Technology Intern Review

I really enjoyed my internship at BAML. As you would expect from a large company it was well planned and well executed with plenty of welcoming events and fast access to work. They have clearly put a lot of effort into it from smooth transitions to constant encouragement to be emailing and networking.

I had a really fantastic team who seemed genuinely pleased to have me there. Starting work was admittedly a little slow, but training understandably necessary, but they had already worked out a project for me on my arrival. It was slightly separate from the work the team generally did but fair choice as it allowed me time and space to improve and learn.

I had a really fantastic team who seemed genuinely pleased to have me there. Starting work was admittedly a little slow, but training understandably necessary, but they had already worked out a project for me on my arrival. It was slightly separate from the work the team generally did but fair choice as it allowed me time and space to improve and learn.

I was never lacking in things to do - there was either training or my project to do in main and if not there is a wealth of training available across all areas of the bank which is not only accessible but encouraged. There were sometimes difficulties in waiting for access to tools which could slow things down.

My project was separate from the major code base so responsibility was fairly limited. But seeing as I was inexperienced in this kind of role this what I was more comfortable with. Still it wasn't the case that I was just given a useless pet projects - all projects were required but non-urgent deliverables.

Not being a computer scientist I did not expect to be allowed to intern in a dev role but BAML hired me anyway. As my first real dev experience I have learnt a huge amount about software in large companies, industry specific software platforms, and banking as an industry in itself. Every aspect of my programming has improved.

Working on the trading floor the atmosphere was very exciting with the constant buzz of activity. Even in other areas the atmosphere was generally genial; hard working but not against a bit of chat here and there and always a background hum of discussion about problems. Everyone was very friendly and weren't against stopping discuss a problem or clear up an issue if they had the time.

The internship was incredibly well organised. Everything from the introductory week of talks to transitioning into being on the desks in week 2 was clearly prepared in advance. The teams were all prepared with tasks and projects for incoming interns to do and there were regular networking events, talks, intern activities and more to fill our time.

Even aside from the investment in hiring there was a lot of training, especially in the first few weeks including session on Agile development, talks from various areas of the bank as well as training on the development tools and mandatory compliance training. It would maybe have been nice to receive more general talks about finance but there may not have been time.

I was very sceptical going to work for a bank but I must admit BAML has really opened up that as a career path for me. Someone has worked very hard at making BAML unlike what I feared a big US bank would be and it really opened my eyes. The appeal of working there has increased dramatically.

Reasonably good there were lots of social events for us the interns but further events it varied a lot team per team. There were lots of events put on for us but really outside of that it varied a lot week by week. There were specific intern social which were fun but with some teams more social than others it could be hard to pin down

Seeing as its London its really expensive to live and socialise. Coming from a Northern University I found pubs utterly extortionate. But this is all part and parcel of living in the capital and there were many opportunites for the bank to hold their own rooftop events where food and drink were free so not all bad.

Too tired during the week and too busy at weekends to go out but it's London so you won't be starved of places.

Lots of sports and socials offered by the bank including touch rugby, kickboxing, art and choir.