Pros: My overall experience has been good. Company laptop to work from home. Make my own schedule aside from the scheduled weekly meetings. Great pay for students. Challenging work. Understanding boss. Appreciation for working hard ($4 raise when my contract was renewed for the Spring semester).

Cons: Working from home can be very inefficient when you're a student, learning a new language (Node.js), and new to web development. It can result in hours wasted over many months of self-teaching while also producing. Other internships sometimes include a mentorship program, or at the very least, you're in the office with more knowledgeable coworkers nearby. Also, if we had to work in the office, some of the other interns would actually do work instead of watch cartoons. IBM is slow. We were slow to get started after receiving the offer letter (which was also late), and now IBM is slow in the hiring process for the interns they are keeping after graduation. At this point, I'm now talking with other companies because I need to have employment lined up prior to graduating.

Pros: IBM is a very relaxed work environment, contrary to how most people think about it. They are really pushing to bring in new, younger talent, and it shows.

Cons: There is a huge age gap between the senior technical people and the wave of new hires. The senior technical employees are very knowledgeable, but you will find there are many people "stuck in the past."

Pros: Good company to work for.

Cons: Very few I could think of.