Software Developer Placement Review
at Egress
Placement (10 Months+)
Engineering
Sheffield
Review Submitted: July 2022
Overall Rating
4.9 /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
5/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
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.
Participated in all the relevant agile ceremonies. Worked on bugs, developed new features, did a lot of debugging and pair programming. Daily did lots of coding, reviewed pulled requests, prepared builds for QA team and worked closely with other team members.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
I was given a large amount of responsibility and equal amount of support, which allowed me to learn new skills at rapid pace and to apply them at the same time. I was treated no different than other developers when it comes to work.
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?
I improved my programming skills by applying design patterns to make code more adaptive and make it more up to industry standards. Learned a lot on technology as such and just the overall process of software development. Learned basic use of DevOps and some more advanced concepts about it as well.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
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
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Was working closely with my team members, therefore I felt like I was getting good amount of support and guidance at all times.
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
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
In general, it was very welcoming and there was plenty of social events to meet new people where you could share ideas and just have a good time. Also office is located in very nice place, which gives a positive start to your day.
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
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
I enjoyed every single bit of it. Very taken away by the companies culture and its approach to modern workplace environment. Felt like I am given opportunities but at the same time lots of freedom, which showed trusted me a lot to deliver things and manage my own time. Had a great team - good laughs and good work.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
5/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Egress
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Egress to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Egress
Take it easy on interviews. Get along with people. Show that you are someone they might want to work with in a future. You are not expected to know it all but you should show that you are keen to learn new things.
