Coen’s blog

As we all know, at a given moment in time, some things end as other things begin. That’s also currently happening over here at coen-HQ: I’m working on the finishing touch of my graduation project and I’m preparing for the life after that. That means that I’ve got to do some interviewing for jobs and I’m preparing my submission for the Software Engineering master at the University van Amsterdam. At this moment, I have no idea whatsoever what – or where, for that matter – my job will be but actually I don’t care (actually I do care that it’s a computer science job). The most important thing to look out for is the environment I’ll work in: the colleagues, the working conditions, the diversity of the job and the career opportunities I’ll have. If these are fine, I don’t care what or where my job will be.

As for my thesis: it’s finished and ready for delivery next Tuesday, June 2nd. On June 15th I have to defend my case and I think I’ll be fine. After that my last but very long holiday begins in which I’ll be backpacking in Thailand with two friends and I’ll make sure to post some nice pictures over here

I must say, I learned a *lot* during the last five months. Not only about pure software development, but I also learned to take a little more distance from my own work and review it like it was someone else’s and it’s actually pretty difficult to not go native when reviewing, for example, my own thesis. I also thought about what kind of programmer I’d like to be the most. The answer is definitely a backend programmer. Another thing I’d like to do is teaching. I simply love the idea of trying to teach someone something and afterwards see the successful results. Maybe that’s a boy’s way of thinking just as much as it is with programming: you create a toy and it works and you are happy.

I’m curious what the next couple of months will bring me with regard to jobs and stuff but I think fate and I will handle those things fine. Up to the next milestone!

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