Epic Systems

Made software that will help doctors do their job better. Learned mobile development. Epic has a really cool campus, and the food is awesome. I had my own office – with a door and a huge whiteboard. I was largely responsible for myself; I got my work done, and people didn't question how I spent my time, which offered lots of freedom. Beautiful campus. Epic is doing something really great for healthcare. My boss and his boss (also my boss) were and are great.

Epic 360 (they had us sit in on a lot of new hire classes).

Some of them were awesome, like the tech talks. But there was this week of Epic 360. It was like half-day classes where they taught us about how people use their healthcare software. It wasn't detailed enough to be all that useful, but it was detailed to the point of taking a week's worth of classes. Most interns agree it was a huge waste. I admit, I ended up sleeping through a lot of it.

The work can get overwhelming. It's pretty much: get as much done as you can get done. Which, when you're an overachiever, can be really taxing. You feel like you're never working hard enough, but you're actually working harder than you're used to.

Management should be promoted based on their management skills, not how hard they work. Just because you put in more hours than other developers doesn't mean you're going to make the best manager.

Maybe the worst developer on your team has the best managerial skills. My Team Lead was awesome, but I've heard stories of others that aren't so awesome...