Pros: Most people are pretty good at what they do, maybe even world class. This is especially true for some teams and engineering management. But I can't say that about everyone. To be fair, they employ a lot of people and not every job is technically demanding. Production Engineering / SRE and data infra do some interesting work. A lot of innovative internal/open source tools, libraries, and frameworks. Great office design and layout. The perfect balance between open and closed layout, in my opinion. Free food, coffee (espresso machines too), and snacks. A lot of office activities. They throw some cool parties too (but these are tech parties, so take that with a grain of salt). Quite a few intern events and getaways as well. Decent benefits. Many of these office perks are common in big tech companies, but there are barely any in Canada.

Cons: It's got a little bit of a "big fish in a small pond" kind of feel. For a while, they were the only big modern tech company in Canada, and maybe still are. So everyone is grateful, and everyone -- EVERYONE -- drinks the Kool-Aid. There's some shuffle in upper management with them getting to this size. But that comes with growth, I'm guessing. A lot of the culture/office/HR teams think they are "different" and do a lot of things for the sake of being different.

Pros: Let you use all the AI tools you can think of.

Cons: Experience is quite team dependent.

Pros: Good team, good impact, good culture, good work-life balance. Definitely my best internship so far in terms of experience.

Cons: Uncompetitive salary. Working remotely is more draining.