Software Engineer Review

Software engineer that develops, maintains, and improves the speed and reliability of the Landing Experience team's code base. Daily standups in an agile way, retrospective meetings every other week, and other miscellaneous meetings to address initiatives and work to be done within the team. Work was split into tickets that I would carry out from start to finish before picking up the next.

Yes. I learned a lot about functional programming which I was never taught in University. Additionally, this was my first time working in a real job environment so I learned a lot about how companies help their workers stay motivated and happy. I was able to develop my work ethic and consistency greatly throughout this placement, all thanks to the amazing support structure in place.

Much more than I could have imagined, in a good way! I was very quickly thrown into the deep end (at my own request) working on real code that made verifiable changes on the user side, with positive results for the company. This only continued throughout the placement, where by the end I was working alongside other engineers debugging production databases and code.

Daily standup meetings where I could share any issues I was having as well as my progress. Weekly support meetings with my manager where she would always listen to anything I might have to say, although I rarely had any problems. The support structure throughout this placement was amazing, I never felt lost in who to ask if I needed any help with any aspect of my placement. Tech issues were resolved swiftly.

Whilst I joined during the height of Coronavirus and I was not able to spend time with the team in person, we still had games nights online and a very diverse, accepting atmosphere otherwise. Even with an age gap between me and my co-workers I still had fun collaborating and communicating with them on a daily basis.

I had a great time overall, developing skills I will carry forward throughout my career as well as making money and friends along the way. I am looking forward to working with them again.

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If you have the option, a hackathon is a great way to put yourself forward as a prospective candidate. A very hands-on approach to displaying your motivation and work-ethic.