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Aoife Downey - Fidelity Investments
It can be hard to know where to go looking for an internship. College life doesn’t always give you solid insights into how these programmes actually work, or where the best ones can be found.
On top of that, we’re all familiar with the discouraging trope of interns doing coffee runs and spending their days beside a photocopier. Thankfully, computer science student and intern at Fidelity Investments , Aoife Downey, told us that there are much more exciting opportunities to be found.
Cleo Byrne - Fidelity Investments
Knowing how to prepare for an internship or your first job is hard when you don’t have prior experience. It can be daunting to think that you’ll arrive on your first day and be expected to know exactly what you’re doing and how you’re going to do it.
Computer science student and intern at Fidelity Investments , Cleo Byrne, has some reassuring insider information that indicates otherwise.
Oluchi Anyabuike - Fidelity Investments
Picking a graduate programme or your first big job after college can be challenging. What should you look out for? What opportunities could you expect?
Oluchi Anyabuike studied computer science and information technology at NUI Galway. She spent her third-year placement in Fidelity Investments, which gave her the chance to apply classroom knowledge in an industry setting for eight months. After finishing her placement, she completed Fidelity’s Leap graduate programme and went on to join the company as a full-time software engineer.
Aoife Skelly - Fidelity Investments
After making it through college and the hurdle of final-year exams, taking some time off is a popular next step. But could it impact how prepared you are to kick-start your career?
Here, computer science graduate Aoife Skelly explains how the Leap graduate programme at Fidelity Investments helped her “get back into the swing of things” as she took her first steps into the industry after taking a year off.
Supportive colleagues, instructor-led classes and making new friends at the company all helped her adjust.
Stephanie Kavanagh - Fidelity Investments
Wouldn’t it be great to encounter the best talent from early on in their careers, retain them and see them reach their full potential?
It’s somewhat of a holy grail for employers, as shown by the recent trend of tech companies introducing programmes at third level, or even second level. ‘Get them while they’re young’, perhaps.
Yet just because these people get into your company doesn’t mean that they’ll stay. Exposure and retention are completely different things and the latter is a more complex beast.
Lara Chiappetta Lagioia - Fidelity Investments
While some people know straight away that they want to go into a career in tech, others discover it as an option after pursuing something else.
Lara Chiappetta Lagioia was studying journalism and was in her final year of college in Brazil when she realised she wanted to look for a qualification in something else. At the time, she and her husband had also decided to emigrate so she wanted a course that would open a career path anywhere in the world.
Eileen Rattigan - Fidelity Investments
After a four-year degree in computer science at TU Dublin, Eileen Rattigan joined Fidelity Investments through its Leap Technology Immersive Programme. This four-month programme is designed for recent or upcoming college graduates with a technical education.
As an associate software engineer, Rattigan now works within a team alongside other developers, creating technical solutions for customers.
Fionn Bracken - Fidelity Investments
After studying mathematics in University College Cork, Fionn Bracken wasn’t quite ready to start his career so he took some time out to travel and work in different countries.
During the pandemic, he decided he wanted to pursue a role as a software engineer, which led him to complete a master’s degree in data science at University College Dublin.
He now works as an associate software engineer at Fidelity Investments, having joined the company’s four-month Leap immersive technology programme.
“I was attracted to the software industry as I enjoy problem solving in technical areas, but I also enjoy seeing how solving problems can benefit users and people’s lives. I feel that software has a short feedback loop, which helps me see the impact of my work quickly,” he said.
Benie Mambouana - Fidelity Investments
One of the most exciting parts of the tech industry is how early-stage professionals can start out on one path, only to discover a whole new area that they want to explore.
That’s what happened to Benie Mambouana, who did a four-year bachelor’s degree in games design and development at Limerick IT, which is now part of Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUS). She now works as an associate software engineer at Fidelity Investments.
“I’d never heard of fintech until I did a six-month work placement at a small fintech start-up in Madrid,” she told SiliconRepublic.com.
