Assistant Developer Review
at ProspectSoft Ltd
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Science
Stokenchurch
Review Submitted: August 2021
Overall Rating
4.7 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.8/5
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Skills Development
4.5/5
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Support and Guidance
4.8/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
I completed tasks as part of the triweekly sprints. This involved coding them on the front-end with HTML, CSS and TypeScript and on the back end using SQL, as well as middle development in .NET Framework C#. The first two weeks of each sprint involve purely coding these tasks and functionally testing each other’s code. The final week of each sprint was used for quality assurance testing before this sprints code was pushed live.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Throughout the placement I was given the responsibility to undertake tasks of my choice and work on them, asking questions at my discretion. As such I gained a lot of freedom with the day to day workload. I was given free reign of how I completed each task, though the final result was check numerous times before it was pushed live.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
Throughout the placement I have developed several soft skills by working within a team. By doing so I have furthered my communication and presentations skills. Coupled with these soft skills I have also gained a greater understanding of software development skills including the use of Git Source Control, API technologies and unit testing.
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?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Throughout the placement I received ample support and guidance. Each day began with a morning stand-up meeting where I could detail the issues I was having, and the other team members could provide suggestions. The other members of the DevOps department were always willing to offer a helping hand or suggest a more effective solution to a problem if asked.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
The company culture was relaxed while still maintaining a sense of urgency. The nature of having only two weeks to complete as many tasks as you could led to the latter. Otherwise, our team would play an online group game each Friday for the final 30 minutes and we also did have a company meal when the Covid pandemic allowed. I was told that, usually, there would have been far more social activities during the placement.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
4/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Several aspects of the placement were very enjoyable, learning new things and meeting new people were the highlights. I found many of the tasks were quite interesting to complete, enabling me to use software development tools I never would have used otherwise. I did find that a few of the tasks were more tedious to complete, but these mainly involved coding older parts of the overall system.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at ProspectSoft Ltd
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend ProspectSoft Ltd to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to ProspectSoft Ltd
The main things I would advise would be to ask as many questions as you can during the first months, and ensure you write down the answers. The DevOps team is very willing, and even expects, to answer questions across the whole system.
