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My name is Stijn Van Minnebruggen, I'm a developer at These Days Antwerp.
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To the next chapter

My life changed a lot lately. It’s been exactly a year now that she and I announced that we where getting married. But as you probably know, we didn’t. After eight years she decided to break up and cancel the wedding. In the meantime, we’re a couple of months further and we both moved to a new place. I’m finally getting all the boxes empty and books on the shelves. It’s time for a new chapter in my life. Don’t worry… people that know me, know that I’m a guy that keeps his chin up, and tries to get the best out of every situation.

What’s next then? Well, for all my life, I always wanted to move to New York but had accepted that I’d never work/live there because of the wedding etc. But because of the recent events it feels like I’ve got my second chance. As of this month, I’m soliciting in various companies in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Stockholm, London, etc. If you are looking for an experienced specialist in web development, I’m your man! ;) You can download my resume here. I look forward to hearing from you!

One last thing: I want you to know that I’m not trying to “escape from my current situation”. That’s definitely not true, because I really like how it is now. These Days is an awesome company! I’ve learned so many things, got loads of opportunities and it just keeps on getting better and better. The colleagues are nice, the work is fun and challenging, the mojitos are good and the boss rocks! ;) [UPDATE] The other boss got jealous on the fact that I didn’t chose his picture :P Sorry Sam, you’re really awesome too!! I’m not joking, you better re-read that recommendation I wrote about you on LinkedIn.

So I really love my job, but I feel like I should take my career to the next level. I want to build high-quality, next-generation websites and web applications. I’m looking for a company that demands pixel-perfect implementations and thinks further than the typical. There are such companies, but most are abroad. This is the main reason why I feel like I should move abroad and step into the next chapter of my life.

3 responses

  1. Sara said on 14.09.2009

    Go for it! Maar kom af en toe eens over huis om uw petekindje te bezoeken.

  2. Sam said on 14.09.2009

    Zo teleurgesteld dat die foto van the boss rocks naar Erwin gaat :D I think we have some content work that needs to be done … :)

  3. Koen Van der Auwera said on 15.09.2009

    Succes!!

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