Pros: The company is fun to work for if you enjoy gaming.

Cons: It has many of the same struggles that many other companies have when growing to an enterprise level.

Pros: - Very serious about helping people advance and grow in their careers. - Extremely flexible with working remotely, time off, and quality of life decisions. - A lot of opportunities to learn from peers and outside sources. - Great benefits. - Laid back, but extremely productive office culture. - Everyone is held accountable for their work.

Cons: Core hours are an entire day (10 AM - 6 PM), whereas other companies may have shorter core hours, allowing a little more flexibility in everyday work hours.

Pros: - Housing close to the office (5-minute walk), provided by Riot. However, this was not followed up on, leading to many problems with the housing company. Issues included a bad key on move-in and a flood where repairs were not taken care of for weeks. - Weekly lunches with "bigwigs," which are influential leaders and "faces" of the company. There was great advice and structure here. - Impactful, meaningful, and challenging work. I built a product that will ship to the masses! - For the most part, treated like a full-time Rioter. I gave a presentation to an extended team, was able to give input in areas outside of the prescribed work, and received most benefits of full-time Rioters. - Tons of smart people who are always willing to help. - Work/life balance was encouraged. Personally, I don't play games during work hours, but it wasn't frowned upon by any means. - The amount of swag was way too much; it was tough to pack my suitcase going home. - For an engineer, growth is insane. The amount one can learn is empowering and somewhat overwhelming. Try to take in what is possible, not what is "wanted." - Floating is encouraged. Sometimes, a quick half-hour wandering around to another team really helps clear your head and gives you a sense of what other Rioters are doing at that point in time.

Cons: - The internship program is pretty new, meaning there are lots of kinks to work out (especially regarding where to go and what to do during off-hours). - There is a HUGE LACK OF DIRECT FEEDBACK in terms of inter-intern communication. - It is easy to get off-track in a project when Riot allows you to get involved in other events and projects not directly related to your role. - Culture fit is everything. Unless you're an all-star in a specific field (I seriously doubt any intern is), Riot will not hesitate to not invite you back if you mess up even once. - There is a zero-tolerance policy on any kind of non-positive behavior / attitude (reputation is everything). - The organization is not as "flatly-organized" as originally told; it is actually really top-down when it comes to hiring decisions and overall product strategy / vision. - There needs to be a dedicated team for the interns, instead of a "part-time project" for people in other teams. - Events were decent and frequent (once every other week or so), but bigger tech companies definitely have a better grasp on how to keep interns entertained. - A bigger emphasis is needed when it comes to onboarding interns. Although a separate presentation was made, the lack of follow-up on this onboarding made the intern experience confusing for the most part.