Is it Christmas already?!! After an incredibly busy and fun filled few months at RateMyPlacement we are all looking forward to a relaxing Christmas break and hope you are too

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The RateMyPlacement Team

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Throughout the year we will be following the progress of our Guest Bloggers so read on to find out how Aaron has been getting on at Trigger!

“Wow. So it’s been a hell of a few weeks (about 7 since I last posted on here) over at Trigger! I apologise for my lack of updates.  Everyone has been so busy holding large projects together and managing the new ‘better way of working’ for Trigger.  Chris (MD), Luke (OM) and some other employees have decided that the company needs a revamp into the way it works. As well as simply working for the organisation over the past 6 months, I have been involved in trying to improve its processes, the way in which support functions differently and a lot more, towards this change. Everyone at Trigger is definitely sick of the ‘interrupted’ approach to work that is currently present in the studio, everyone has a lot more potential than what is currently being used.

The first main step to a ‘better way of working’ is a structured and responsive support team. A primary first action was to then setup a dedicated support centre with not just one person on support, but a team, this is what is now coming into play. This is one reason why I have not had much time recently to get a post in, because I have been covering Conor who has been on paternity leave, he is back now though, many congratulations to him! As well as covering Conor on support for our clients, I was also requested at the same time to ‘show the ropes’ to someone on a Support Trial, this made for a tough couple of weeks. Things are now settling back down to a level where I can enjoy myself again, as I slowly move back into a developers role for my last 6 months within the company. My development role was pushed back once again when I had to cover support, but before that I spent 3/4 weeks on helping with the development and language management for 4 EURO sites for a large client of ours (FR/DE/BE-FR and BE-NL), these are now live for the people within these countries.

To help me with moving into my development role, David Liewe popped into the studio a couple of weeks ago to see what I have been doing and to analyse my placement. I think the hour went well, he spoke to Kim, one of my placement advisers, she told David exactly what I have been doing and how I have been an asset to the company the time I have been here (something that is very reassuring to hear about).

Now that I am eventually moving into more development work (less support – yes!) I can get stuck into some AS3/Flex, get to grips with some more PHP work and generally move forward, good times! This Monday I have been requested by Chris (MD) to be a support developer for a short while to enable me to get my feet on the ground, after I can move to the development bench. Something to look forward to. I will let you all know how I do soon, hopefully my next update will be in a few weeks and not a few months.

Enough of work, outside of placement has also been a blast. I have been busy seeing Uni friends, popping home and have booked my holiday to Tenerife in May. Next on the agenda is Wales next week, some Christmas shopping, Christmas at home for a few days and then hopefully a big new years!”

You can also find out more from Aaron, as well as our other Guest Bloggers over the coming year!

Feel free to add your thoughts below! Would you like a placement at Trigger?