A running notebook of short reflections, links, and longer essays about engineering leadership, product, and work culture. Some posts are imported from LinkedIn, and kept here as a personal archive.
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How much do you like these kind of posts that pretend to be surveys and appear every once in a while in your feed?💡 they’re great"👏🏼 please more"👍 not much but they’re fishing …
A reflection on one of the changes that you experience as you become a manager or a leader…I can’t just be more humbled and driven by pursuing a career in technology leadership than when …
I love the ad that our colleagues in Chile have made for the card reader - I get a smile on my face every time that I hear the song “la maquinita SumUp, la maquinita SumUp” (SumUp’s …
A very interesting article by Segment about dual leadership that an Engineering Manager and a Product Manager have in a product teamSince my first day - my biggest ally and “sparring …
Fun fact about Denmark: birthdays are celebrated with (lots of) flags. The danish flag (Dannebrog) has a double function as “birthday flag” to celebrate any big ocassion (like my first birthday in the …
Hey Amsterdam network ❌❌❌ I think this is a super cool position! (OK I’m biased because I was doing the job until some weeks ago, when I became evangelizer 🚲 🤣) But VanMoof is in a super …
After 1 year and a half my relationship with VanMoof changes: from Tech Lead to Brand Ambassador 🚲 (in other words, I’m leaving the company ;-)It has been intense, with funding rounds, new …
This is why you cannot have a team of only super stars - you end in an ego-fight, a self-driven escalation where the team and personal objectives drift apart.Somebody needs to be willing to do the …
Probably the most undervalued skills of a developer are communication and empathy.When you’re not capable of understanding who’s your audience, there’s no way to communicate …
We’re on the hunt again for some good developers! Ambitious plans need bold people - and this is a great chance to join VanMoof and help us shape a delightful experience for our customers. Our …