Hi!
I am going to submit my documents for exceptional talent. So I am here to request some review from the community. Any feedback is appreciated
I currently have 11 years of work experience as a software engineer and have been working with a product-based company for 7 years with major work from leading software development to implementing it.
My application
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PERSONAL STATEMENT (exactly 1000 words) - Talked about my experience, and how I got into tech 60%. 15% about why I’m choosing the UK, 15% about the skills and competencies that I’ll be bringing to the UK, and 10% about my plans for the UK.
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CV - 3 Pages - Included mostly summaries of my achievements for each company that I worked for, my certifications, etc.
My recommendation letters were as follows:
- letter from the Consulting Technical Director of my project A, talking about my work and achievements at work. I worked under him for 1 year on Project A.
- letter from the Consulting Technical Manager of my project B, talking about my work and achievements outside of work. I worked under him for 2 years on Project B.
- letter from Consulting Technical Manager of my project B, talking about my work and achievements at work. I worked under him for 2 years on Project C.
MC
Document 1 - Labour income increased by 121% over the last 3 years
Document 2 - Academic certificates and certifications
Document 3 - Describing work that I did i.e. led different modules in project A from development to implementation and onsite UAT support for project A for retail net banking product along with news clippings(link) of product go live which I worked on.
Document 4 - reference letter to support document 3 from the Vice President and Global Head of company A.
OC1
Document 5 - contributions as lead to the development of Project B(product B) with a reference letter mentioning my contribution from the Senior Principal Consultant who mentored me during a project.
Document 6 - contributions as lead to the development of Project C(product C) with a reference letter mentioning my contribution from the Senior Principal Consultant who mentored me during the project.
Document 10 - Letter from HR verifying my employment, as well as form 16 (equivalent P60s in India) of the last 5 years indicating my income.
OC3(CONTRIBUTION & IMPACT)
Document 7 - received 4 awards for appreciating my work done that is mentioned in documents 3,5 and 6
Document 9 - Document with my salary info, but focusing on the bonus part and linking it to my performance. Also here I add my performance review results (“outstanding” for several years) with positive comments.
Document 10 - Document detailing my contributions to Project D as lead with code commit history and flow diagram (2 pages) + 1 page reference letter by a Consulting Technical Manager at the same company that witnessed my work current project.
@Francisca_Chiedu @alexnk @Afolabi @May @tundeph @ask4jubad @Maya @alex_james @goonjanmall @femibiwoye and others, hope to get your feedback