Software Developer Review

by Egress

Rating

4.9/5
  • Skills
    4.8
  • Responsibilities
    4.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    5.0

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

    • On A typical day I will liaise with members of the team to scope out solutions for our software systems. I will also implement solutions using vs code. This includes test driven development to work towards an acceptable solution. I will then work with the QA team to assess the solution and the Platform Team to deploy solutions.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

    • I have learnt new software engineering disciplines such as sprints. I have enhanced my ability to break down, debug and solve problems.

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 4/5
  • How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

    • 5/5

    Responsibilities

  • 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

    • I was given a fair amount of responsibility in being able to work on features that would be used by clients in production. I was also able to take on large internal projects.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 4/5

    Support & Guidance

  • 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

    • I received lots of support from my team. I always had someone to turn to if I encountered a problem in my work. I also had lots of guidance at the start f my placement while I was gearing up to speed.

  • How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • The company culture at Egress is fantastic. Despite half of my placement being done online there was still plenty of opportunity to make friends.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the social opportunities?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

  • 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

    • I enjoyed my placement thoroughly. I got to have real hands on experience in programming and get to see the fruits of our labours when the product went live. I also made lots of new friends and felt like I belonged.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 5/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Egress

    • 5/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Egress to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Egress

    • Go for it! You will enjoy yourself. You will also get plenty of opportunities to push yourself and try new things.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Science

Yorkshire and Humberside

July 2021

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