My first internship, while I was still in college, was with just this type of company. We did e-Learning materials; our products were basically self-contained websites, with video content and scripted subtitled text, distributed on CDs. This was 2002 or so, so it was super bleeding edge then.<p>It was a great company to work for. The product was really interesting. I got to learn so many random things - how tires are made, the warning signs of traumatic brain injuries, how the propellant for the Space Shuttle&#x27;s SRBs was mixed, etc.<p>But the best part was the family atmosphere of the company. The owner was a business professor full time and this was his side project. We were always small - just a few interns, a few part-time people (mostly students) and just a couple full-time employees. Him and his wife always took an interest in everyone that worked for them. Getting a home-cooked meal and a night of poker once a week was a nice perk for a poor college student.<p>After my internship, I was hired on part-time, then full-time after I graduated until I left for a different opportunity. But to this day they&#x27;re still one of the favorite companies I&#x27;ve ever worked for. It was such a positive experience for me and has caused me to continue to seek out companies with that type of atmosphere.