Ivar's ideal job

In a perfect world, I would have some kind of freelance role and companies creating products would just fund me somehow. I could go out and talk freely about anything and everything. But I don't know if that role exists right now; it would be called "freelance developer advocate" or something like that.

Geertjan Wielenga: I know that Cybercom exists because of you. Although you say you're not promoting anything from your company, all your sessions do begin with you saying who you are and where you're from. Would you say that the promotion part ends after you've mentioned Cybercom's name?

Ivar Grimstad: On the contrary, I would say that's just the beginning. Since we're a consulting company, and we don't have any products, the tech we're using is what our customers need to create their products.

Standing up and promoting our clients' products in some context could be okay. I can do showcases...