What's it really like to go from writing code to leading people? In this episode, we talk with Babiche and Nikolas, who recently transitioned from engineer to Engineering Manager. They share the hard truths—from learning to let go of coding during incidents to the surprising power of walking meetings. If you've ever wondered what an EM actually does all day or are considering the move yourself, this conversation is for you.
Join us as Ronald van Rijn, Senior Director of Engineering at bol.com, reflects on his first 100 days. From his early programming days with a Commodore 64 to leading 900 engineers, Ronald shares his journey, leadership insights, and plans for the future. Learn how he tackles challenges, fosters impactful innovation, and applies lessons from hobbies like Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to his work.
On this episode, Lee September joins us to tell his inspiring story on Neurodiversity and Leadership. He shares his personal journey from engineer to management and how being neurodivergent played a role within this story. From personal growth to being inclusive to anyone. Knowing when to read the room and adjusting accordingly to put everyone in their strengths.
Contributing to change & equality for women in tech
“Working at bol.com allows me the freedom to innovate, inspire, and empower other women to do the same.” We are talking to Noha Shafik, who started her career in Egypt and has recently been promoted as bol.com’s Principle Engineering Manager. Guided by her search for personal values, Noha leads a diverse team at bol.com while staying true to herself, her strengths and her purpose.
As bol.com we are transitioning to a product-led organization. In previous Techlab podcast episodes, we discussed several aspects of this transition. One of the viewpoints we haven’t discussed is that of the software engineer.
Writing an article is reflection, publishing it is getting feedback
Learning from our colleagues. That is important to us. So, we were delighted when we found another great piece of this on LinkedIn, Elinore shared.
Our 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 4: Servant leaders
This is the fourth post about our growth story. In the previous blog post we explained how bol. com realized an organizational change with YBIYRIYLI (You build it, you run it, you love it).
