Python Infrastructure team - Improving Python debugging tools Review
by Bloomberg
Rating
-
Skills
5.0
-
Responsibilities
5.0
-
Support & Guidance
5.0
-
Culture
5.0
-
Your Impressions
4.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at Bloomberg
- 7. Would you recommend Bloomberg to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Bloomberg
Overview
I was working on existing issues in two open-source projects. I needed to come up with some optimizations and implement something new. Besides coding, I have a lot of intern events which were amazing for connecting with people. Every day I had a daily meeting with my team, where we discussed the problems we had and everyone tried to help. Once a week I have a meeting with my mentor and manager.
Skills
I learned a lot of new skills I wasn't familiar with. I have never worked in Linux, a bit in Python. With the help of my mentor, I managed to improve my skills a lot. Also, I improved my existing skills in C++ and JS. It was great to work with people who would give you feedback often so you know in which direction to go.
Responsibilities
I was given a lot of responsibility during my internship. My mentor and I had an agreement where I could ask for more or less things that I could work on. Every week we would discuss what can we improve or change, I wanted to learn as much new stuff as I could, so that's why I like the idea that I could ask for more things to work on if I wanted
Support & Guidance
I am very happy with the support and guidance that I received during my internship. Every week I had one on one with my mentor and manager. My mentor made sure to give me feedback, so I could improve my skills as much as I could. My teammates were supportive, they were asking me if I needed any help with something, and they made sure that I could follow the daily meetings.
Culture
I like the culture and the atmosphere in the office. Everyone is super nice and friendly. You can always chat with people casually, grab a coffee and have a nice time. I feel that Bloomberg really appreciates its employees.
Your Impressions
I only have positive things to say about my internship! 10/10 :)
Yes
Not to be afraid to apply, the interviewers were super nice, and they will give you a hint if you hit the problem. You can prepare yourself by doing coding problems and learning about system design. Teammates are very supportive, you can learn a lot of cool technologies and improve your existing skills.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Software Engineering, Computer Science
London
September 2023
