At Design Portfolio, this role involved building and maintaining websites for clients, either by myself or alongside other developers.

During these builds, selecting key improvements and ensuring these would be implemented back into a base template to improve future sites. As my role progressed, I learned more about the operations of servers and deployment of code, setting up site infrastructure myself.

Specialising in corporate websites and annual reports, a lot of work would involve highly sensitive and regulated information, requiring an emphasis on security, accessibility, and best practice.

At Perq, this role involved me working as the sole developer in a recently established and expanding team.

This involved researching into best practice and implementing this to lay the groundwork for future developers. I worked closely with the designers to help create designs that were visually impressive, as well as communicating with new and existing clients about their requirements.

Due to the finances of the company it went into liquidation, requiring me to look for another role shortly after joining.

At WildWest, this role involved building and maintaining websites for clients, either by myself or alongside other developers.

Additional responsibilities included building emailers, providing IT support for the office, and technical support for clients.

Being a design agency, this allowed me to put more of a focus on developing my front-end skills, while still maintaining progression of my back-end knowledge.

After university I started at eFiling, working as a developer on a content management system that provided a platform for company formation agents.

This involved building features and implementing bug fixes for the system. Notably, working alongside Companies House APIs and integrating them.

This role primarily focused on back-end skills, and allowed me to familiarise myself with the practical applications of my coding experience while beginning to learn industry standards.

This degree explored a mix of traditional programming for applications, alongside digital design and media. Over the course of the degree I gravitated towards web programming and design so decided to pursue these skills further.

Final Grade: 2.1