David McDonald

I helped write a work thing again technology.blog.gov.uk/2022/02/01/upg…

@SandyLindsay @hawkida @TheJuiceAcademy Best to keep an eye on gdscareers.gov.uk too and do send an email to gds-recruitment@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk if you have further questions - they will be particularly able to advise on opportunities for a range of different roles and experience!

@SandyLindsay @hawkida @TheJuiceAcademy Hey Sandy, this event is just targeted at those interested in learning more about software engineering however we definitely want to have more diversity across ALL our roles in GDS.

eventbrite.co.uk/e/software-eng… <--- GDS is looking for people from under-represented groups to join the workforce. Do share with anyone you think might be interested.

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@benunsworth @hawkida They can then also choose when they are ready for promotion if they want to apply for a specific frontend developer role. We should have some of the generalist 'Junior Developer' roles coming soon which are a good entry point for post bootcamp.

@benunsworth @hawkida Historically we've only hired 'Junior Developers', and tried to expose them to frontend, backend and maybe some webops. They tend to also follow their interests naturally so may decide to work more on some things than others.

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I finally wrote a thing again gds.blog.gov.uk/2020/04/03/how…

@PrometheusLDN @abida_aal If you want to hear more about our work (with links to all our open documentation) then check out a blog post we wrote on it too gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2018/11/09/bui…

Using Prometheus for User Research. @abida_aal explains why GDS built an internal monitoring and alerting service and how they're improving their documentation with user research. youtu.be/EfbFJmjVj3w

I wrote a blog post about some of our work on monitoring and alerting at @GDSTeam using Prometheus gdstechnology.blog.gov.uk/2018/11/09/bui…

@abida_aal Du Pain et des Idees, check it out

@abida_aal La Marine near Republique is nice. I'm also trying to hunt down the name of the place we had the best pain au chocolats at!

Can anyone recommend a restaurant for dinner in Paris? For tonight plssss!

@laurence_berry I've heard good things about the patty n bun veggie burger too if you haven't tried it

The transformative power of giving young women cash work.qz.com/1271543/ via @QuartzAtWork

Why employers should never ask job candidates about past salary smh.com.au/business/workp… via @smh