Another week another success story from Industry Connect. This time it’s Vincent who has come through us to land a front end developer job. We caught up with him before he left us to join a company which works in the financial sector.
First of all, congratulations Vincent! Can you tell us a little bit about your background before you came to Industry Connect?
I graduated from University quite a while ago but still, I struggled to find a job. It took me quite a while. In the meantime I had to work in a different job to support myself – it was really difficult to find a job.
After joining Industry Connect I found it very challenging and interesting for me. I learned new skills and after training, I got to walk straight into some commercial projects, and so that helped me up-skill a lot.
After that internship for around six months, I got my first full-time job offer at a development studio, working as a real software developer. So after a year now I’ve found another job, another challenging role, working as a software developer for another financial analyst company.
It all sounds very exciting! Can you tell us a bit more about how you feel Industry Connect helped you?
Yes, Industry Connect helped me up-skill myself, and not just the technical side, but also the soft skills. We had a lot of presentations – learning how to talk to people and help other people. And also we learned from other people too.
So it wasn’t just technical guidance, it was learning how to build a connection with other people and that’s a very good way Industry Connect helped me.
So have you got anything you’d like to say to anyone else who is in that same position you were?
When you see a chance you should never miss it. If you see a chance to work with a real people in the software industry, real professional companies, then don’t miss it, just do it. You can do it and you’ll get it.
Well that sounds like very good advice. Thank you Vincent and good luck with your new front end developer job.
If you would like to follow in Vincent’s footsteps and find work in a full-time front end developer job, then contact us today and speak to one of our staff members about how we can help.
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