About First Option Software Ltd App Development company in United Kingdom, United Kingdom
We are a bespoke software development company based near Winchester in Hampshire UK, dedicated to providing customer focused solutions for businesses. Our mission is to transform businesses with bespoke software. We centre around a belief that software s
First Option Software is a focused private company dedicated to creating projects and services which meet customer needs. We are customer driven not head-office/shareholder/bank driven and are passionate about delivering excellent technical solutions to solve business problems.
Richards original intention was to be an Electronics Engineer – attracted by its social status and glamorous lifestyle! This all went by the wayside when he discovered computers and The Interwebs. Post-University he joined a small exciting development house in the beautiful Hampshire countryside thus depriving the UK of its greatest modern-era Prime Minister.
Although not a natural coder he quickly established himself as a practical and useful type able to support the more fragile and otherworldly programmers acting as both a shield and a translator to customers.
Richards core strengths are rooted in over 20 years of designing building supporting and learning with a strong grounding in all things related to Internet Security. An early evangelist of Linux and Open Source he prefers CentOS Nginx and the simple beauty of the command line.
Outside work Richard loves photography real ale and the Great British Bake Off.
It was while at college that Mike discovered computers and just how much fun programming can be. This quickly led to a career in computing which started on the Monday after leaving college.
Mikes first challenge as a trainee programmer was to learn the C programming language. This was a challenge that was attacked with enthusiasm and determination. In this ever changing industry learning new skills has been a constant feature that Mike has enjoyed. Most recently development in Android has been the latest technology to be tackled.
Were in this business because solving challenges is in our blood – its what some of us have been doing for 25 years. Whether were getting to grips with your business processes working out the best way to write a new feature or just squashing those final little gremlins – its what we do and love – day in day out.
Long-term is key to our company ethos and it impacts everything we do. We foster long-term relationships founded on trust; we develop software with longevity in mind and we do what we can to ensure we can carry on for at least another 25 years all the while improving ourselves along the way. See our social policy and environmental policy
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We are unique in that our skilled bespoke software developers are unbiased towards technologies, centering around a belief in using the right tool for the right job. Some of our most successful and longstanding relationships have started as a project resc
