My time at The Curve was spent developing and adding features to existing systems. This taught me a number of industry best practices and the technologies involved. The projects that I undertook were all deployed during my internship, so I could see the impact of my work in almost real time. In terms of mentoring, James and Paul were brilliant at teaching difficult concepts both simply and concisely for my understanding. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at The Curve.

I started my Internship at the end of June, from day 1 I have been working on client projects and getting a true insight into how software is built and delivered. My rails skills have massively improved alongside other technologies such as Docker and Javascript. I have built some incredible relationships with colleagues whilst working for the curve and could not recommend the company enough for anyone wanting to gain some real world experience within software.

It’s been a really valuable experience, which gave me an opportunity to significantly boost my skills in Rails, JavaScript, Docker and database related tasks/technologies. I got to know new project management tools (e.g. Jira) and expanded my GitHub-related knowledge by working on many branches, rebasing, resolving conflicts, or getting familiar with GitHub actions.
It’s been really wonderful time to meet and work in such a professional and friendly environment, as well as to learn a lot of new software engineering concepts while working on real-world projects.

This was my first real experience working as part of a larger team, and so introduced me to many industry standard tools and concepts that I have since taken and used in my university studies. Paul, James and the rest of The Curve team were so helpful and really supported me in learning all the skills I needed to contribute. In addition, working with another intern was such a huge benefit as it meant that we could support each other in learning languages, ways of working or techniques we were unfamiliar with.