TheRain.Dev

Category: Dancing Engineer

  • Community Is Everything

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Six]

  • TOMORROW is One Year?!?

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Four] It’s hard to believe that the Dutch Lockdown started one year ago tomorrow. But first the news: Almost 46,600 coronavirus fines issued, 258 arrested for curfew riots Coronavirus average climbs for 11th straight day; 6,187 new infections EU coronavirus vaccination passport to be ready by the summer…

  • And Don’t Forget To Breathe

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty Two] Yesterday I had three interviews, today I had three interviews, tomorrow I have three interviews, two on Thursday, and two on Friday. That’s a lot of extrovertin’. But first the news: Coronavirus cases up by 24% in last week, RIVM says situation is ‘worrying’ No events until…

  • Officially Official Cover Letter

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Sixty One] Which, really, should reside over on https://rainleander.github.io/cv/ but I’ll get it going over here, eh? My bio paragraph that I typically use for conference talks and such is, “Rain is a systematic, creative, interdisciplinary community liaison with a Bachelor’s in dance and a Master’s in information technology.…

  • The Whole Glorious Story

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Fifty Eight] In January, DevRel switched focus from product to partners and didn’t assign any work to the product team except for documentation. It was utterly demoralising to some of us. We were never told why the focus switched. Nor what we were expected to do in the interim.…

  • Time For A New Adventure

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Fifty Seven] My time at @EquinixMetal and @Equinix is coming to an end in May; I’m looking for remote #DevRel Developer Advocate / Technical Evangelist / Program Manager opportunities, preferably within #OpenSource. My LinkedIn is up to date, but I’ll post my formal CV / writing samples / speaking…

  • Today! PRXMTY! Get Closer!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Nine] Starting this afternoon and running across the globe, Equinix Metal is running its first ever Online Technical User Conference, PRXMTY streaming LIVE on Twitch.tv/EquinixMetal. And for the EMEA time zones, I’m totally one of the co-hosts along with the dazzling Mark Coleman and the exceptional David McKay.…

  • The Carrot or The Stick

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Eight] When I was nine, the teacher wanted to teach her class a lesson. She left, closed the door, and watched us from the window in the back of the room. Chaos ensued. But first the news: Coronavirus cases fall below 4,000 but more patients are in hospital…

  • The Dancing Engineer who loves #BareMetal and #Butoh

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Seven] Welcome to March 2021! And when we start a new month, we dive into a new theme that combines dance with a technical focus – and March is for #BareMetal and #Butoh But first the news: Dutch vaccination programme catches up and Leiden vaccine is close to…

  • Buy All The Things!

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Six] It was my absolute pleasure to coach Kelly Mahoney, the creative genius behind SoSplush at a Grace Hopper Celebration Open Source Day a few years ago. When I was playing with a new logo for myself, I totes commissioned her to experiment. So when I saw there’s…

  • This is Not the NATO Alphabet You’re Looking For

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Four] The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, commonly known as the NATO phonetic alphabet or the ICAO phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used radiotelephone spelling alphabet. The ITU phonetic alphabet and figure code is a variant. I’m sick of having that damn thing crammed down my throat and so in the interest of chaos, mayhem, and…

  • Is Resistance A Thing?

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Forty Three] How do you conquer it? Or embrace it? Or…? There are several books that talk about it, but one full on talks about it as a massive dragon and you are the knight and it’s time to do battle, and that’s Do The Work by Steven Pressfield…