What I liked
My internship with Braintree was excellent in pretty much every way. It was a great way to see what it would be like to work for a tech company full time after graduation; some of the highlights were living in a tech city (SF), great work life balance, interesting software engineering problems to solve, and a pair-programming environment that allowed me to work closely with full-time engineers on real projects that actually made a difference even after I left. Braintree was also a good place to work as a woman and a queer person—while there is progress to be made in diversity/inclusivity in the company and the tech industry in general, Braintree is definitely tackling these issues head-on, and I had the chance to meet a lot of peers and mentors with identities and experiences similar to mine.
