Rick Huijzer (23) has been active in the IT department of DCA Multimedia for over 5 years. During his application development training, Rick ended up as an intern at DCA. He has now been in permanent employment for more than 3 years. As a Developer, he is involved in internal and external projects for which he is responsible for, among other things, the development of data systems and apps.
Rick is committed to achieving beautiful and successful results. "I get energy from my colleagues and fun projects that really contribute to someone's work or personal life. These are beautiful and interesting ICT projects, which also look interesting for the end user."
How did you end up at DCA Multimedia?
"At the time I ended up here through an internship vacancy and that is how I stayed here. It appealed to me that there is a small team active within the company, also in the IT department. The vacancy promised me a lot of freedom, which concerns implementations and matters; a lot of "power" over your own projects. This has been amply fulfilled, also in my internship time. The moment I had a good idea, I was given the freedom to implement it. As an intern, especially within ICT, that is not always obvious and therefore super fun! Later that freedom only increased."
What gives you energy in your work?
"As said, I get excited about working on projects. What I also like is making sure that everything works well in the background, that the algorithm is good in the background. Sometimes it seems to colleagues that I am doing 'nothing', 'Rick taps a few symbols and then he claims it's faster and better', but I get excited about this kind of computer science and I get a lot of energy from the nice contacts with my colleagues.
The cooperation within the ICT department is going well; you see each other often and if there is something wrong you pull someone's sleeve or you call each other and you have a quick answer. There is no hierarchical consultation structure in this. In my opinion, this is different from a very large IT team. The mutual cooperation is good and informal and I find that very pleasant. Crossing departments this is actually the same, this is going very well. The nice thing about this is that the structure is quite flat. We don't have manager on manager. If there is something wrong, you can easily get in touch with everyone within the company or just ask at the coffee machine between discussing the holiday plans. It just works well, quickly and easily!"
What does a working day at DCA look like?
“First of all, I often come in late, then I walk to the coffee machine and turn on the coffee. I turn on the lights in my office to create the illusion that I was already there. Then I start the day with the I check my mail and start with the things that I can quickly process in the morning, then I walk to the Sales department to catch up and then I get to work on the larger projects. are coming up and in which projects I can make progress that day. Then I get to work! The projects vary a lot from each other, because I am relatively involved in external projects. I pick up a project and finish it, there is no huge maintenance task involved. I don't have many ongoing things, often they are separate projects. Internally I am mainly working on the infrastructure. In short, I am busy with all IT tasks that you do not immediately see. late in, but I'm already time last away!"
What do you need to work in the IT department?
"Having hard skills is of course very important; you have to be a programmer. We are in the IT department with three very different people, you can't say this is the IT person. It also varies quite a bit in terms of age. from 23 to 53. The passion for computer science is just very important. You really have to come up with some solutions yourself, because we don't have a hundred-strong team in which each has a specific specialism. Sometimes you make something in the backend and sometimes you create a beautiful website and you have to think for yourself how best to place a certain button, for example. So if you have passion and pleasure in it, you fit perfectly within the department."
What do you think of the working atmosphere at DCA?
"There is a pleasant working atmosphere here, it is a small company and you know everyone. When I came to work here I had hardly any knowledge of the agricultural sector, but I have not experienced that as an obstacle at all. In this area within my projects there is a lot of agricultural knowledge in house. There are very competent people here who both have or have had a foot in the road and are also really good at numbers and calculations. That is a very nice combination and I I have a lot of admiration for it. It is a relatively young, pleasant and innovative company!"