Ashley Fletcher

Education

My education doesn’t follow a straight line. It goes from British secondary school and a practical business qualification to a peer-driven coding school and a backend-focused internship in Germany. This timeline gives some context to how I learned and how I like to work today.

  1. Up to age 16

    School in the UK

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    Standard British secondary education up to GCSE's, the UK’s equivalent to a Mittlerer Schulabschluss.

    • Core subjects such as English, Maths, Sciences...
    • Build foundational learning in childhood.
    • Learnt to independently work for myself.

  2. 16–18

    Lewes College – BTEC Level 3 Business

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    BTEC Level 3 in Business, a qualification in the UK that is equivalent to A-Levels or a Fachabitur.

    • Coursework-based programme focused on real business.
    • Analysis, presentations and communication.
    • Planned small projects and justified decisions clearly.

  3. 2023

    The 42 Piscine

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    Selective, four-week intensive bootcamp used worldwide to identify self-driven developers This is used to recieve a place in a 42 school.

    • Learned solely through documentation and peers.
    • Long days coding C, debugging, pressure.
    • Proved the ability to stay focused under stress.

  4. From 2023

    42 School – independent school

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    42 is an internationally recognised programming school backed by leading companies.

    • Learned by building software from scratch.
    • Covered C, algorithms, systems programming…
    • Developed analytical thinking and collaboration.
    Check out the official 42 Heilbronn website for more details

  5. 2023–2024

    My journey through the 42 core curriculum

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    Working through the 42 core curriculum taught me to build reliable software through deep problem understanding.

    • Built C-based projects involving memory, parsing and processes.
    • Networking, Docker, microservices, full stack.
    • Decision-making, communication and planning.

  6. 2024–2025

    Internship at Schwarz IT

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    I applied my 42 training in a real production environment during my internship at Schwarz IT.

    • Kotlin, TypeScript, REST APIs, Docker, CI/CD.
    • Contributed to backend modules and Vue.js frontend work.
    • Tickets, code reviews, deployments.
    Read more about my work experience

  7. After the internship

    Continued Development

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    I am now continueing to expand my backend skills through structured Spring Boot courses.

    • REST, Security, testing.
    • Stronger backend architecture.
    • Filling knowledge gaps, disciplined habits.