Just some career thoughts…

Just a short entry of some thoughts… During my placement I’ve definitely grown a passion for Windows based web development. I’ve been uncertain up until now as to which avenue of web development i’d like to follow, since there are numerous different languages that I could specialise in. Up until recently, I had no idea how powerful ASP.NET really was, [...]

Placement reflections – 2 Months in!

So i’m 2 months in to working for Inspire Tech UK LTD, an online Ecommerce business based in salford. One thought that came straight to mind when writing that was, GEE HOW TIME FLIES! I’m not going to lie, the first few weeks where quite difficult, but i’m writing that off as nerves and  trying to [...]

From ‘Lazy’ Student, to Web Developer – Placement Week 1.

Been a little while since I’ve last blogged, but the past few weeks have been rather busy.

As part of my Degree course at Salford University, I opted to do an Industrial Placement for a year. With how competitive the Jobs market is at the moment, any relevant experience to my field of Web Development would defiantly put me at an advantage over other graduates when the time comes. I submitted for a position at Inspire Tech UK, a small company based in Salford, working on their website / back-end systems using ASP.NET (C#). The company trades from their own website as well as Ebay, Amazon and Play under the name eoutlet.

Social Digital Meet-ups in Manchester

Manchester has a thriving digital industry, with many digital media companies, web development studios and freelance developers. But how do they interact and collaborate ideas and share industry news? PHP North West There are several events in the Manchester area that allow for the people within this industry  to come together, network with each other. [...]