At the end of last year I found myself in a position where I wanted a change in scenery to tackle some new and exciting challenges.

As developers we are in a blessed situation that usually we have a wide array of opportunities to choose from. We get calls from headhunting agencies, messages on LinkedIn from recruiters with the goal to bring us on their team.

But what makes a company great to work at? For me:

Doing work you actually enjoy! Feeling comfortable in the work environment. Opportunities to grow your skill-set in relevant directions. And having a good balance between work-life and private-life.

Many companies will claim to provide the environment you are seeking. I knew I wanted to find a company where those values are not just empty words to decorate their homepage but actually part of the lived culture.

I reached out to my friends and friends of friends to see if anybody had experience with a company that fit my idea of values and culture. Talking to them I got not just one but two separate recommendations for craftworks. And today I am happy to see that at craftworks these claims are actually backed up!