Software Engineering Apprentice Review

On Monday, I attend university labs and lectures at MMU - on Tuesdays I am allowed to work on unfinished university work if I still have any, but my role mainly consists of picking up tasks from the owners' requirements, planning and helping with colleagues, and deploying/testing the project.

I have learned new skills that I haven't done before starting this course - such as learning how to properly use GitHub and commit changes to a repository, collaborating effectively on Microsoft Teams, new programming languages such as C# and React, and have expanded on SQL, Java and JavaScript.

I'm absolutely thrilled and very happy that I've joined the programme, as I have enjoyed it very much so far. I have been able to attend both university and experience a brilliant working opportunity, with many opportunities for team-building, socialising and doing the things I love - being coding!

I believe that the programme is quite well-structured - in which I am able to use a flexible amount of time in my week to dedicate to university studies. The work I do for the firm has a set structure that makes it easy for me to collaborate with my team.

I receive quite a large amount of support from my employer - and it is available to me whenever I need it. My employer provides opportunities to develop my coding, professional and teamwork skills that will no doubt help me in the future, and I am very grateful for that!

There is a lot of support available for me that is provided from my training provider - there are multiple opportunities for assignment and study support, such as improvements for critical writing and analysis skills, and even for coding skills. There is also a great library for looking for reference material.

Yes - there are a lot of really good social events that are planned by the personnel at work. There are also quite a lot of networking events that I can attend locally. Most of the sporting events are in London unfortunately.

Yes

KPMG is such a welcoming firm for any newcomers, whether they are coming from college/sixth form or from other jobs. I have been involved in supporting the onboarding process of a new apprentice just like myself at the beginning of this year, and the process is welcoming and helpful!

My advice would be to anyone applying as a degree apprentice just like myself to be prepared for the working world, please make sure to make some friends at the firm, go into the office at a regular basis for a better experience, and remain healthy while you are working.