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This week we continued our Made Tech team interview series with our Senior Delivery Manager Gráinne Blake to better understand her role and to feature the great work she has been doing! Read the interview: https://www.madetech.com/blog/made-tech-team-interview-grainne-blake-senior-delivery-manager/ Q: How do you find working in the public sector? A: I really like it. To be honest, I had a few reservations when I was joining Made Tech about the public sector but I find the work really rewarding and it’s that whole idea of impacting a citizen’s life that really hits home for a lot of people at Made Tech. Q: What do you like most about being a Delivery Manager? A: I like the variety of work. I love knowing that this week probably won’t be the same as next week and if it is there’s probably a problem that I need to work on. It’s really great having that variety of work from week to week or day to day. We're currently hiring Delivery Managers! Learn more and apply here: https://www.madetech.com/careers/
This week we continued our Made Tech team interview series with our Community Manager Vikki Gill to better understand her role and to feature the great work she has been doing! Q: What attracted you to Made Tech? A: The people and the culture. I was always hearing really good stories about how great the people are and the social side outside of work. It was also the work that Made Tech does. That needs to be done in the public sector, and especially during the pandemic, it’s been pretty humbling to see the kind of work that we're doing and how we're helping people. Q: What does your role here involve? A: Lots and lots of stuff — one good thing is it's never boring! It's always changing, but the main focus of my role is onboarding. I also help support Learn Tech and how that's evolved and just general wellbeing at Made Tech. I do a bit of office management here and there —less so these days — and basically try to be there for people with anything they need. Read the interview:
Last month we continued our Made Tech team interview series with our Delivery Principal Anikh Subhan to better understand his role and to feature the great work he has been doing! Q: What does your role here involve? A: The key thing is overseeing one of my clients in the London office and the multiple work streams within that. My role is about managing and providing the right kind of support and guidance to our teams. I also work with our key client stakeholders to help shape up successful deliveries of our products and services. Q: What do you like most about being a Delivery Principal? A: I think it has got to be the variety, both in terms of the type of work we’re doing and the types of people and teams we’re working with. It’s also the reward of seeing the results of our hard work which is great and really exciting. We're hiring Delivery Principals in London, Manchester and Bristol! Please visit our careers page to learn more!
This week we continued our Made Tech team interview series with our Senior Engineer Tess Barnes to better understand her role and to feature the great work she has been doing! Q: How do you find working in the public sector? A: I’ve found it really interesting. There’s a lot of constraints and challenges that I wasn’t expecting, but there’s a really good feeling of wanting to do things in an efficient and modern way. I had a terrible impression that it was all in the dark ages and it absolutely isn’t. Q: What do you like most about being a Senior Engineer? A: It is the ability to get hands-on, get into the code, and really enjoy the engineering. But also being able to step back and look at things from a slightly bigger picture. I like talking to stakeholders, understanding what we’re trying to solve, what outcomes are really important, and helping the culture and confidence-building with my temporary colleagues on the client-side. Also, sharing a growth in skill and growth mindset is a really big thing for me. Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/DdRvXzks9rk
Last month we continued our Made Tech team interview series with our Senior Engineer Tess Barnes to better understand her role and to feature the great work she has been doing! Q: How do you find working in the public sector? A: I’ve found it really interesting. There’s a lot of constraints and challenges that I wasn’t expecting, but there’s a really good feeling of wanting to do things in an efficient and modern way. I had a terrible impression that it was all in the dark ages and it absolutely isn’t. Q: What do you like most about being a Senior Engineer? A: It is the ability to get hands-on, get into the code, and really enjoy the engineering. But also being able to step back and look at things from a slightly bigger picture. I like talking to stakeholders, understanding what we’re trying to solve, what outcomes are really important, and helping the culture and confidence-building with my temporary colleagues on the client-side. Also, sharing a growth in skill and growth mindset is a really big thing for me. Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/DdRvXzks9rk
This week we continued our Made Tech team interview series with our Principal Technologist Matthew Leak to better understand his role and to feature the great work he has been doing! Q: How do you find working in the public sector? A: I love it. The majority of the work we're doing now is focused on is digital transformation. So taking stuff that isn't cool, fun or exciting and bringing it into the modern world using new technologies which are better and more sustainable. Q: What do you like most about being a Principal Technologist? A: I think for me taking companies on that journey of transformation is hugely rewarding. When you do the retrospective at the end of the project and you get to see how far you've brought this organisation on that journey of change and the benefits that they're then going to reap as a result, that is probably the most rewarding thing for me. Watch the full interview on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/0_yvaCzc_cA We're hiring Principal Technologists! Learn more and apply here: https://www.madetech.com/careers
How we are developing the next generation of inspired talent? Members of our team recently spoke with Canda about working in each of their regions, highlighting the tech stacks they are working with, their clients and projects, and finally, what they love most about Made Tech. See what they had to say here: https://hubs.ly/H0GlC7H0
How we are developing the next generation of inspired talent? Members of our team recently spoke with Canda about working in each of their regions, highlighting the tech stacks they are working with, their clients and projects, and finally, what they love most about Made Tech. See what they had to say here:
Our 2021 Academy applications are open! This week we chatted with Derek Baker, a current Academy Engineer, about the experience he has had in the programme. Q: Why did you apply to the Academy? A: The reason why I applied for the Academy was because I wanted something that was going to help foster my learning and development as a developer. I have gone down the self-taught path and I didn’t feel like I was completely ready to apply for a ‘proper’ developer role. I saw the Academy as a place where I could enhance those technical skills and technical knowledge to get me to that place. If you are looking for a way to kick-start your career in software engineering while being paid a full salary, we encourage you to visit our website to learn more about the programme.
This week we had continued our Made Tech team interview series with our Senior Engineer Lewis to better understand his role and to feature the great work he has been doing! Q: What do you like most about being a Senior Engineer? A: I like working on problems and writing code, that’s obviously why I became an Engineer. But I also like having people there who I can mentor and work with. Seeing people who have come in at a more junior level and then working with them and watching their knowledge and abilities really come out is really great. Having a role in that is probably my favourite part about being senior. Q: What has been one of your favourite projects you have worked on? A: At Made Tech the one I’m on right now I think is one of my favourites because it’s such a different challenge. So we’re trying a digital transformation for a critical infrastructure within the UK government and we’re taking that and putting it into the cloud. Then we’re going to start modernising it. To be directly involved with improving the technology and the infrastructure of the government is a big deal
