A career thanks to open source
Hasselt University Professor Frank Neven asked me to come and talk a bit about my experience in open source, and how it helped me.
The iPhone Dock Bed
My girlfriend and I both have an iPhone. Every night when we go to bed, we plug them in for charging. We also use them as our alarm clocks.
Working at Acquia!
After working at Nascom for a very brief time, I will soon start working at Acquia!
Llama bank card
I recently had my site redesigned (and that’s still in flux), but I also had a logo designed. Since I’m very much fond of llamas, I decided my logo would be a llama.
Working at Nascom!
On January 2, I announced that I was looking for a job. Since that announcement, I’ve talked with >65 companies.
Looking for a job
The time has finally come. I’m looking for a job!
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.
How much is too much?
So, university has started again. We have to pick “broadening courses”, I chose economy courses (macroeconomics and operational research).