Year In Industry - William Duyck

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Year In Industry

The Year in Industry is a UK scheme, which organises gap year placements for pre-university and undergraduate students. These posts are my experience during my placement between the second and final year of my studies.

Means to an end

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Means to an end

That for me, is what university has always been about. The end hasn’t changed too much either if I’m honest with myself, though I have doubted the means a few times. Back in July (2013) I wrote a post to my Year In Industry journal called “First day

Playing with the workday.

Playing with the workday.

For the past 8 months or so I’ve had the same basic morning routine. * Get up at 6:30am and run through the 3 Ss[1]. * Hop on the train at 7:30 from the village train station. * Sleep on the tain for an extra hour ;) * Arrive in London

U vs I Graph Task Management

> Time/task management is something that can take a while to develop as a skill… however it can be assisted, with great results, provided you find a system that works well for you. This is an explanation of the system that I've found works for me, maybe it'll help you

A month of Mozilla

One month on, and I can see that I've done so much. Though it still feels like I started yesterday. I've not been as good at this blogging as I should have been, however I'm doing better than I've done in the past. At least now I'm planning posts, even

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The strange weekend

> …also, don't work the weekends ;) -- Michelle Thorne [http://michellethorne.cc/] An apology So last week was my first working for the Mozilla Foundation, and it was one of the best Mozilla experiences I've ever had. Second only to meeting community members from around the world. This may not make

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Getting Settled

> Working at Mozilla isn't work… It's a lifestyle, a mission, and a close-nit, yet geographically distributed community. It's been a week now since I started at Mozilla, and its been an absolute blast so far. More than that its taught me a number of things about myself, and the difference

First day on the job (Morning)

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First day on the job (Morning)

[This is cross posted on yii.wduyck.com [http://yii.wduyck.com]] > Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. Confucius? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648294] Sure it’s a little cliché, however I am hoping that

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Aims and Objectives

So its almost time for me to start work, and I still haven't chosen (well in writing anyway) what aims and objectives I'm setting myself for this year. As a part of my placement I have to have a few aims and objectives that span the entirety placement. They need

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The Year in Industry Begins

So in just a few short days I start my Year-In-Industry. This fancy thing is basically a glorified internship, with one major advantage. It counts towards my degree! Even better my placement is with an organisation I've been volunteering for since I was 13. There are some disadvantages though... well