FEATURE
FEATURE
FEATURE
Three graduates tell Intelligent Data
Centres about making a start in the
data centre industry and what this
career path means for them. Angela
Meah (PhD), Operations Director,
coolDC, explores this further and
gains insight into how a career in the
data centre industry can offer many
rewarding benefits.
Three graduates
and their experiences in
the data centre sector
I
t is no secret that the burgeoning data centre industry is
facing a skills shortage. As much of the current workforce
edges towards retirement, the industry is not proving a career
of choice among young engineers and technicians. However,
three recent graduates are hoping to inspire other young people
by sharing their data centre journey so far. We hear from three
graduates who tell us more.
Aminah Hussain, James Green (BSc Computer Studies) and
Rebecca Willis (BEng) graduated in the summer of 2019. They
were offered three-month internships with a data centre start-up
based in Lincoln and went into their final exams knowing that
there was a potential career waiting for them.
In February 2019, they attended ‘insight’ afternoons hosted by
the company. These included a site tour during the construction
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of its debut data centre. Although Rebecca previously had no
idea about the data centre industry, she applied to the company’s
internship programme because of its focus on sustainability
as well as its family feel. The concern with sustainability was
important to all three graduates and they also report being
encouraged by the enthusiastic endorsement of fellow University
of Lincoln graduate, Kieran Brown, who had been offered a full-
time position with the same company following the completion of
his internship just months earlier.
Having previously completed an IT apprenticeship, Green was
already working part-time in the university’s IT department at
the time of application. He was therefore no stranger to the role
of data centres in everyday life. “I love the tech behind it and the
way in which everything works together. Servers and DCs have
always interested me,” said Green.
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