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This lecture consisted of six guest speakers. These were Tim Stone, Frank Clark, Will Squire, Chris Rogers, Ralph Saunders and Steve Jenkins.

Stone graduated in 2012 and currently works at Redweb in Bournemouth. This is a successful digital agency which focuses on all types of media, the office has an innovation lab and works on many of their own projects as well as clients. Tim Stone works as a front end developer. He previously had a role at Zeta. He also runs B&W meet in his spare time. This is an event which brings professionals and students together to network, similar to meetdraw. Stone also writes for a web magazine. He was offered this job through people he knew. Tim Stone understands the importance of networking and pushed us to network as much as possible.

Ralph Saunders also works at Redweb as a front end developer with Tim Stone. He spoke about his day-to-day job requirements. His role is to focus on the visuals of the agency’s websites. He works on a lot of long-term projects as Redweb are often involved in government contracts. These projects can be scheduled a year ahead of starting production.

Frank Clark works at Folk Digital based in Bournemouth. He has a role as a back end developer but says he is slowly working his way up by being a technical lead. Clark has been at Folk since he graduated from university in 2012.

Chris Rogers graduated from Bournemouth University in 2012 and currently works at Zeta in Poole. Initially Rogers started his own company but this failed. He then worked for Ratio and Amigo loans. Chris Rogers said this felt “morally wrong”. He is now content in the digital agency doing what he loves, back end development. Rogers joined Zeta once Tim Stone had left and says their company focus has changed. Zeta are more focused on mobile development than they were before. Director, Roger Allen spoke about this shift in a previous lecture.