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Christina Lynch

Curriculum Vitae

  • Work History:

    For my first job I worked as a technology analyst for Deloitte where I got to work with a customer for 2 years. I then moved to SAP where I worked with lots of different technologies and customers. In a couple of weeks, I’ll be starting a new role in Microsoft as Technical Support engineer.

  • Current Job:

    Technical Support Engineer

  • Employer:

    I’m about to start a new role in Microsoft, moving from SAP

  • My Work: I’m a Support Engineer that solves problems for customers all aroung the world everyday.

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    I work as a support engineer, so I help customers solve any problems that they have. We get to work with and talk to customers all over the world. Each day we have a new puzzle that we need to solve that involves going into the system and investigating to try solve the issue.

    I organise lots of events outside of work too that support people, especially girls, who work in or are interested in technology. We have meetups where we get to meet lots of people and hear their stories about where they work and how they use technology in their day to day. We get to learn about different things  from the people in our group for example how maps work and what it is like to work for a company that creates computer games. I also help organise workshops to teach people how to code and learn new coding languages. We get to eat lots of pizza too. 

  • My Typical Day: Every day has a new challenge or problem that needs to be solved.

  • What I'd do with the money: I would use the money to help school teachers teach kids how to code.

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    I recently got to go to a national school as part of EU Code Week to teach 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th class children how to create their first program in an application called Scratch. It’s a game like lego that you can use to create games, but shows students how to code their very first program. I had lots of fun and there was lots of questions and amazing games that the students created during the workshops.

    The teachers were really interested in continuing to do this with the children, so I would love to use the money to bring teachers in and show them how they can teach the children how to do it. I think it’s really important that kids know how much cool things you can do with code and how exciting it can be.

  • My Interview

    • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

      Inquisitive, Enthusiastic, Positive

      What's the best thing you've done in your career?

      For my final year project in college, I created an phone app that people could use and it would recommend them places to go. I won a prize for the best project in my year which was really exciting

      What or who inspired you to follow your career?

      My big brother who is also an engineer

      What did you want to be after you left school?

      Something in Science or Engineering where I could meet and help different people

      Were you ever in trouble at school?

      Not really! except for chatting to my friend during class

      If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

      A teacher or maybe a baker

      Who is your favourite singer or band?

      Jess Glynne

      What's your favourite food?

      Italian

      What is the most fun thing you've done?

      Got to go to New York for a shopping trip and meet my friend who I don’t get to see very often

      If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

      Do/create something that will help people all around the world, happiness and to rescue lots of animals

      Tell us a joke.

      Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field

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