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Gijs Corstens

Why Google is like a overpriced hot-dog seller

“ They do that at Google” isn’t a great argument

Mar 22, 2023

Why Google is like a overpriced hot-dog seller

Mar 22, 2023

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Corporate Activism. Why is this a thing, and what does it mean for us?

Yesterday the yearly Gay Pride canal-parade took place in Amsterdam. When cycling around the route, I was surprised with how much of a…

Aug 12, 2019

Corporate Activism. Why is this a thing, and what does it mean for us?

Aug 12, 2019

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Why you should slow down your commute

Sometimes I feel that we all just pass by so many things without even processing it. We become so numb by all the many impressions we get…

Jul 1, 2019

Why you should slow down your commute

Jul 1, 2019

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Attacking the hustle culture

Recently I read the book it doesn’t have to be crazy at work, written by the founders of Basecamp.

Jun 15, 2019

Attacking the hustle culture

Jun 15, 2019

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The more you learn, the more you understand how little you know

There’s a great article from Tim Urban that often pops back into my mind when observing things. It’s about what he calls “the difference…

Jun 14, 2019

The more you learn, the more you understand how little you know

Jun 14, 2019

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Publishing every day for 28 days, is that a good idea?

My friend Michael Thomas yesterday posted this article, in which he describes why he’s going to write an article every single day for the…

Jun 13, 2019

Publishing every day for 28 days, is that a good idea?

Jun 13, 2019

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How we taught dozens of refugees to code, then helped them get developer jobs

In 2015 and 2016, more than 2 million people fled their home countries seeking refuge in Europe. Europe wasn’t at all prepared for hosting…

May 16, 2017

How we taught dozens of refugees to code, then helped them get developer jobs

May 16, 2017

Gijs Corstens

Gijs Corstens

Founder of HackYourFuture, a refugee coding school in the Netherlands,Sweden and Denmark. I care about how tech can be used to solve societal problems.

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