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  • Vacation Time In Three, Two, One…

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety Six] GO! Mostly. I still need to start a company and talk with an accounting firm and a notary or a lawyer – oh, and return Equinix Metal’s hardware to them – but otherwise, I’m mostly on vacation for the next two weeks. What will I DO with…

  • How Do I Feel?

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety Five] Tell me now, how do I feel? Papa gave me, effectively, an entire morning off today and hooo BOY was it LUX! But first the news: Ministers ‘more optimistic’ about relaxing coronavirus rules on April 28: NOS Eight Dutch travelers quarantined on Greek island Rhodes during holiday…

  • Binaries Are For Computers

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Ninety Two] That’s it. That’s the whole post. Oke, well, maybe not the WHOLE post – I realize I’ve been short sometimes – REALLY short – but I promise my distractedness is coming to an end soon and I’ll be able to focus again soon. Be able to post…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • I Don’t Think Anyone Noticed, Though

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eighty Five] That feeling when you realize, forty five minutes into the one hour interview, that you forgot to put on your interview scarf and are only wearing your workout clothes. I don’t think I noticeably winced too much? Thankfully they’re your plain black on black workout shirts and…

  • I Still Bought A Towel

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Eighty] I re-counted after posting yesterday and realized it was actually 17 / 16 / 11 which is forty four. Not forty two. Ah, well. But first the news: Dutch stop giving AstraZeneca vaccine to under-60s pending review Woman dies of lung embolism after AstraZeneca vaccine People who had…

  • 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…

  • Happy Trans Day of Visibility!! !

    [Dutch Lock Down Day Three Hundred Seventy Seven] Tell your favourite trans people you see them. We love that. In the interest of full disclosure, yes, I identify as a bi-sexual non-binary trans feminine queer person; my pronouns are they / them. I’m trans. See me. But first the news: Five Utrecht bars will open…

  • Preparing for the OfferZen SheSharp Maker’s Event

    @OfferZen @SheSharpNL Maker’s event prep! #OfferZenMake

  • 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:…

  • “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…