Software engineer Review

My day to day role consists of developing and maintaining ICT systems. I code in COBOL and DB2 and often have to go through the whole system life style including Spec, design, code and test.

Before I joined Capgemini, I had next to no programming knowledge. Thanks to the team I work with and the apprenticeship itself, I have gained a vast skill set both technical and non-technical. Capgemini also offer many training courses to help you improve/ develop skills further or gain new skills altogether.

The last two years has been brilliant. The team I work with have been so welcoming and supportive. The work itself has been really interesting for me and overall has exceeded my expectations.

As a whole, I feel very valued by the company, especially by my team. Hard work definitely gets recognised in my team as there are frequent awards given out for good achievements.

The programme was well structured. It started off with a 3 month intensive training period in Telford and then the remainder of the qualification consisted of work based modules and knowledge based assignments. All of which are worth a certain amount of credits which total up at the end to give a result (Pass or Fail).

The programme is run by QA who assign each group of apprentices their own QA assessor to support them throughout the course of the apprenticeship.

Not only is there support from QA, I have had large amounts of support from people such as my manager, reviewer and colleagues. Even apprentices who have already started the course before my intake are always happy to help.

I receive a very competitive salary, especially compared to most other apprenticeships out there. Not only that, we have the opportunity to promote and receive pay rises whilst still on the apprenticeship.

I have not been involved with many outside work activities. Im sure there are many that take place.

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You gain many skills, experience and a good qualification all whilst being paid a competitive salary. It’s a brilliant start to a successful career.

Do your research. Make sure it’s what you want to do and that the job interests you. If you like ICT, go for it. Whether you are technical or non-technical, CapGemini offer many roles which with will suit your skill set perfectly.