearly impossible because Bloomberg does not attract quality. Forget Amazon and Google; finding an engineer with a computer science background is difficult at Bloomberg. The project assigned to me was so terrible, I am embarrassed to put it on my resume. As an intern, it was painful to realize that all engineers surrounding me were unbelievably stupid. One engineer (over 2 years) did not even understand Git, even though his code was using Git. Speaking of Git, a lot of the repositories I saw had no .gitignore. And even though they have GitHub, almost nobody uses it because, did I mention? They are that stupid. If Google or Microsoft ever decided to get into the financial industry, they could easily take out Bloomberg. This company has hammered my expectations of working in a corporate setting, which may be a good thing. If you have a degree in anything other than computer science, you will adore this place. The current employees are not passionate about the product as much as they are passionate about New York. The conversion rate for interns is unbelievably low because nobody wants to experience hell twice.

Pros: For a developer: Good projects, great opportunity to learn UNIX/C/C++, some pretty smart folks, and resources to draw upon.

Cons: Stuffy and arrogant culture, "big-brother" mentality, rude managers abound. Definitely not a good place to stay for long.

Pros: The best learning experiences were in core C++, server-side coding, templates, and JavaScript asynchronous frameworks, etc. Then, out of nowhere, a reorg happens, and you are left with nothing that you built with so much hard work. Good pay, amazing benefits (best in NYC), a pretty building, rarely fires (always puts people on performance plans), very fast learning. The CEO discussed voluntary work that I did with them. They have amazing matches for community involvement (they matched $5,000 to my charity for my voluntary hours).

Cons: Too many reorgs (not just my team but others too). Very competitive; hard to get an "exceeds expectations." Proprietary tech, at times too fast-paced, with a steeper learning curve.