Last updated on the 25th of April 2024

Hello there! If you’re reading this then you’re either a sentient web spider, or a human being looking for an experienced software developer. You may have found a link to this page on my LinkedIn profile, or I may have sent you here if you made the unfortunate decision of sending me an e-mail.

In the past, this page housed a rather exhaustive list of things I was looking for in a perfect job and a bunch of other things, but seeing as you probably value you your time as much as I do mine, I’ve shortened it to just some basic instructions.

Some things you need to know:

  • I do not deal with agency recruiters
  • I am currently employed, and not interested in leaving
    • If I do leave, I am most likely to do so as a Freelancer
  • I work a 32 hour part-time job (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday), this is non-negotiable
  • I live in Twente, and am neither willing to relocate nor comfortable commuting by car
    • This also means emigration is a no-go
  • Even if I were interested in leaving, I would not consider:
    • Consultancy (or “Detachering”)
    • Midlance companies
    • Companies that work on a project-by-project basis1
  • I have no interest in using older Java versions
  • I prefer technologies like Jakarta EE, Microprofile and Quarkus over Spring Boot

Do’s and don’ts

If you do decide to contact me, here’s a small list of things you should and shouldn’t do:

Do

  • Describe your application’s technology stack in detail2
  • Give a salary range up front3
  • Be polite, I’ll return the favor
  • Include the keyword sourdough in any message you send me to confirm you have read this4

Don’t

  • Misbehave
  • Insist I call you on the phone
  • Deny that you’re a recruiter5
  • Try to connect on LinkedIn, messaging is fine
  • Try getting in touch with me through my current employer
  • Send me e-mails
  • Use any variation of the phrase “let’s have coffee”

































  1. I currently work at a product-based software company ↩

  2. The more detailed the better. Bonus points for simply doing mvn dependency:tree (or whatever the Gradle equivalent is) and sending me that ↩

  3. Would you rather spend hours interviewing me only to find out you can’t afford me? I don’t ↩

  4. Yes, this is a different keyword than the one on my LinkedIn profile. That way I can see if you read both ↩

  5. Your job description may state otherwise but if you’re contacting me with the goal of getting me to work either for ↩

you or for your client then the activity you’re performing is recruitment. In English, adding the suffix -er to a verb is used to create a noun that means person or thing that does <verb>, so be engaging in recruitment, you are a recruiter.