July 21st, 2023 by Derron
The experience of working here since the last blog post has been both similar and different in many ways. To start, there has been an increase in freedom as Claire has gotten to know us more, and vice versa. We have been working on individual programs and projects. During this week, we are joined by 2 students who are doing work placement here as well.
It has become a very familial work environment where everyone is genuinely friendly. While the work environment is great, there have been times when I had to work from home, and Claire has been very accommodating. The only issue is not transferring my data from one drive to another, which is my own fault. Even then, Claire has just given me a different task to accomplish.
The travel to and from work has been quite enjoyable. The view of the countryside from the train is always delightful, and even the surroundings of Romiley during breaks are a good way to decompress after an extensive coding task.
Taking on the project manager role of the group is helpful as I know everyone extensively and can play and plan to their strengths and weaknesses. However, this doesn’t mean I don’t take on my share of the coding projects. Usually, I assign and plan what’s going on with different forms of planning tools such as Monday, Google Drive, and Discord.
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June 27th, 2023 by Derron
To start we were given group tasks to do, making a lorum ipsum generator. A website that allows you to generate different lengths of lorem ipsum (we based ours on fruit) with varying lengths. The task was divided equally allowing me to work on the java script elements of the page which put me outside my comfort zone but allowed me to develop more skills in that area.
As external challenges I was tasked with being a project manager and creating a document that was to be presented to people to show the skills of those I am working with along with how we will handle different projects and how we deal with certain scope.
I was also tasked to create a website using nothing more than HTML and CSS, this is proving difficult at the moment as I usually use a mixture of JavaScript and bootstrap elements to create the front end designs before moving onto the back-end. This task is forcing me to use different methods and research to get a similar outcome.
We were also given a WordPress website to use and gain experience using its functionality not only that but Canva and to join a Trello. Teaching me how to use different features and functions of already existing software to help my career and make things easier in the future by expanding my knowledge.
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