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Software Engineering Intern

June - September 2018 • San Francisco, CA

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.

What I wish was different

Even the difficulties I had (e.g. one project I worked on that was slow to make progress on) were chances to add to my experience of what it's like to work in the tech industry, and all of these issues were handled productively by my team and the company.

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