Profile
Peter Holt
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About Me:
I live together with my wife in a nice little village south of Oxford and enjoy the great outdoors, but also building websites and generally messing about coding things
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My Work:
I’m a research software engineer working at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, this is one of the labs which make up the Science and Technology Facilities Council.
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Education:
I went to Secondary School and College near Manchester. I was in top sets for everything in school but i found college hard and dropped out after doing my AS Levels.
I went back to college to do an “Access to Higher Education Diploma” and after that went to the University of Leeds to get my degree in Computer Science.
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Qualifications:
12 GCSEs
1 Access to Higher Education Diploma
1 BSc (Hons) Applied Computer Science
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Work History:
McDonalds 2001 – 2017 (various roles)
Science and Technology Facilities Council 2020 – present (research software engineer)
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Current Job:
Science and Technology Facilities Council 2020 – present
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Employer:
Science and Technology Facilities Council
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My Interview
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What did you want to be after you left school?
Too long ago to remember
Were you ever in trouble at school?
Not really
If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?
Something outside to do with nature
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
To get my degree earlier than 35! To have a dog! To have a big garden!
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