Portfolio

I wrote an article on some of the agile basics. Starting with (agile) user stories: https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/agile/what-is-an-agile-user-story/

The productivity trick that helped me through university, eat that frog: https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/productivity/what-does-eat-that-frog-mean/

I wrote a blog post on the importance of having a culture where failing is acceptable: https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/engineering-leadership/how-to-create-a-culture-where-failing-is-acceptable/

Look, mom, I am on Spotify! I spoke on the Unfiltered Build podcast. Listen to me on how I got started into tech, how I motivate my teams, and some valuable lessons by the Greatest Dutch football p...

I wanted to find a way how to deal with recruiters effectively. In this part of the recruitment experiment series, I will answer the question if an autoresponder is how to deal with recruiters. htt...

I read Atomic Habits by James Clear and got inspired to see how I could use the Goldilocks rule in my day-to-day work as an Engineering Manager. https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/engineering-leadership/l...

My post on Why I stepped out of my first startup got featured in the top 7 must-read posts of the week! https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/personal/why-i-stepped-out-of-my-first-startup/

I wrote a blog post on a personal story. Why I stepped out of my first startup. https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/personal/why-i-stepped-out-of-my-first-startup/

Written a blog post on how I use the theory of Mcgregor: https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/engineering-leadership/mcgregors-theory-x-and-theory-y/

Wrote a personal blog on how I started my journey into tech: https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/personal/my-journey-into-tech/

I had an idea for a new series for the blog. A varying range of topics on Engineering leadership. The goal is to help readers become better leaders. Check the introductory post at: https://blog.jel...

Wrote a blog post on the usefulness of a brag list. https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/articles/the-brag-list-a-great-way-to-improve-your-performance/

Wrote a blog post about blogging. My statistics on my blog. https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/meta/a-blog-post-about-blogging/

Organized a cross-department hackathon at Drukwerkdeal.

Launched the Printdeal-API. A new print-on-demand API to order all your printed products at Drukwerkdeal, fully automated! As well as the API we launched a documentation platform where we as well a...

Co-Founded a startup.

Wrote a guide on how to host a Christmas retrospective. A great way to end the year for your team! https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/retrospective/christmas-retrospective/

Wrote a blog post on my experiences in 2021. https://blog.jellesmeets.nl/articles/2021-in-review/