Epic Systems

Great compensation. Interns are immediately immersed into their projects, treated like full-time employees, and each assigned a mentor and a team lead. The program is very well organized. Epic sponsors a lot of intern events (trip to the Dells, paintball, hiking at Devil's Lake) that are very cool.

Socially, it was really great, as most of the interns were housed in the same apartment building (which is in Madison, not Verona). Everyone is really young (not just the interns).

Interns usually work with C#, JS, and so on instead of messing around with Cache or VB, which is definitely nice.

Summer weather in Madison is gorgeous! HR is extremely helpful, which is good because as an intern, it seems you have more contact with them.

A consistent stream of feedback from supervisors was also a huge perk, and in general, the work does actually matter, so if you mess up, someone else will still have to pick up your project.

It really depends on the team/project you get assigned to. Some projects are very interesting, others are not. There's a lot of forced emphasis on appreciating the company culture.

This is a great internship program! I was happy with my experience and valued it a lot. Interns feel significant, and it is a fun, challenging, helpful internship.