Intuit

Intuit has been an overall wonderful experience. They truly invest in their employees at all levels, and interns are especially spoiled. Interns get special events and trips, and many opportunities to talk to upper management.

Extremely welcoming to all levels and all people. Diversity and supporting others is a very prominent belief here.

Everyone has a smile. Even on bad days, people are still in a good mood, with zero toxic behavior.

No internal politics.

Great on-site amenities (San Diego), including an on-site gym, volleyball, basketball, a cafe (many cheap, healthy, and tasty options with wide variety), ping pong tables, foosball, free snacks, a hiking trail (starts on campus), and many, many more.

Abundant tools to develop yourself: free Udemy courses and Amazon books, and many learning communities (such as Kotlin learning and Full Stack learning).

They put real effort behind letting you pursue what field you are interested in, even across teams.

Constant socials and internal events (often with free beer and wine).

Treated like an equal. Given real developer work, not even a sense of "Oh, this is easy, let's give it to the intern." Treated just like any other SWE 1.

Amazing pay (not far from FAANG rates).

Many opportunities to prove yourself and show what you are capable of.

Frequently given feedback and updated on how you are "tracking" (i.e., if you are performing well enough for a return offer).

Clear communication about longer-term, medium-term, and short-term goals for the team and company, and how you as an individual can contribute to that.

• Most interns were flown in and given amazing housing and a rental car. As someone who was local (<50 miles from campus), I was not given these resources nor compensation for the difference. Effectively, I was given fewer benefits for being local, and 50 miles each way in SoCal is a pretty long drive. It could be up to 3 hours of driving a day (missing out on 4 months of a very nice apartment + rental car is a lot).

• Some events seem pretty unnecessary. Different "all hands" meetings end up requiring you to sacrifice a half day pretty often.

Better team-building exercises at the start of the internship to develop intern relations earlier on.

Keep on doing what you're doing.