• Question: What was your first project and how did it help?

    Asked by l.newbold11 to Julia, Krishnaa, Laura, Rebecca, Si on 13 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Simon Willocks

      Simon Willocks answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Hi….

      I remember the first job I had to do as an apprentice – I was 17 and whilst working with another Maintenance Electrician I had to replace a sensor on a conveyor system.

      It taught me about working with people to find out what was wrong with the conveyor, I had to work safely, I had to listen to instructions and clean up after I had finished….

      Thanks

    • Photo: Rebecca Pullon

      Rebecca Pullon answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      Hi!

      My first paid work as an engineer was a summer job working as a software testing engineer! The company produced a complicated software that was used in hospitals, so it was kind of health related… I developed automated tests to make sure the software did what it was intended to. This helped me understand how a big company worked, and made me realise I definitely didn’t want to be stuck in software development 😉

      Rebecca

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