Hezekiah, on 16 March 2012 - 03:47 AM, said:

Apologies about the syntax errors, coding on a phone with spellcheck is difficult! This is exactly what I was wondering. Although, I have one more question

 
int x = 1;
int *y = new int[10]
int *l = foo(y, 10);
 delete [] y;
//declaration of foo
int* foo(int* b, int n)
{
    int* y = new int[5];
//do some stuff
    return y;
}

Apologies about the syntax if I made a mistake, in on a train.
Surely, calling delete y is going to cause havoc, if I wan to use my y from above?

Okay, but what about

int * x= new int[5];
// initialise x here
Foo(int* x, n);

///declaring foo here
int* Foo(int* b, int n)
{
    Int* c = new int[n*2];

    For( I = 0; I < n;I++)
       c[i] = b[i];
       c[i*2] = b[i]

    return c;
}

Do I then have two instances of the array c?

ct456568, on 15 March 2012 - 09:48 AM, said:

I meant was it development, or was it admin/banking etc, as if it was to do with investments, it wouldn't be much good to your CS skills.

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Ah, now that sounds quite different to the mobile I was thinking, I have to admit.
Unfortunately, you're not going to know whether you've made the right decision until you start in your choice.
For your first internship, the specifics of what you're working on aren't going to tie you down. No matter what you choose to do, It's going to be applicable. For instance, I worked in web dev last year, loved it, but don't want to work in it as a career. Still though, I learned a lot from that job (how to actually read the documentation, I mean READ it, not just look at it blankly and expect something to happen.) that on it's own was worth it, even though I'm never going to touch web development for a while.

The way I see it is, reddwerks will probably give you some seriously helpful knowledge, but alot of the stuff you'll never use again. It seems like it would be a cool place to work, and that it would benefit you hugely. The downside is you mightnt be working on something you enjoy doing.

JP morgan is a tough one, you're taking on something that you're not sure of yet. It'll look great on your cv, but who's to say you're going to be working on something you enjoy? You'll learn alot about working in a company, with lots of people, and hopefully some skills on the way, but I wouldn't bank on it really (excuse the pun.)

If you don't like what you're doing in reddwerks, you could always ask to try something different, that's the big advantage of a smaller company.
3 things,
1) i'm just a stranger on the internet, so don't feel compelled to take my advice,
2) I ignored the third company since you were so dismissive of them in your first post, seemed like you didn't actually want to work there anyway
3) No matter which one you take, you're going to have a blast. You're going to learn, and hopefully have fun, so what it boils down to is do any of them interest you in the future, and which work do you think you'd enjoy?

ct456568, on 14 March 2012 - 08:18 PM, said:

I had and I hadn't. I applied for the bigger companies and the smaller companies all at the time, and when I got the offers I was stumped. The big ones were MS and IBM.

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I can't comment on JPMorgan, let me get that clear before I start. My point was that you're far more likely to be doing something like that in a larger company that just want to sieve the brightest from the bunch(pro tip, if you're shortlisted, you're already in there). Freshman is first year, yeah? (I'm from europe) If you're a first year in college, and already have two offers like this in front of you, I wouldn't worry about down the line.

Why did you apply to Reddwerks, and JPMorgan? Is JPMorgan a development internship?
Why are you against Mobile Development, have you tried it yet?

As a first year, you're in an awesome position. I'm not sure what to say other than the above, and this:
If you take JPMorgan, the name will look awesome on your CV, especially for next year. It also means that you may end up back in banking next year.
If you take reddwerks, you'll probably learn a huge amount very quickly, and be in a very good position starting back in second year(whatever you guys call it).
I worried that rejecting one of the offers would hurt my chances of employment with that company, but a well worded letter seems to have sorted that out.

tl;dr: Big name looks good, but will probably lead you back there next year. Small company learn lots, less of a chance of mucking up a big company next year(althoug with a GPA like that, I doubt that's a problem)

I was in a similar situation to you about two weeks ago. I had two big firms offering me internships, and one smaller. I decided to take the smaller company, mainly because it was what I wanted to do. The reason I was struggling to choose was because I didn't want to turn down the offers from the bigger company. Also, I wouldn't take pay into account for this. What good is it going to be if you end up making coffee for the summer?

When I chose it boiled down to:
Which of them do I want to work at more?
Which interview process challenged me the most?
Which do I think I'm likely to be most challenged in?
Which will I enjoy most?

Remember that in a big organisation, you might be shunted into some position doing the same grunt work over and over again all summer, but in a smaller company, you could very well end up making a contribution on the product itself, something which feels great!