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Software engineering intern

Software Engineer (internship)
Former Employee
Worked at GEICO for 2 years
September 19, 2017
Washington, District of Columbia
4.0
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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.

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