Pros: As interns, we're rather spoiled. They give us all the interesting projects that the full-time developers don't have time to do. Interns aren't allowed to program in Cache; most were in mobile development, web development, or analytics. I have an office with a beautiful view, and they organize social events for the interns. In 2013, the interns were given housing at the Regent Apartments, and a private bus ran from the apartment building to Epic for the first few weeks. After that, there were plenty of carpools, and many people biked or rode the city bus to work.

Cons: Many of the intern projects were very exploratory. Many of the interns enjoyed the amount of design required by those projects, but others were concerned that their projects might not be feasible to incorporate into the larger code base. My project was very practical and integrated, though. The projects that turned out well will be bragged about at Epic's Users Group Meeting this fall.

Pros: Great benefits, great food, lots of valuable experience.

Cons: If your TL is bad, it is a total dead end. If you don't get along with your TL, it is near impossible to change, and you will not get opportunities. The pay is OK, but new QAers recently started at 8-10,000 more than when I started. This means new QAers were earning more than me when I left, and Epic has been deliberately slow to address this issue. Essentially, they have suggested they will consider an adjustment in September, which essentially means experienced QAers would lose out on 6 months of higher wages (~4-5k in total) from the time new QAers started earning higher salaries to when Epic may or may not adjust others. This is an incredibly disingenuous policy, deliberately engineered to save Epic money at the cost of its employees. Compared with IS, TS, and Developers, QA is clearly a significant step below. The other roles get paid SIGNIFICANTLY more (they start ~50% higher and their raises are often a higher percent), they often get better opportunities, and are generally the focus of many policies. QA is frequently an afterthought.

Pros: Food is great, raises are big.

Cons: Full on-site work, which is unnecessary for tech.