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A good place to intern, but it could be a lot better

Software Intern
Current Employee
Has worked at Cisco for less than 1 year
June 24, 2008
San Jose, California
4.0
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Pros

Saying you work for Cisco. They take care of their employees, with lots of perks and lots of interesting classes. They have a lot of money to spend, and it definitely shows.

Cons

Communication is sometimes difficult, as it is a very diverse group.

Interns don't always have as much leadership as I would like, and a lot of them goof around because they have nothing to do.

All the computers given out are Windows laptops, which is annoying when you're developing a Unix system.

Advice to Management

Listen to the programmers more. Every one on my team hates agile development and has been slowed down by it tremendously. Management keeps pushing ideas even when they aren't working.

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