Pros: I found my internship very enjoyable. I was assigned the task of building an internal tool to help boost productivity. I had two mentors to assist me with requirements, but they gave me the freedom to build the application however I saw fit. Other observations: * Geico was very upfront about the large role of software development in the company's future, and they are on the tail end of retiring a bunch of legacy systems in favor of new, in-house .NET applications. * There is a large emphasis on test-driven development and unit test coverage, which is obviously a good thing. * I feel that Geico values software developers more than the average large non-tech company.

Cons: Some of my fellow interns weren't as lucky as me and said they were sometimes bored and didn't have much work to do. I didn't get a chance to work on an actual team so I can't comment on that side of things. The downsides of most typical large companies apply here.

Pros: Good work culture and excellent perks.

Cons: Takes too much time to adapt.

Pros: - Pay - Variety of technical challenges

Cons: - Poor tech leadership - Turnover - Going in the wrong direction compared to the industry