Software Developer Review
by IBM
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
4.5
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at IBM
- 7. Would you recommend IBM to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to IBM
Overview
Dev-Ops engineer, Work with IBMCloud to create, manage and provision cloud services Work with teams to create and explore new products and services Conduct scrums & meetings, work in an agile manner
Skills
All new skills. I've learnt how to be a fully fledged cloud & DevOps engineer working in an Agile manner. Specific skills include cloud orchestration, Kubernetes, Git, Scripting and Go.
Responsibilities
I'm given as much responsibility as any other IBM'er - the placement scheme, in my instance, was with a very forward thinking, trustworthy and impactful team. Every team is as responsible as the other and working together, rather than silo'ing responsibility into one person is encouraged, but product and workstream owners are always beneficial.
Support & Guidance
I received as much as I asked for, and everyone was extremely willing to help. I received guidance from multiple varied sources ranging from developers to architects to managers to executives - IBM has been a fantastic teacher in this regard, everyone helps everyone and in my instance, the more I put in, the more I got out.
Culture
The company culture is that of a forward-thinking corporation, and the atmosphere was overall fine. I fit in much better with the established engineers and developers than I did with other placement students, however, so I must say that the overall structure of the placement scheme can be quite 'clique-y'.
Your Impressions
I enjoyed it to the fullest extent and only wish it were of more convenient location to me, but the countryside is actually beautiful, so there is always positives to even that.
Yes
Be yourself! IBM values individuality and what you can offer to the team as a unique individual - don't be afraid to ask questions, to falter, and to ultimately, learn. Approach everything with as fresh a mind as you feel it needs, and work your way through learning as much as you can.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Software Engineering
South East
May 2023
