I needed a distraction, so a while ago I decided to spend a few hours learning React Native. React Native is an environment to build native mobile applications for multiple platforms at once, based on the popular React.js library. One thing really blew me away: I could edit some code, save the file and _in seconds_ the app my iPhone would update. Seconds. I remember Jeff Bezos once saying that he effectively lives in the future.

For sure? If you would have told me 7 years ago I’d end up in management, I’m not sure I would have been happy with the prospect. I always considered myself a hardcore tech guy, perhaps not a nerd, but at least geeky. I started programming when I was 9, and did barely anything else for the next decade or two. How could that lead to something as boring as management, where your schedule is filled with meetings and you barely write a line of code?

We have many inspirational quotes painted on the walls in our office. This is the one next to my desk. It’s just about 5 months ago that I joined OLX Group, a world-wide classifieds company. With over 5000 employees, it’s the biggest company I’ve ever worked at. Its focused is mostly on emerging markets, but there’s also properties in e.g. the US and UK (letgo) that are doing fairly well. In Poland it’s most well-known for being the company behind OLX.