Virtual Payara Day: Our Values Published on 02 Jun 2019 by Mycah BanksTopics: Payara Events, Payara Life “Payarans”. That’s the name we have for all team-members, regardless of whether they work in Payara’s brick-and-mortar offices or whether they’re remote, working from their own home-offices that are spread around the world in diverse places that include Japan, the US, Sweden, Colombia, the Netherlands, Portugal – the list goes on. Continue reading “Virtual Payara Day: Our Values”
Life as a Payara Degree Apprentice in the UK Published on 14 May 2019 by Cuba StanleyTopics: Educational Projects, Payara LifeTagged Apprenticeship Program As an Apprentice at Payara, not a day goes by where I haven’t learned something new and intriguing. I’ve been an apprentice with the company since November of 2018 and the experience is, so far, proving to be one of great worth and one that I would recommend to any post college student with a passion for technology. Continue reading “Life as a Payara Degree Apprentice in the UK”
Top Musical Genres for Programmers Published on 07 May 2019 by Cuba StanleyTopics: Payara Life Being both a programmer and a musician, I find the best way to keep me rolling forward in any situation is to stick the earphones in, smack on a good tune and get lost in the well composed world of (preferably not) spaghetti code and appropriate jams… Continue reading “Top Musical Genres for Programmers”
Best Fuels for Developers Published on 25 Apr 2019 by Andrew PielageTopics: Payara LifeTagged Developer 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”
Career Fair at The Chase School Published on 13 Apr 2019 by Susan RaiTopics: Payara Events, Payara Life 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 Published on 03 Apr 2019 by Alan RothTopics: Payara LifeTagged Apprenticeship Program 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”
The Internal Knowledge Pool Published on 17 Mar 2019 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Payara Life One of the most amazing things about working at Payara is the number of ‘experts’ we have. Continue reading “The Internal Knowledge Pool”
Baking Buddies at Payara UK Published on 05 Mar 2019 by Julia MillidgeTopics: Payara Events, Payara Life It has to be said that the people in the UK office do like to BAKE! Continue reading “Baking Buddies at Payara UK”
Being Welcomed As A New Starter Published on 25 Feb 2019 by Cuba StanleyTopics: Payara Events, Payara Life When I started at Payara, the company treated me and the other new starting apprentice to a meal out with the rest of the engineering team. Continue reading “Being Welcomed As A New Starter”