Kategorie: Belfast

project epilouge

It’s time to sum up my work for one of the biggest companies and employers in Northern Ireland.
As you may have read in my previous posts, I worked on a rather big project as the sole programmer. This way I had the chance to re-evaluate my knowledge in software engineering and (again) learn what’s important in a project like that.

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nothing but the rain?

So, Friday was pretty nice but what should I do on the weekend then?
Well, I thought that sticking to a motto of the company I work for, might be the answer to that.

So I decided to go for a short trip(click for a plot of the route) despite the truly disastrous weather forecast… „nothing but the rain?“ weiterlesen

why IT-staff shouldn’t do IT-stuff all the time

As I’m sharing my apartment with some distinct specimen from the IT-crowd I must really stress the fact that there has do be done something to fight the stereotypes associated with our profession.
It drives me crazy to see young people sitting for 2 months straight on the same spot on the couch and stare at what they already stared at work for 8 hours.
I’m far from a prime example anybody should follow, what I want to achieve with this cry out, is to hopefully annoy those addressed, make them reflect on themselves and remind myself never to let it come this far.

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things working out

After having presented my progress so far and having specified more requirements, there seems to be even more to do in less time.

Luckily I designed my solution heavily object oriented, so it can be extended easily.
One thing that cannot be extended so easy is my internship here in Ireland and that’s why after having visited me and my company here in Belfast, my supervisor Mr Bavar will try to figure something out, he said. I hope my
boss, who made this internship possible in the first place will/can make this possible too „things working out“ weiterlesen