What I wish was different
- My manager/mentor was presenting at a conference shortly into my internship, which is impressive! And he was super bright. But he didn't have a lot of time to get me onboarded at the beginning, so I was unsure of what I should be doing for a greater portion of my 10 weeks than I would have liked
- Everyone was distributed, and my team for the project was me and another new hire, combined with two mentors who kind of advised on the side. I would have liked to be incorporated into an existing team, so that there was an existing team dynamic I could plug into. Being the nature of a small, new team working remotely, I didn't have too much personal interaction/friendship with the people I worked with.
- Referring a racial/gender minority or vetran was rewarded (at least at the time) with twice the standard referral bonus. Something about that seems off to me.