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Valued Intern, Tedious Tasks

Software Engineering Intern
Former Employee
Worked at Chegg for 1 year
September 13, 2015
Santa Clara, California
5.0
RecommendsNeutral Outlook
Pros

Interns are really valued and respected at Chegg. You're given significant work. There is a dedicated intern program that includes things such as a trip to SF and a chat with the CEO. The whole company is full of just pleasant people to be around. You are given a lot of freedom, and the company has a good combination of work-life balance and people that are passionate about their work. Chegg also has a wonderfully open culture. I definitely felt comfortable telling my manager if there was anything I wasn't happy about. I was given great mentorship, and I definitely learned a lot.

Cons

Work got a bit tedious at times, and many projects often ended up being things that involved more configuration than actual programming. I'm sure this varies team to team, and a good portion of my work was really interesting, but certain projects definitely dragged on. This was probably due to being given projects that people wanted to get done for a while but never had time to do, but I can't complain too much.

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you're doing! The only thing I'd say is maybe to spend a bit more effort to allow interns to have more freedom and control over the projects they get to take on.

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