Category: Developer
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Now With Music!
[Dutch Lock Down Day Four Hundred Three] Today I’m quite excited to share that I figured out how to add music to my streams. And also I demonstrated how to use the new and improved GitHub Pages to put your CV online. It’s quite the productive day, eh? But first the news: Coronavirus cases start…
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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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This Is Staycation #LeanderStyle
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eighty Nine] All day today in Groningen, Netherlands, it hails and then the sun comes out and then it hails and then the sun comes out and then it hails. Super surreal. Kind of like how I am enjoying the next three weeks of staycation. I code and then…
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Want To Talk At Tech Conferences Like Me?
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eighty Eight] IF your project is open source AND you want to talk with developers, as opposed to companies, then you’re like me. Once you’ve figured out your voice and jumped down the rabbit hole of new experiences, share your adventures by speaking at technical conferences. First, check out…
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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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Preparing for the OfferZen SheSharp Maker’s Event
@OfferZen @SheSharpNL Maker’s event prep! #OfferZenMake
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Welcome to the OfferZen Community
[Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventy Four] This Wednesday I’m super chuffed to join an OfficeZen + SheSharp Maker’s workshop. We’re gonna make a self watering plant sensor!! ! My swag box arrived yesterday. Tomorrow I’m going to do the prep workshop. Live. On a stream. Should be fun, eh? But first the news:…
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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…