IT internship at bol.com
Boyd (left of Billy) was an intern at bol. com from September 2017 until January 2018. This blog is a conversation between him and his intern mentor, Maurice Zeijen (Software Architect @ bol.
IT internship at bol.comCulture
50A new idea: to improve teams we don’t need to improve teams…
One of the things that keeps us busy at bol. com is the continuous quest to figure out what else we could do to make our teams better. Even better I should write, since the vast majority of our teams are doing great already and I am very proud of them! However we also believe at bol.
A new idea: to improve teams we don’t need to improve teams…Video: How does IT work?
Over 1200 people work at bol. com and our IT department consists of more than 350 engineers, clustered into 60 cross-functional teams. These teams are all grouped in fleets and spaces.
Video: How does IT work?Video: Insights- Building a Boomerang that doesn’t come back (to haunt you) at Spaces Summit
“My past year as a software engineer at bol. com has mostly been dedicated to breaking down one of the big monoliths within our software landscape into smaller services. To be more specific: I’ve been working in a team to extract the processes related to customer returns into a separate microservice.
Video: Insights- Building a Boomerang that doesn’t come back (to haunt you) at Spaces SummitDevelopers in Control
Thursday, November 16, 2017, bol. com hosted the Continuous Delivery Amsterdam meetup There were two talks planned: DocOps as part of DevOps, about how to integrate documentation in the developers workflow Developers in Control, about the past, the now, and the future of...
Developers in ControlDevOps is not a goal - releasing often is
Due to the influence of agile working and the increasing dynamics of the market, releasing is becoming a bottleneck. The question is: how can we fundamentally accelerate the release process? Rini van solingen explains which measures work in practice and illustrates this based on interviews at bol. com.
DevOps is not a goal - releasing often isOur agile journey so far – Part 5: Sustaining the change
This is the fifth and last post about our growth story. You’ve read about the history of bol. com and the process they made to reach their goal: landing on the moon.
Our agile journey so far – Part 5: Sustaining the changeAbuser Stories: thinking like a hacker
“I have a cool idea”, said every bol. commer. “The customer will love this”, they continue.
Abuser Stories: thinking like a hackerHackathon delivers again
The 9th edition of the bol. com internal hackathon was held on Friday, October 6th, and participants were able to present their projects to the colleagues last Thursday. "The Routine" The 9th edition of the bol.
Hackathon delivers againSoftware Circus Interview - The move to the public cloud
IT infrastructure transitions can be hard. Obviously there are technical challenges to overcome. But what do you do when internal disagreement about the way forward leads to a halt in innovation? Recently I gave a talk about exactly this topic at the Software Circus conference.
Software Circus Interview - The move to the public cloud