A couple of weeks ago, I departed from Xebia with mixed feelings of grief, thankfulness, and anticipation of what is to come.
Looking back, I had such a great time. I enjoyed the Xebia Knowledge Exchange, the team outings with my fellow Qxperts, walking up the Stelvio, doing an IceBath challenge, all the great family events, and more.
I learned a lot, shared a lot, helped a lot of customers solve their problems, and gave many trainings on Test Automation with Cypress.
Just to name some clients I worked with:
• Vodafone
• Ziggo
• Royal FloraHolland
• Volksbank
• Randstad Global
• OHRA
• KPMG
• Postcode Loterij
• Thuisbezorgd
• Heineken
• TenneT
• Retail Solutions
During these years, I became a Cypress Ambassador.
I love sharing my experience with teams that struggle with automating their QA as much as possible, and for many teams, Cypress is a good and solid starting point.
My years with Xebia gave me many friends. It is awesome to work with people who share a passion for learning and becoming true masters in their field of expertise. I will never forget the impact this has had on my personal journey.
So, what now, one might think? Now, I am going to take a nice long holiday, reflect some more, and also think about my next step.
What I have found out is that I have a particular drive to help people who are stuck or have lost their 'ambitions' in the IT field, partly or mainly due to not being enabled to grow for a long time, nurturing their curiosity, resulting in no real ambitions. This is detrimental to them and the company they work for. I love helping organisations reignite some inner fires, so to speak.
During my time at Xebia, I have learned that I enjoy solving problems related to the automation of QA or Platform Engineering and enabling a great Developer Experience. Therefore, I expect my next step to be in this field of expertise.
I conclude this post with a big thank you to Xebia and my Xebia colleagues. I am confident that we will stay in contact or run into each other in the future.
Enterprise Architect | Solution Consultant | Digital Integration Architecture Design & Delivery | ESB, APIM & Microservices | Presales | Practice Management | Togaf Certified, LeanIX
2moCongratulations Gautham 👏