Category: Advocate
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Cockroach Labs At KubeCon CloudNativeCon EU
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Getting Started With CockroachDB
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Nine] I know, I know. I haven’t even officially started with Cockroach Labs and I’m already nerding out? Where’s the work life balance? Where’s the weekend off? #CantStopWontStop But first the news: Strict Protestant churches ignored calls for online services, no singing Two Covid patients die after power outage…
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Drumroll Please!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Five] I am. Absolutely. Over the MOON. To announce my new adventure. But first the news: Coronavirus in the Netherlands: what changes today True number of Covid vaccines given in Netherlands still unknown; Up to 30% of data missing King’s Day 2021: 50 arrested in Amsterdam, parks closed across…
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Last Week of Vacation
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Two] Sure, I’ve been super sick for a few days, but I have high hopes for this week. First, though, I am entirely over the moon to announce that I have filed to create a company, Groningen Rain BV, here in the Netherlands. But first the news: Brabant hospitals…
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Call Guinness?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eighty Seven] Over the past four weeks I applied to thirty opportunities – twenty-one companies spoke with me sixty-seven times and six extended offers. How? Besides luck? Good question. But first the news: Family is not tourism: campaigners ask Dutch government to allow non-EU family visits Health Minister tamps…
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Do You Have Time Or Money?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eighty Four] If you’re thinking of going the open source route because it’s #FreeAsInBeer take a hard look at your resources and tell me which you have less of – time or money. Because if you have very little money, but plenty of time, then, yes, explore the open…
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Forty Two!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventy Nine] This week’s interview total is eleven bringing the grand total over the past three weeks up to forty two interviews. Considering I took two entire days off of interviewing, I’m rather impressed with this week’s numbers. Also, I’m super tired. But first the news: Coronavirus cases may…
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“So Tell Me About Yourself, Rain”
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventy Two] Within my CV you may have noticed that I have an undergrad in Dance and a Master’s in IT which is very much who I am. I was a professional dancer in the United States and if you’re a professional dancer in the United States, you need…
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Big Things Happening #HUGE
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventy One] But I still have to be quiet about it. I don’t like it, either. #SOON But first the news: Ministers switch to online meetings after deputy PM contracts coronavirus Coronavirus 7-day average tops 7,000; Most vaccinations in a month Minister De Jonge approves two rapid coronavirus tests…
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Twice Is Coincidence
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Seven] Last Saturday night I had incredible pain. Today I woke up with a cold. I’m thinking the weekends are when my body freaks out due to stress. What blows my mind is that I had seventeen interviews last week. And nine scheduled for the upcoming week. But…
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Community Is Everything
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Six]