Pros: Compensation, relaxed work atmosphere--no dress code and semi-flexible hours.

Cons: Long hours, some of the technology in use is truly awful. Although in recent years this has improved tenfold, there is now a mix of okay and very bad.

Pros: Bloomberg isn't really a finance company; it's a technology company whose primary clients happen to be in the financial sector. As such, it is the equivalent of Google or Facebook in its world. For the software developer, it offers a chance to work on a large-scale, distributed system used by 300,000+ premium clients to help them make decisions within the financial markets. This means solving problems of scalability and robustness on a scale which relatively few other companies, other than the ones already mentioned, may have to deal with. The work environment is friendly and open, and the company is constantly working to refresh its technologies in order to advance its products.

Cons: Bloomberg has vast amounts of code in its system, and some of it is really old (Fortran 77 from the eighties or nineties). Having to work with or around some of this code may put off some developers.

Pros: - Events every week offer lots of chances to socialize with people from other departments. - The culture is very friendly and social. - It is nice to gain some experience with C++ (if you have the chance). - Amazing office. - The intern project is personalized for every intern, depending on their preferences.

Cons: Some technologies used might be annoying. If you are in engineering, it might be easy to just stick with the other engineers and not meet many people outside the engineering department.