Daily IT life in the Netherlands

KSP Season 12 Ep 4:

Daily IT Life in the Netherland

Photographer: Oktavia Lolita

Writer: Oktavia Lolita

Sharing stories about the daily life of an IT person in the land of windmills, Emanuel Caesar, B.Sc was present at KSP ISTTS Season 12 Episode 4, entitled "Daily Life IT in the Netherland". It begins with a story about the development of IT which is popular in the Netherlands, where its applications are used in everyday life. These technological trends include groceries, parking systems, payments, weather forecasts and others that are made using advanced technology so that it greatly facilitates people's lives in the windmill country. Emanuel, who was previously an alumni of BIT ISTTS and continued his studies at Fontys University, is currently living as an android developer in the Netherlands, helping to design applications that support the daily lives of local people.

In this sharing session which was held on March 5, 2022, Emanuel also provided a comparison between IT developments in Indonesia and the Netherlands. For example, for marketplaces, in Indonesia there are many marketplaces that are integrated and provide convenience, security and convenience for sellers and buyers such as Tokopedia, Shopee, and others. Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, there is no similar marketplace, so if there is a transaction through the marketplace, it tends to be unsafe because it doesn't have features like a marketplace in Indonesia. Apart from the marketplace, in the field of transportation such as Gojek in Indonesia, there is nothing similar in the Netherlands because there are more bicycle users and public transportation.

During his education, Emanuel also chose to study while working in the Netherlands. Starting from being a Dutch food delivery "mas Go-food" called Deliveroo in 2017-2018, sometimes customers give Emanuel a fairly large tip so that it is quite profitable for him. Then in 2018, Emanuel worked part time at an Indonesian restaurant in the Netherlands. Then in 2019, Emanuel did an internship at Fedex while working on a thesis to complete his graduation. After graduating from Fontys University, Emanuel continued his work at 42 Solution as a full stack software development until 2020 and then became an android developer at RTL in 2020-2021. Currently, Emanuel works at iO Digital as an android developer and works on several projects such as Developing Banking App.

At the end of the sharing session, Emanuel answered questions from the KSP participants about daily life in the Netherlands. Like the language used, Emanuel admits it is easier for Indonesians because the Dutch and Indonesian alphabets are similar. In addition, some questions about the cost of living in the Netherlands and also tips and tricks for buying food. Emanuel also explained that working in the Netherlands brings quite a lot of benefits for workers, for example to reimburse the transportation costs for commuting to work which are borne by the company where he works.