Scientific Software Engineer Placement Review

Item: Scientific Software Engineer Placement at Met Office
Rating: 4.1
Author: Anonymous

at Met Office

Placement (10 Months+)

Computer Science, Science

Exeter

Review Submitted: July 2022

Overall Rating

4.1 /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!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4/5 - Skills Development

4.5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.8/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

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

I worked alongside the team doing tickets for the verification products. Coding was mainly in python. I also did some writing of scripts relating to weather verification. I worked a little bit with FORTRAN and Perl

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I was given a good deal of responsibility. I worked on products which were directly used by members in verification and other teams. I also introduced substantial and new features to the products.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

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

Developed programming skills, and learned new programming languages such as Perl. I was also able to improve my communication and team working skills. Gained experience doing paired programming

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?

4/5

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

4/5

Support and Guidance

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

I was given training and supported throughout the placement. I was encouraged to take on opportunities which came up during the placement which helped develop my soft skills

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?

4/5

Company Culture

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

The organization was fairly large and I didn't get too many chances to interact with or work with people from other departments but covid did impact my placement a bit.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

4/5

How would you rate the social opportunities?

3/5

How would you rate the diversity initiatives?

4/5

How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?

4/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?

I did enjoy the placment, and felt I got a great deal of benefits to my personal growth throughout the year. I wish I had a better chance to meet more people within the company but, I was working from home for the majority of the placement with only 4 months working in the building.

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 Met Office

4/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Met Office to a friend?

Yes

What advice would you give to others applying to Met Office

Prepare for the interview well. If you do get the job take your opportunity to network and join the different groups within the met office. If you are looking for a computer science-related placement, make sure to ask the department what you are doing to make sure that the placement is what you are looking for.

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