Professional development

You should try to not book yourself too much with main work, so that you have time for continuous learning on the job.

We try to reserve funding for everyone to go to at least one conference each year for professional development purposes.

Our main work projects usually have plenty of opportunities for learning new science and technologies. However, one should consider the risks of a starting customer project with a brand new technologies if the customer isn’t specifically requesting it - the slowdown of learning something new (and not using it optimally at first) can affect how customers perceive our services. However, it can be very good to get involved in customer projects or internal development with something you don’t know (good excuse to learn something new).

It’s good to come to other events to meet people and learn things, including internal seminars. These events are not just made to provide information but an excuse to meet others and expand your network, which is also good for future job prospects.

Don’t forget to ask the team for support when learning something new. People learn faster by working together.