Olivier Bourgeois

Olivier Bourgeois

Software developer with a focus on cloud, back-end development, and developer experience.

Now

Most websites have an About page where you can learn about the background of the person or business. They have a Contact page where you can reach out. In contrast, a Now page is an up-to-date summarized snapshot of where a person is focused on, at this very moment.

What have I been up to, lately?

Updated as of March 3, 2025.

Living in Waterloo (ON) in Canada.

Working full-time at Google in the Developer Relations team in Google Cloud. I just passed my 4th workversary at the tail end of last year!

Most recently did a 3-weeks vacation in Japan and a 1-week trip in Salt Lake City (UT) late last year. Shortly have work trips in Chicago (IL) and Las Vegas (NV) planned, with a 2-weeks vacation hitting Vancouver (BC), Edmonton (AB) and Calgary (AB) later in May.

Still working on my side project XIV ToDo regularly, and finally having some time to finish up my personal website revamp (you’re currently looking at it!) I’m also working on-and-off on a spec-compliant IRC client.

Still rock climbing! It’s been just about 2 years now and I’m able to reliably top 5.10 and most 5.10+ routes. I was able to top one 5.11, but it’s still a work in progress!

Picked up learning Japanese again, after a long hiatus. Aiming to take the JLPT N3 at the end of the year.

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This page was inspired by Derek Siver’s and is listed on NowNowNow.