Pros: Amazing job with a very good salary.

Cons: Sometimes there are a lot of hours to be worked.

Pros: A great learning opportunity for folks with non-traditional backgrounds in software engineering. However, the program and some of the teams involved aren't ready to host apprentices. Multiverse (a sourced-out company) provides the required external learning material, which only touches the basics of web development. We try to implement learned knowledge from Multiverse at Google, whether it's related to the project we're working on or not. Both of the teams I worked on were great!

Cons: No conversion and low pay for what is technically an extended intern position with L3 projects. The program doesn't seem to have requirements laid out for hosts to expect from an apprentice.

Pros: Really smart people, great perks, great salary, and good work-life balance.

Cons: It's hard to be the best when surrounded by such a bright pool. There's constant pressure to deliver due to everyone being smart.