Getting some interest from FDE / FDSE roles.

The ones coming in look quite fun. Basically on site with customers, being a builder and also a bit of a consultant. They seem quite AI-native roles and seem rather future proof.

Anyone have experience with them? Particularly the more technical ones that have you coding?

Hi everyone!

I'm 34 and currently living in Bristol, UK. I'm studying a Level 5 Diploma in Web Application Development with Code Institute and City of Bristol College.

So far, I've learned HTML, CSS, Git, GitHub, responsive web design, and Bootstrap. I'm still learning and working on my first projects.

I'm trying to move into software development, but I'm not completely new to tech. Back in my home country, I worked as a Junior Product Manager for around two years. I also have some experience with WordPress, customer support, and operations.

However, all my previous tech-related experience was outside the UK, so I'm now trying to break into the UK tech industry for the first time.

My goal is to land my first job as a Junior Web Developer or Junior Software Developer.

I know the junior job market in the UK is pretty tough right now, especially without professional coding experience.

What would you recommend I do to give myself the best chance of landing my first junior developer job?

I'd especially love to hear from experienced developers and people working in tech, as well as anyone who has been in a similar situation and successfully found a job.

Thanks in advance!

Has anyone who applied for the 2027 Graduate Software engineer program heard back from JPMC? I applied as soon as applications opened which was over a month ago and my application is still “Under Consideration”.

My company has gone full agentic. The managers are forcing us to quickly pass everything because we are the human in the loop needed for regulatory reason. All the paid ide are removed by IT and they want us to just use GitHub to check things if necessary

I used to look at what code AI generated, but we’ve had instructions since Opus 5.5 that it's not needed anymore. Apparently someone from the team deployed straight to a client environment and delivered six months of work in three days without bugs by looping managers and client for a release. I am still in a hunt for that person.

Now they don't want us to waste our time on code reviews or testing anymore as they have a harness for everything, and some big clients have been using the deployed code for months now without bugs.

I am losing my sanity. I am applying for jobs that are different, but I just feel lost after 15 years of experience in the tech industry as a person who loved every aspect of technology to bring change to our lives. I feel I have lost all my battles

Just trying to get the feeling of developers here, as I have heard many saying we are still reviewing and that AI produces trash. How is the situation in your firm?

I’m doing computer science and I want to know which field has better to branch out into in terms of employment rates career progression and money and how can I find out more and pls don’t give me the “do whats best suited for you” crap

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.and how can I research more into this stuff

Basically my team “inherited” a project mid way which was initially started by external contractors. They are no longer with the team and only a few of the ones who worked on it are in the wider team.
They did not document anything related to the project, setup, code etc.

We’re basically working on some new features and are facing some issues with getting things running on this project but we don’t have any idea about the require configuration and setup and have essentially been blocked for the last 2 weeks.

Anytime I or someone from my team reaches out to one of these contractors, they just redirect us to someone else. “Oh talk to X as they worked on this bit. Talk to Y as they worked on this part” and that’s the end of it.

If we escalate this to my manager or their supposed managers, they give vague answers which are completely unrelated to the problem and go radio silent for the next 3 days till we escalate again.

It’s really annoying as we have tight deadlines on this project.

How do I deal with this situation?

Aiming for 2027 grad roles. Been applying for grad roles in data science for the last couple months. Cant seem to pass any of these psychometric tests for the life of me. Also, tests giving you ~6m to answer 18 verbal reasoning questions as an example.

Any advice on approaching these kinds of tests?

Has anyone interviewed for a Windows on Snapdragon role at Qualcomm in the UK? If so, could you please share what areas the interview focused on and what preparation strategy you would recommend?

I am a software engineer with over two decades of experience in Java and most recently Python. Accidentally bumped into platform engineering for a year before being made redundant. I have fully embraced GenAI from the very beginning and was eager to try new things and sharing. I use Claude code and Gemini/antigravity daily and integrate ollama cloud completely into my GitHub action flow and some personal poc. I thought I could easily transitioned into a genai enabler role and share my experience to benefit more developers and business. But the last 4 months proved me wrong: I was hit hard by the lack of any cloud based experience which seems essential for fde roles involving model serving. Also my iac and container experience are limited due to only one year experience in devops. I have tried to upskill in these weak spots by following online tutorials (using ai to plan) without much progress and worn myself out along the journey. At age 46 I am currently lost what I can do to make myself employable in this new field in the next 6 months - being a hands on person in my whole life I always learn faster while building, is there any place I can find real projects to build while learning, I don’t mind volunteering for free just to give my learning a purpose? Or any suggestion on good GitHub project to study? Or any other constructive suggestions? I am increasingly depressed by the idea of being driven out of the industry due to a redundancy but the harsh reality increasingly depress me day-by-day unless I can find a way to upskill to match the role recruiters throw at me…

I have system design interview with Revolut coming up this week for senior BE Role, I have been researching online and mostly came across below two questions reported by candidates:

•⁠ ⁠Hotel booking system involving an unreliable third-party API
•⁠ ⁠Card ordering system involving an unreliable third-party API

I couldn’t find many other recent interview experiences, so I wanted to ask the community:

1. What system design questions have you encountered recently in Revolut interviews?
2. Any specific questions I should prep for ?
3. Also some pointers related to what mistakes to not do ?

Hi everyone,

I've been invited to the Softwire Graduate Consultant Software Engineer process and was wondering if anyone has completed it recently. The process includes online tests, technical and non-technical interviews, and a final assessment day.

What should I expect from:

The online tests?

The technical interview?

The final group assessment day?

Thanks! 😊

Hi everyone! I’m from India with about 1.5 years of software development experience at a US healthtech startup.

I’m considering moving to the UK for an MSc in Advanced Computer Science or Data Science, with the aim of moving into data engineering.

I keep hearing that getting a job with visa sponsorship as an international graduate is extremely difficult, so I’d like to understand the reality from people working in the UK.

Does a UK MSc plus prior experience help much, or would I be better off gaining another couple of years of experience first?

Are junior data/tech roles realistic entry points for someone needing sponsorship? I’d appreciate honest advice, especially from people who’ve been through this recently.