My name's Damask Talary-Brown and I'm studying Computer Science.
I went on placement to Morgan Stanley in Canary Wharf in London
where I worked on the development of a bespoke performance testing tool
for latency critical training infrastructure.
While I was applying to placement I had a lot of support
from the Faculty of Science placements Team.
They reviewed our CVs,  they told us which organisations
we should specifically target when we told them what we were interested in.
And while I was on placement they visited us
and they checked up on our progress.
I definitely recommend a placement to new students.
It's something that's really rewarding to do while you're still studying
because it can remind you why you're studying
and was just a really fantastic experience.
I received a job offer from Morgan Stanley, so I will be going back in August
to start my graduate training, which I'm excited for.
I'll probably be going back to the same area I worked in on placement
but there's the freedom that I could move around if I wanted to try something else.
Advice I would give would be "be brave with applying to things, try something new"
there's no risk in spending a year doing something that isn't exactly
what you want to do, if it allows you to figure out what it is that you do want to do.
