It’s been 4 weeks since the last blog post and we've been busy again.
I've completed two projects over that period in between pluralsight sessions in preparation for my first run at a Microsoft Exam. A Wordsearch generator and a neat little colour picker.
It’s been a while, since then quite a bunch has happened. Let’s start with the good stuff. Our latest Web Design task was to create something “cool”. This something cool had a few conditions, the first was that it had to make use of an API, the other condition was it had to consume data from an Endpoint.
So it’s the fourth week that I’ve been working with Antelle, the past 4 weeks seem to have gone by in a flash of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. In the three weeks since I last posted a lot has happened in regards to training, much has been learned, and I feel like I’m settling down into the office and getting used to the environment.
Since the last blog post things have definitely moved quickly again. It’s been just over two weeks and the pace has slowed slightly since last time. We had another task and another deadline. Similar to being thrown at HTML and CSS with our responsive design templates we were set for a crash course in JavaScript in order to validate an HTML form. Most of this was simply checking if there was indeed something written in some text boxes.
Here we are, employed and ready to train. Writing a blog so that if everything goes as well as hoped, two more trainees will get to read these ramblings either as inspiration or maybe I will look back in a few months and end up deciding I was hopeless and wonder how I got anywhere.
This will be my introductory blog post describing my experiences of the first week of training. I’m Joe, one of the new trainees at Antelle. I have just finished sixth form where I studied Maths, Geography and Business Studies, and I am now beginning on the journey of becoming a Software Developer.
Like most plans - very few survive being put into action. Whilst the beginning and end points hopefully remain intact the bits in the middle are usually up for grabs the moment a project starts. The plan with our trainees is I'm pretty sure going to be the same, a moving feast of figuring out what works and what doesn't but we do have a couple of goals we are aiming for.
The short answer is: necessity. The longer answer though needs some explanation of the local job market on the Isle of Man.
The Isle of Man has a very, very low level of unemployment. Honestly look at the graphic below. We have a mere left arm of people actively looking for work!