After getting my job at Hastings Direct because of the hackathon I attended, I thought it could be fun to spend my last year at University working for the Committee. I applied to be their web developer and worked on developing a new dashboard system and new front end website which was fun to do. I also helped out with the events and socials and got to meet lots of cool new people.

Here I studied Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. I completed course works, exams and participated in Events. I met loads of interesting people and secured a solid foundation to grow my career on.

Here I worked over winter handling the delivery, refilling and logistics of food delivery trucks. I also worked on the store floor dealing with customers and fetching groceries for the online shop customers. It was a super stressful experience but I enjoyed meeting new people and getting the opportunity to help people out.

This placement was an amazing experience in which I learnt and developed my Industry standards and discovered my passion for Website development. I did several certifications (see my linked in) and met loads of highly skilled senior developers who I became acquainted with.

At my time at Hastings I invested sometime into getting more familiar with React by attempting this one month course learning React. It involved lots of programming challenges and a end of course test to create a portfolio! It was super worth the time and it has really helped me excel in front end development.