Pros
I got to put my skills to the test in developing automating scripts in Bash for the Linux operating system, this was to automate and make my life easier in reproducing customer systems so that we could eliminate any issues from hardware related differences. I also learned a lot about image processing, cameras and smart cameras (that is ones with a built in operating systems closer to that of a PC). I was made to understand the in-house Matrox Imaging Library, a software-development library for interfacing with Matrox's own hardware and any type of supported camera. Most of my time was spent in helping customers develop solutions for their issues with the Matrox Imaging Library, this often consisted of either developing examples that introduced the capabilities of MIL to customers, or it would consist of analyzing customers code and finding where they went wrong which lead to their issues.
Kontras
When I took this stage, I wanted a stage that was more heavily focused on software development. That being said I still earned ample amount of experience in programming and spent most of my free-time when I wasn't busy and assigned a task furthering my experience in programming.