From January 1980 to December 1981 I worked as an Analyst Programmer at Mullens & Co in the City of London. This gave me an excellent grounding in professional software development and started my interest in systems software, formal design techniques and structured programming.
Developed actuarial systems for the Equity Research department of this leading City of London stockbroker, with a special focus on investment trusts and gilts.
It was at Mullens that I became a professional programmer, with excellent exposure to systems software, frameworks and software architecture and design. Worked in small team based in the end-user department, so had a lot of direct contact with both business users and senior management.
