Application Security Intern Review

I enjoyed this internship a lot. I worked in a great team where I learnt a lot about the company, the technologies they used and getting to apply the skills i learnt at university to help develop software for them. They also hosted a lot of intern events outside of work which were awesome to take part in such as boat parties.

I felt very valued by all my colleagues. During my time at Amex I got to speak with Directors, VPs and SVPs all who made me as an intern made me feel very valued and respected. My team also helped me out a lot with any problems I had and were always keen to give me an ear.

I was given a lot of support by management. I had weekly meeting with my team boss to give feedback on how I was doing but also on how things could also be improved as well in the team for me as well. I also has weekly meetings with the program manager on how the internship program was going as a whole which was great.

I was given a big task to do as part of the teams project, so I always had things to be doing every day. So I was never idle any day, either I was developing a new feature or I was learning about a new type of technology or language to use in the project.

I was given a lot of responsibility on my internship, as part of the task I was given I was allowed to have a lot of creative freedom with it especially when it came to front end/UX designs. I was got to help other interns on the program with some of their challenges too.

I learnt a lot of new techniques on this program that I never learned at uni, such as a professional use of GIT. Working in a professional AGILE environment. Cleaver coding practises, networking and presentation skills. Frameworks such as React, Java Spring, RestFull APIs for example. These are all key skills that will help me progress at uni and in a future career.

Warm, welcoming and friendly. The office is open plan but has a very lively atmosphere with lots of good vibes an laughs

It was very well organised. All events where sent as calendar invitations to our email inboxes so we were always aware of what was going on and when it was happening. At no point during the program did I feel left in the dark.

A lot, we had various workshops and ice breakers to aid our development during the program.

There is a lot of opportunities to move up the ranks in the company but also to move around the company in different job roles and experiences making this a place where you can get a very diverse skill set. Or move to other teams of projects should you feel that what you are currently doing isnt really for you.

Being based in Burgess Hill only a 10min train ride from Brighton. Brighton has a tone of pubs and clubs to choose from and as a holiday destination city it is always buzzing with life, fun activities to get involved in and socialise with your colleagues and culture. Brighton hosting 3 different universities within is also a very student orientated town so there are lots of students around the area too.

Its not as cheap as the north/midlands but its also not as expensive as London.

Being based in Burgess Hill only a 10min train ride from Brighton the night life is really great. Brighton has a tone of pubs and clubs to choose from and as a holiday destination city it is always buzzing with life and culture.

There are loads of opportunities being based such as Swing Dance.