PHP Back-end Developer Salary: £35,000 - £60,000 Based in Glasgow We are currently recruiting for a Back-End PHP Developer to join a unique and growing FinTech company in Glasgow. Our client is looking for an ambitious PHP Developer to join their development team and assist with a very big project coming up. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced PHP Developer to utilise their skills within a fast-paced and challenging environment, handling projects in the UK and across the USA. The ideal candidate will be extremely self-motivated and have the ability to produce and maintain high ..read more

EP#37  PHP with Ashleigh Simonelli We have a new series and we will be speaking to Ashleigh Simonelli , Ashleigh works for Wi-Q technologies building Mobile ordering apps for hotels and restaurants. We will be discussing her background, how she got into PHP development and some of the reasons she is starting to look into other languages. In the next few weeks we will discussing PHP,TypeScript,  communication protocols, Micro services,  NestJS etc. You can connect with her here; https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleigh-simonelli-01b5a1b6/ https://colchesterdigital.org.uk/speakers/ashleigh-simonell ..read more

EP#36  Why Drupal?  With Denis Usov Denis Usov is a Team Lead at ADCI Solutions, they are a design and development company specialising in high load Drupal projects. In this session we will be discussing the benefits of Drupal CMS . You can connect with Denis here; https://ru.linkedin.com/in/denis-usov-32140576 ..read more

Continuing with our recent series with Marko Kunic , we will be having a short discussion on DDD, BDD & TDD. Marko is currently a Software Engineer at Lendable and has been working professionally with PHP for several years. He enjoys doing open source and making other developers job easier, loves helping people, learning new things and reading software books.   You can connect with Marko on:   https://twitter.com/kunicmarko20 https://github.com/kunicmarko20 https://linkedin.com/in/kunicmarko20 ..read more

In this episode, we will be discussing the reasons why developers tend to want to move jobs. We will discuss things such as boredom, salary.  etc.  Do legacy system and in-house frameworks put off developers?  We will be discussing the friction that happens when there is a disagreement between developers and management and the balance that's needed.   You can connect with Rafael below;   www.rafaelphp.com   https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafael-de-souza-740b648a ..read more

EP#23Brief talk on React and Advice for developers looking to go to the next level… Continuing our talk with Mark Harding, we will be talking about React, it’s pro’s and cons. Mark will also be sharing his view on junior developers as well as the best approach for those who want to become polygon developers. You can connect with Mark here https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-harding-43303938 ..read more

Todays Podcast we are joined by Mike McDonald who has been a  Senior Mental Health Practitioner for the past 30 years. He is deeply rooted in the Mental Health community and has  also been  a volunteer at  Samaritans for a number of years.  On topic for World Mental Health Day  we will be discussing  Mental Health in the work place from both a employee and employer perspective. Mike provides an in-depth look at why Mental health is such a taboo topic within working culture and gives some great insight into his experiences throughout his 30 years. We will also discuss practical steps for busine ..read more

This week I have the pleasure of speaking to Dan Blows ,Currently a tech lead, he has done some really cool stuff, he's in the top 3% on stack overflow, in the top 10% of PHP developers in Europe, speaking at meet ups , spoke in the European conference in front of 100's of people, training and mentoring junior developers and many more. Dan will be speaking about his journey to becoming a Tech Lead - From a person that never went to university , the importance of being a self starter, having passion for development and using your personal time to grow as a developer. Dan will share his inspirin ..read more

In this last episode, Ashleigh will be talking about Communicating between Front end , Micro-services & IOT using NestJS. She will touch on DINO and how this may replace NodeJS. You can connect with her here; https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleigh-simonelli-01b5a1b6/ https://colchesterdigital.org.uk/speakers/ashleigh-simonelli ..read more

This is a continuation of a podcast I did with Ashleigh Simonelli a few weeks back . Ashleigh works for Wi-Q technologies building Mobile ordering apps for hotels and restaurants. We will be discussing her background, how she got into PHP development and some of the reasons she is starting to looking into other languages. In this  week we will be talking about communication protocols and methodologies and what that is. You can connect with her here; https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleigh-simonelli-01b5a1b6/ https://colchesterdigital.org.uk/speakers/ashleigh-simonelli ..read more