I have a friend who works in another subsidiary there, on hardware not software though. He likes it and has advanced in his career there. Like most companies th

I have a friend who works in another subsidiary there, on hardware not software though. He likes it and has advanced in his career there. Like most companies that size there's lots of bureaucracy. In my own experience though, there's no bureaucracy like anything you'll see in the financial world (due to all the government regulation and liability on banks thus total aversion to risk, at least in their IT departments). For an internship I would steer clear of finance and only take up such a job once you're experienced, know good engineering practices, and want job stability and good pay. Like the Paul Graham advice, early in your career simply ignore the pay (if you can) and take the hardest jobs. I think whichever company where you can work on the most challenging projects is where you should work. Eventually that will pay off however you want.