From Thesis Intern to International Speaker - Meet Rick Ossendrijver! 👋 Hi! My name is Rick, and I am a Software Engineer in the Targeting team at Picnic. 👨💻 🚀 I started with a thesis internship at Picnic 3.5 years ago. After completing my thesis, I joined the Java Platform team, which is responsible for providing the core tooling and foundation for all Java services at Picnic, supporting a tech team of 300 engineers. During my time in the Java Platform team, I worked extensively with Error Prone, a static analysis tool for Java that can automatically improve your code. We developed numerous rules and automated complete migrations with this tool. After open-sourcing the project, I began speaking about it at conferences. I found a passion for sharing knowledge and aimed to do it more often. 🌍 🎤 In just two years, I became an international speaker, delivering over 25 talks and workshops in many different countries. Picnic heavily supported me on this trajectory, providing many opportunities and offering expert-led courses to ensure I received the help I needed. 📚 💡 Half a year ago, I transitioned to the Targeting team. Here I've been working on a new project where we could use all the latest tooling and do continuous deployments. I love Picnic's focus on automation and improving code quality. Additionally, Picnic's strong engineering culture and tech-focused environment make it an incredible place to work at. Picnic's fast-paced environment and hands-on mentality turns ideas into reality under a short amount of time. If you're passionate about tech and eager to grow, Picnic is the place to be! Join our tech team 👇 https://lnkd.in/erQXB483
You're doing a great job Rick! 😃👊🏻
Awesome work Rick Ossendrijver, really great to see how you developed yourself!!
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3wImpressive accomplishments, Rick Ossendrijver. Excited to see your future success!