On June 13th, we organize the third edition of Spaces Summit: an internal tech conference for and by bol. com IT. From the start of the idea three years ago at a “borrel” (Friday afternoon drinks), Spaces Summit has become the biggest event inside bol.
Spaces Summit - Launching for the 3rd edition“It didn’t look like a big issue at that moment”. Everybody in the room listened to what the Engineer on Duty (EoD) had to tell about the first moments what, later on, turned out to be a partly outage of the webshop in peak season. It’s Monday morning 10.
How we deal with the unexpectedBol. com is growing with approximately 30% per year, not just in terms of revenues but also operationally. With these increasing numbers it’s an on-going challenge to fulfil all customer orders in time.
The life of a WMS consultant at bol.comTL;DR: this article discusses in detail my presentation at Spaces Summit 2018. I talked about the need to stop smashing our keyboards and "blindly" focus on "high-speed", and start thinking about what we are doing, why and how we are doing it. By "zooming out and thinking" we take architecture and design into consideration.
Stop Smashing your Keyboard! Zoom out! Think!Last June, Spaces Summit was organized by and for bol. com employees. At Techlab, we want to celebrate this event by highlighting two presentations every month.
Part 3: Talks Spaces Summit v2.0At bol. com, we deal with a lot of complex, technical challenges. Luckily, we also attract a lot of people who like a good challenge.
Life of an IT Intern at bol.comLast June, Spaces Summit was organized by and for bol. com employees. At Techlab, we want to celebrate this event by highlighting two presentations every month.
Part 1: Talks Spaces Summit v2.0Yes, we made it again! Spaces summit 2018 - the bol. com IT conference by engineers, for engineers - happened again last 7th of June, on a hot summer day in our home town Utrecht. The event brought together more than 340 participants from bol.
Spaces Summit v2.0 - “That t-shirt is not black, it is very dark blue”At bol. com, IT grows together with the rest of the organization. We are constantly searching for brilliant new colleagues.
In search for perfect coding interview assignmentWell, pretty cool, I’d say. And even cooler if you are a young professional, fresh out of university and just started in your first job. But our pay-off is “Je kan het met bol.
Organizing your own tech conference: how cool is that?!