| Personal details |
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| Degree: | MSc in Software Engineering |
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| School(s): | School of Computer Science |
| Year of Graduation: | Oct-2011 |
| LinkedIn: | http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=43517683 |
| National of: | United Kingdom |
| Employment details |
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| Organisation: | FactSet |
| Job title: | Software Engineer |
| Occupational Sector: | IT/Computer Programming |
| What has been your route to getting your current position? |
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| Got the job when I was doing my MSc thesis at the University of St Andrews. |
| What does your job involve ? |
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| Building and maintaining Economic and Market reports using various technologies such as C++, in house database technology, HTML 5, JavaScripts (Mootools, JQuery). |
| What are the best bits of your job ? |
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| Innovation, career development. |
| Why were you successful? |
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| Previous work experience and the new knowledge learned from studying at the University of St Andrews. |
| What skills/ knowledge from your degree have you found particularly helpful in this role? |
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| Software Engineering. |
| What advice would you give to students wishing to follow the same path? |
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| Play hard, work harder. |
