INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Time to love and live life in this buzzing sector

Set within the historic grounds of a renovated gun powdered mills just metres from the buzzing village vibe of downtown Ballincollig, at first sight it’s hard to believe that you’ve arrived at one of the world’s biggest software multi-nationals. VMware Cork: a working utopia? Evelyn Kerge, for one, seems to think so.

The native of Estonia with a degree/background in graphic design first moved to Ireland in 2009 in search of a new life, a better standard of living and, needless to say, adventure. After hearing about the greatness of VMware through the grapevine of her social network, she was soon drawn to the company’s fold.

“Some of my friends were working in VMware,” she explains. “So I’d always heard about the stories about how interesting it is to work with customers and technical support. It all began for me when I heard about a pilot work placement program with the company.”