Software Developer Review

by Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

Rating

4.6/5
  • Skills
    4.5
  • Responsibilities
    5.0
  • Support & Guidance
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.0

    Overview

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

    • I write code to implement solutions for providing virtual courses and workshops for students around the world. I write a lot of python and bash scripting to control AWS. I work largely autonomously. My mentor is there if I need help, but he's busy so I trouble him only when i have exhausted all other avenues.

    Skills

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

    • Developed existing skills in bash and python, learnt ansible from scratch. I'd never used AWS but had got the gist. I learnt a lot more about Linux that I didn't already know. So mainly built on pre-existing knowledge.

  • 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?

    • 4/5
  • 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?

    • Depends what you consider responsibility. A badly placed command could crash a large number of servers or wipe out AWS instances, volumes and snapshots, causing mass devastation and panic, taking weeks or maybe months to fix. So yes, I guess that's responsibility.

  • Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

    • 5/5

    Support & Guidance

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

    • Help is always there if I need it.

  • 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?

    • Everyone is kind and nice. People appear to be hired based on their merit and humility. No-one is arrogant or mean. They've chosen the people really well.

  • 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 really enjoyed it for the most part. It's had its ups and downs but have settled in well and like it just the way it is.

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

    • 4/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What advice would you give to others applying to Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

    • Every department is different but overall RAL is a decent place to work, full of enthusiastic mostly younger people. You can learn a lot, the campus is lovely and has good food, and a good community.

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Details

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Science

South West

November 2021

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