Epic Systems

The campus is really beautiful, full of artworks of all kinds.

If you're tired from work, you can just walk around the campus and relax.

The food is definitely top-tier. Epic emphasizes that employees get what they pay for, so they charge employees only for the raw materials, but nothing else.

I can have a steak for $5, and it was awesome.

There is a good work-life balance at Epic and around Madison. Lots of places to go to if you have a car.

I was disappointed that Epic does not own the medical data, so it was hard to do machine learning tasks. There's a long process to get the real data, especially as an intern.

That doesn't apply to anyone who works more on front end. Front-end software engineers don't need to worry about the data so much.

Overall, I think Epic managed to make the internship a positive experience for everyone. Interns get to work on what really matters.