Pros: I was completely integrated into a team at HubSpot. I was able to work out of the same job board that the other developers were working on and directly impact the projects and goals the team had.

Cons: I was the only intern on my team, and the issues that I was working on were independent projects. On top of this, the internship was remote, so it consisted of me working independently without much communication with others for the majority of the internship.

Pros: Great company culture; everyone seems to genuinely care about each other. There is little pressure, yet people are very responsible and accountable. Small teams with a strong focus on a single technology stack (no interdisciplinary teams) make it easy to focus on your area of expertise and excel. There is a unified technology stack throughout the company, which could be a good or bad thing, but it makes things much more straightforward and much easier to get help internally. The diversity culture is strong, and everyone feels welcome.

Cons: The diversity culture can make one feel pressure, especially if you don't believe in personal pronouns or simply don't want to have stuff like that in your name. Every meeting or presentation starts with people introducing themselves and their pronouns. This can make it very uncomfortable for people that don't want to do it. There is a strong push to use VS Code as a frontend engineer. All the company's tools are integrated with VS Code, and they provide no license to Webstorm, etc. There is a generous education budget, but it does not cover conferences or books (unless the books are part of your studies). There is a free books program, though, which covers one e-book (less than $35) per month. The company does not sponsor conference attendance or language courses, which is sad. There are lots of internal tech and tools, which you will spend the better half of a year learning. Given these tools are internal to the company, this knowledge and any experience you gain with these tools will not follow you out of the company. There is an internal version of everything, from React to Webpack, Jenkins, Babel, Moment, etc. New language features (like async/await) are not available because the internal version of Babel is outdated. There are lots of frustrating problems like these.

Pros: - Chill lifestyle - Good people - Fun office

Cons: - Eehh, salaries - a little too "political"