Initiate and Embrace change

February 26th, 2010

My new blog is at at http://cre8ivethought.com/blog/index come and follow me there.

-Mark Nijhof

I have initiated many changes throughout my career, I have for example lived and worked in Holland (duh I am Dutch, so yeah), Norway and Australia. I have worked as a consultant going to clients, and I have worked in-house doing product development. I have even been working as a responsible person for designing and implementing large scale systems using the companies existing building blocks without daily coding.

People tell me that I have been lucky to have been able to do all of these things, but it is not luck, it is about embracing the opportunities that come along in life. All of these changes came from nice opportunities that later proved the be great. But it takes faith and trusting your instincts, and yeah a big leap of faith.

Well that time has come again, I am going to take a leap of faith:

 

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I am going to be working for myself. This is been something that has been on my mind for a very long time, and I feel that now is the time to do it. I am actively initiating change.

I eventually want to be asked to initiate change in your development teams, helping them improve their skills and processes. I am a strong believer of continuous improvement, or kaizen and I have always enjoyed teaching others and seeing them just suddenly ‘get it’.

Another thing I will be doing is just delivering quality software, whatever is needed. I enjoy writing software immensely and that is something that won’t ever change.

So if you are in need of a person that is able to do any of the above mentioned things then I can be your man. Don’t hesitate to contact me on my e-mail Mark.Nijhof@Gmail.com or on my phone: 0047 95 00 99 37.

  • http://elegantcode.com David Starr

    Congratulations! This is awesome, Mark. I am so happy to see that you are finally making the plunge. Goodness!

  • http://blog.fossmo.net Pål Fossmo

    Cool! You talk about this last time I met you, but I didn’t expect you would do it this fast :-) Are you going to stay in Bergen? You mentioned other cities when we spoke… Anyway; good luck, with your skills it will not be a problem to be a success…

  • http://elegantcode.com Jan Van Ryswyck

    Go! Mark Go! :-)

  • http://andreasohlund.blogspot.com Andreas Öhlund

    Good luck Mark!

  • http://thedersen.com Thomas Pedersen

    Great news Mark! Good luck to you.

  • http://blogs.imeta.co.uk/sstrong Steve Strong

    Congratulations! It’s always exciting to be starting on a new venture, I wish you all the best.

  • http://jonas.follesoe.no Jonas Follesø

    Congratulations on making the decision. I’m sure you will do great! Good luck, and I will keep my eyes and ears open for opportunities.

  • http://blog.kjempekjekt.com/ Torbjørn Marø

    I will not congratulate you, as that kind of indicates luck or that you have won something. I will rather salute you for your dedication to your profession, and I’m happy for you taking steps to create the perfect job for yourself. You’ve been source of inspiration for me for as long as I’ve known you, and I expect your new company to do well. Two thumbs up!

  • http://elegantcode.com Jarod Ferguson

    This is great news, best of luck to you and new found success!

  • http://kozmic.pl Krzysztof Ko?mic

    Good for you Mark. I’m sure you’ll do just great. All the best!