Hi, I am James Darcy, and I have been working as a software developer for IBM Watson Health for the past 4.5 years. I am currently living in Athboy, Co. Meath, the town where I grew up. I was born in Dublin and lived there for a few years before moving to Athboy as a young child. I then moved back to Dublin during my college years, where I lived with friends and got to experience the best aspects of student life. After I graduated, I moved back home, as it is a more favourable commute to drive from there to the IBM offices as opposed to getting public transport to them from Dublin City Centre.
I studied Computer Applications at Dublin City University, and in the third year of our degree, we were required to go on work placement for 6 months. I was able to land an internship in Cúram Software, which was an Irish company that produced Social Enterprise Management software for governments and welfare agencies.