Assistant Solutions Developer Review
by ProspectSoft Ltd
This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.
Rating
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The Role
4.8
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The Company
4.1
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The Culture
4.0
- 1. To what extent did you enjoy your work placement or internship?
- 2. To what extent did you feel valued by your colleagues?
- 3. To what extent were you given support and guidance by management/your supervisor(s)?
- 4. How busy were you on a daily basis?
- 5. How much responsibility were you given during your placement?
- 6. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and training you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?
- 7. What was the general atmosphere in your office?
- 8. How well organised was the overall work placement or internship set up?
- 9. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?
- 10. What were the perks on your work placement?
- 11. How appealing are future employment prospects within the organisation?
- 12. Was there a good social scene amongst any fellow placement students/colleagues?
- 13. What was the cost of living and socialising in the area you worked in?
- 14. What was the Nightlife like in the area you worked?
- 15. Were there many opportunities to get involved in activities outside of work?
The Role
I massively enjoyed my placement at ProspectSoft. I was able to work on a variety of projects and work with great colleagues.
I felt like I had a real input and that my opinion was valued by my team.
People were always on hand to help when I had a questions, even head developers would give up their time to help when needed.
After completing my training in the first month and joining my department there was always work to be done and never a quiet day.
I would quite often be left to complete projects on my own with help available only when I needed it. Towards the end of the placement myself and a few other placements came up with the idea to rework how our placement recruitment works for future years. For this project we worked solely as a team of placements responsible for all of the planning and programming that was involved.
Having the chance to get stuck into projects in a real work environment has definitely helped me improve my technical skills as a whole and will definitely help me during my final year. Having the chance to work alongside senior developers has also allowed me to see how more experienced developers work and pick up a massive amount of useful skills.
The Company
Everyone in the company is incredibly friendly and enthusiastic in the office.
The ProspectSoft placement scheme has been going for over 10 years and is integral to the company. The training provided and organisation of the scheme is well put together and is refined each year using the feedback placements provide.
The first 4 weeks at ProspectSoft as a placement are dedicated to general training. As an Assistant Solutions Developer I was given additional training throughout the year by senior developers to ensure I understand how to properly create Add-ons and Plug-ins for the software.
Sports and Social Club
National Travel
Company Parties/Events
Working from home
A large portion of ProspectSoft is made up of previous placement students.
The Culture
Everyone at ProspectSoft were very social with each other with lots of activities organised between employees. There is also a social committee which organise company wide events for everyone. From BBQs to big days out.
The rent in the area is fairly expensive and most of our social events are in Oxford which is quite expensive.
There was always the opportunity to participate in different activities from sports to just going to the cinema after work. There is also a monthly game club after work.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
South East
August 2016
