My time at JTeam

Hey everyone. Now that I am back in NZ and looking for employment, I have been thinking about my work last year at JTeam.



First and foremost: I had a great working year, and I really enjoyed working with all the team at JTeam! The guys made me very welcome - I managed to learn lots of new stuff, as well as maybe leave a little behind. I contributed to some RFPs, pitched JTeam solutions directly to customers, as well as actually developing web applications.

Oh and I also bitched about Flash lots ...



At the end of a hard years work, I got this lovely box of treats for (early) Christmas. The Dutch have a cunning way to get Christmas twice per year: in addition to Dec 25 with Santa Claus, they also have Sinterklaas. He shows up Dec 5th giving presents and chocolates shaped of letters, and is suspiciously similar to Santa. Check the link for details.You know what they say about gift horses, so thanks Sinterklaas!



The crew from JTeam also all went out for an excellent Christmas dinner. I can't remember specifics, but the conversation (and wine) was top notch... It snowed outside as we dined, and I had to cycle home. Still, it was a genuine white Christmas, something us antipodeans don't see much of.

In short, I had a great time living in Holland! The Dutch seem to think that New Zealand is nothing but a country full of sheep. Its not true, we are as modern as any other western country in the world. Here is a picture of me in the middle of Auckland City.



The funny thing is that I'm not joking, this really is in the central part of our biggest city, Auckland. Check street view out on this link: Google maps link



This is my home computer, great to have it all setup again: 20" 1600x1200 LCD with my Behringer speakers.. mmmm!



And for those Dutchies who wanted to know what products are available here in NZ, here is an European section of a supermarket. Some supermarkets also sell stuff like stroopwafels and hagelslag.