Software Engineer Placement Student
Software Engineer Placement Student
Lots of support. They expect everything to be new to you and that it will take time until you start contributing. Everyone is very friendly.
Lots of sport: running every day, badminton, tennis, cricket, touch rugby, 5-a-side football, shooting range.
You get what you give out of the job. You can get through with not a lot of effort, or develop a very impressive resume through your main role and side projects.
I was at Hursley Labs. I have heard that other departments and locations were not the same.
As an intern or graduate, your job is pretty safe; however, they are known for making lots of redundancies for higher bands.
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