Developer/DevOps Engineer Review
by MMT
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
4.4
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The Company
4.6
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The Culture
3.1
- 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
Although it was a placement year the staff treat everyone as they were full time employees and the office fun was a great environment to work in as everyone liked to have a laugh which helped ease any nerves you may have
Throughout the year I met so many great people that all treat me like they have knew me for my entire life and made friends that will stay with me forever
Everyone will try to help whoever needs it you are assigned line managers that you can talk to about anything although the line managers might be busy working on their own projects so it was hard to get the time but you will still get the help
This is a hard question to answer as some days you would have a perfect balance of work and other days you would have nothing to do so you would be sat doing some training waiting for the next task
You are responsible for your own work and if you do not communicate that you are stuck or the work was done, you wouldn't get the help you need to complete the work fully I was also helping with IT support and if I did not resolve the problem a developer would not be able to work
When I joined I had problems talking to new people and had problems communicating in general and after this year I have overcome this problem which is so big for me
The Company
In the area I was sat some of the team had NERF guns that we would use to shoot each other or just use the bullets and throw them to other members of the team, they also had birthday darts that was fun to watch
The company had everything planned out for me so I would have training for the first couple of weeks and then go into client work.
They gave me the same amount of training that they would give any new starter or any member of the team if they thought you needed training in something they would let you train
Flexi Time
Sports and Social Club
Company Parties/Events
Working from home
The company has offered me a permanent contract for when I finish university
The Culture
They had lots of social events that I was involved in like the Christmas party that was held in Rome that the company paid for
If you went to the correct places a night out meal with friends was not that expensive but a lot of the places where expensive compared to my home town
The area I worked in was a village that did not have any night life you would have to travel down to Leicester for a night out which was fine as I was staying there
The company held a five a side game that anyone could come and join and had a games room with darts, table tennis and foosball if you enjoyed these. They also had a running competition to help get people on the healthy side of life
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
East Midlands
September 2018
