Software Engineering Intern Review

It was a great experience with some of the best group work and solo work I have had the chance of taking part it. It was a shame that it had to be shortened and delivered online however it was managed very well by creating a lot of appropriate and insightful content to prepare me for future work in the software development environment. The group project was a personal highlight as it allowed me to work with peers and emulate working in a similar environment to the "real thing"

Very valued. Being allocated a manager, supervisor and a mentor meant that I had no shortage of those to reach out to if I had questions about their careers, my personal progress and any technical questions that I was stuck on. Also having the HR department very easy to reach and very approachable was a huge boost as any issues (not that there were any) could be solved promptly. Also being able to reach out to other employees for a bit of one to one discussion/networking was greatly appreciated.

As mentioned in the question regarding how valued I felt I was given a blanket of support from a number of sources which in turn made me feel welcome and valued. Beyond what was previously mentioned it was a great bonus to have a weekly meeting with both my manager and my mentor as they both provided a different experience. My manager provided me with more educational advice which helped me develop my skills as a developer. And my mentor talked in a relaxed environment where I felt like there was no worry about what I was saying.

Improving my agile development skills was a huge help for my university studies as it will aid my group work for my 5th year. Conducting daily scrums and weekly retrospectives will become a regular part of all my future group work. Also learning how to develop using the Spring MVC framework was a huge skill which I am keen to utilise in my studies. Also learning angular is a skill I have been keen to develop and utilise in projects as it is a powerful and effective tool

The structure was solid enough. Having it broken down into essentially weeks made it easy to track time. The inside sherpa modules helped in keeping time in perspective, each week was framed around the module and that weeks sprint making it flow nicely week to week. The orientation week was helpful for setting the stage and getting us underway quickly which is useful as it the duration of the internship was so brief. Any more than a week would have been a waste of time.

The atmosphere was very encouraging and engaging. All the events and people we spoke to were enormously encouraging and super welcoming. Every element of the internship gave an atmosphere or that encouraged learning and personal development. It was always encouraged to peer program or talk to someone if you ever had a problem. The idea of "never suffer in silence" was felt greatly as each member of staff made this notion very clear and apparent.

There was a strong sense of personal investment as there was a clear notion that they wanted to take on many of us as potential graduates in 2021. From my manager, I felt like I got a nice amount of personal discussion as they eagerly wanted to develop skills to utilise in my inside sherpa modules. They were the one to encourage me to try and use spring MVC with my personal inside sherpa modules.

It was good but somewhat limited in what it could emulate. The social good project did allow us to use agile techniques which are apparently used commonly in day to day work at J.P. Morgan, doing weekly retros and daily scrums was a good representation of what would normally be done in the company. There was an extended series of webinars to "demystify lines of business" which gave a great amount of insight into what each of the different sections of the business does in their day to day operations.

Very well, there were many multimedia train programs dedicated to diversity, personal development, inclusivity and proper behaviour in the workplace. A company that puts so much time into training their staff to follow appropriate workplace behaviour makes its intentions very clear. The culture of personal development is also very apparent as all the staff made it very clear that they were approachable and eager to help anyone who had a question about their work or about the company at large.

Very helpful, as afterwards, I was very keen to accept an offer to become a future graduate employee. Before the internship started I wasn't certain if I wanted to work for a big bank, but after the internship, I was swayed by the people that spoke to us. They made J.P Morgan sound like a welcoming and encouraging environment. About 2 weeks into the internship and after several webinars and group work I was decided that I wanted

Paid my contracted amount even though it ended up being 5 weeks instead of 10.

In terms of talking to other members of staff, it was pretty good overall. My supervisor and manager were extremely helpful in letting me and my teammates into meetings regarding their day to day work and providing us with networking opportunities. This was a great boost towards getting us to feel integrated and welcome. This provided valued insight into what it might be like when working at J.P. Morgan if that was a career path I was interested in.

This was maybe the least well-handled aspect of the internship. There were very few actual networking events organised for the interns. The interns organised lunch ice breaker meetings to get people chatting to one another but those stopped after a week or so. Overall the virtual nature of the internship made a huge impact on the social element which is to be expected for sure. But for future virtual internships, this is an area for improvement as it feels like you're working in a vacuum besides your group project.

We learned about the Business Resource Groups which were interesting and again showed a strive towards equality and social justice, in the company ethos. Beyond those, it was sort of limited which is understandable as each branch will run its social events differently to others and given the COVID-19 outbreak the chance of these activities happening will be slim for a while. There were instances of virtual activities like quizzes and coffee mornings to get people interacting which is a nice filler.

I would 100% recommend this to a friend. The work is satisfying, the people are lovely and the company feels welcoming. It was the best 5 weeks I've had working in my sector.