Bye Facebook
I deleted my Facebook account because in the past three years, I barely used it. It’s ironic, considering I worked there.
Graduation ceremony
For the 2012 Hasselt University Science Faculty graduation ceremony (“proclamatie” in Dutch), I was asked to present my experiences as an intern at Facebook.
Twelfth week: wrapping up
My last week at Facebook … it seemed so long until I could finally return to my beloved Anneleen. Simultaneously, time seems to have flown by.
Eleventh week: last struggles & Holiday Party
On Monday, I worked on getting my code committed and tied up many loose ends. I got very positive feedback from my manager! :)
Tenth week: Facebook swag, double victory, C++11
On Monday, I finally got Qt committed (if you’ve been reading my blog, then you’ll know that I started this two weeks ago). It cost me about five full work days.
Ninth week: `--static`, Thanksgiving and tofurkey
My ninth week here can be summarized very briefly: the work week was very short. Thanks to Thanksgiving on Thursday, we got off on Thursday and Friday.
Eighth week: static Qt, pizookie & American football
This week, I finally got around to reporting an issue that has been bothering me for a long time on Facebook.
Seventh week: Google, Cirque du Soleil and JOHNNIAC
Monday was the first day after Anneleen left. Obviously a sad day. Plus, due to the lack of sleep the night before she left, I was still feeling very tired.
Sixth week: Engineering summit & Anneleen's visit
Facebook, or well, my manager, graciously allowed me to take two days off — I believe in large part because I had been working so hard in the first 5 weeks of my internship.
Fifth week: "work hard, play hard", Stanford & Palo Alto
This week, I worked very hard to get as much work done as possible — as I did the preceding weeks, but with renewed energy and focus — before Anneleen would arrive Saturday that week.
Fourth week: impostor, "Belgium?" & MV FAST
On Monday, I biked to Facebook and back. Since I left early, it was cold. Very cold. Belgium cold. What’s worse though, is the state of biking.
Third week: biking to SF on the Super Safe Clown Show
This workweek was rather uneventful. I just worked very hard on pushing my project forward.
Second week: indoor skydiving, Alcatraz & scavenger hunt
On the Tuesday of the second week, I started feeling very much at home here in the sunny Silicon Valley.
First week at Facebook
While I obviously can’t publish the details here, the orientation was very cool.
Facebook internship: getting there
I didn’t expect the goodbye to be easy, but I never expected it to be so hard, either. I think it was one of the hardest things I ever did, on that 23rd of September, 2011.
Internship with the Site Speed team at Facebook!
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining Facebook’s Site Speed team in Palo Alto, California on September 26, 2011 for a 12-week in