IBM

IBM did a stellar job transitioning to a virtual internship experience in the midst of the pandemic. My manager made a concerted effort to introduce me to as many people as possible throughout the country and repeatedly asked me about areas of IBM that interest me.

I got the opportunity to learn about seriously cutting-edge stuff such as QC efforts and high-performance mainframes, as well as full access to a vast library of IBM educational materials.

Work that I did will directly benefit several people who I interacted with throughout the internship, which is a nice thing to know.

The area of the company that I was in is a bit low-level compared to my programming interests, which was frustrating at times.

Turns out 'backend' means different things depending on the organization.

The pay is also relatively low for a tech internship, but the level of opportunity, both educational and experiential, helps compensate for that fact.