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Mobile Engineer at Rakuten | Cofounder Xuntos

8 Transformative Years, Hundreds of Lessons, and What's Next!... I've recently graduated from the school of TAB (The App Business)/Kin + Carta/Valtech 🥳🎉 In October, after 8 years I said Sayōnara to this company. I've spent my whole 20s there 😅 It's been a challenging, but often rewarding environment filled with hundreds of lessons along the way. Key lessons I learnt: ⭐ No matter how big or small the company you work for is. Never be afraid to use your voice. You'll be surprised by the positive impact it might have ⭐ Feedback is your greatest reward. It's often hard to swallow, but with every piece of feedback you can always find something positive to takeaway and work with ⭐ Life is short, unfortunate things happen. Among all this, remember to enjoy the life God has blessed you with. Work will be work, and will always be around ... During my tenure I've watched, experienced and participated in a scaleup company of ~150 people grow, and transform into a global business with a presence around the world with 1000s of people. I've learnt the good, the bad and the ugly sides of the corporate world. I've learnt plenty about myself in the process too. Without a doubt though, it has been the best start to my career I could have ever had and I have been given the best footing I could have got so early on in my career. I'm entirely grateful to those who set up and supported the grad scheme I joined in 2016. I never imagined I would stick around for 8 years! As I set out on the path of my next story, I bring with me a wealth of lessons and meaningful connections to shape what lies ahead. I'm extremely grateful for the opportunities afforded to me. Thanks to all the wonderful humans I've met and had the pleasure of working with along the way. Honestly, thankyou!! I sincerely wish you well in all your future endeavours and hope to cross paths sometime, somewhere. As for what's next? I've moved to Tokyo 🇯🇵 and started working at Rakuten. Yep! 😱😂

  • Andre standing in front of Valtech sign at the London office reception
Moj A.

Mobile 📱 AI 🧠 Leadership 🌱 | ex-Deliveroo, ex-Octopus Energy, ex-Babylon Health

5d

sugoiiii 🤩 it's been amazing watching your grow 🙌 wishing you lots of success in Japan! 🥳🇯🇵✨

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Kirsty Fensome

Fixer of all things + champion for all people who just likes to get sh*t done

5d

Blimey Andre, crying at your LinkedIn wasn’t on my bingo card today 😂❤️ So pleased for you, and so glad we got to see each other before the big move. Hope it’s everything you could dream of and you enjoy every second, Rakuten and Tokyo are very lucky to have you!

Roger Tan

Senior iOS Engineer at Valtech

5d

It’s been great to have you during all my journey at TAB/K+C/Valtech and you work as a close colleague. Enjoy your new life in a new country! Rakuten is lucky to have you and you will smash it!

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Ellen Adjei

Research & Strategy Lead @ Loomery

5d

Andre Hitchman delighted to hear this - you deserve to have the best time in Tokyo! Lots of us who have worked with you learned constantly from your hard work, generosity and clarity of purpose - and you leave any place you spend time in better for it! 🥳

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Scott Hermes

VP - Azure Platform Architect at Kin + Carta | Your Trusted Azure Advisor

5d

Dude! That is so awesome! I am jealous. Best of luck. It was a pleasure to work with you.

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Nayana N P

I'm an iOS developer working in London with a passion for creating high-quality, user-friendly mobile apps. Proficient in Swift and Xcode. I love to bring the app ideas to life!

5d

Congratulations 🎉🎉👏🏻

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Swapnil Gaykhe

Senior Backend Engineer

6h

All the best!

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Emma Savory

Employer Brand Marketing Manager at Kin + Carta

5d

Congratulations! They are so lucky to have you 🎉

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Ionie Hitchman

Luxury Sales Associate

5d

Congratulations Andre good luck for your new life adventure in Tokyo 👏🏾

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Will Rocha-Thomas

Senior Engineering Manager @ Checkatrade

5d

Exciting times, congratulations on a great 8 years Andre Hitchman!

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