Month: April 2019
Happy 21st Birthday Matt Gill!
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Topics: Payara Events
CONGRATULATIONS and CELEBRATIONS to our Senior Apprentice Matt Gill who is celebrating his 21st birthday. As 21 is still a ‘special’ birthday in the UK, Payara has given Matt a birthday gift and card and even some celebratory balloons for his desk. Matt brought in a tray of birthday cupcakes to share which were very appreciated.
Best Fuels for Developers
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Topics: Payara Life
We all have our little aids that keep us ticking along, tapping that keyboard, making the magic runes do the things. This blog will make me sound very British, and may make you hungry, but here are my five best fuels that keep me making sarcastic comments and writing code when I start to lag on the long days: Continue reading “Best Fuels for Developers”
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Payara On Tour in Japan!
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We are extremely excited to announce that we will be touring Japan in just a few short weeks. We have teamed up with some of the most prominent Java User Groups in the country and will be delivering a range of talks.
Career Fair at The Chase School
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Recently I had an opportunity to take part in a career fair hosted by The Chase School. The school is adjacent to our office which has led to the development of a special relationship between the school and our company. We have taken students for work experience and apprenticeships over the past few years. We are always looking for opportunities to find new talent locally, and the career fair provided exactly that. The fair was attended by students in year 11 – 13. This provided an excellent platform to promote our degree apprenticeship. Continue reading “Career Fair at The Chase School”
How I Learned Love Apprenticeships
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I started out as any other student doing A-levels, being force-fed the idea that to have any semblance of success in life I have to be looking at universities, which I partly believed. After passing my A-levels and planning to take a gap-year to mull over going to University, worrying about the £40,000+ debt once I finish, then the job hunt, where you are competing with hundreds (if not thousands) of starry-eyed graduates that have the same degree. What I quickly learned about the IT industry, however, is that a degree doesn’t tell a employer how good you are at writing code, because in the industry, experience takes precedence. Continue reading “How I Learned Love Apprenticeships”
Rakuten Card Won an Award with Payara Server
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We are proud to announce that Rakuten Card has recently received the IT encouragement award for delivering “Highly available financial services using open source application server and global collaboration with Payara“. Continue reading “Rakuten Card Won an Award with Payara Server”