ING Hubs Romania

On Saturday we hosted the 7th edition of our annual event, 𝐑𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. 🌳
It all started in 2020, with colleagues running in their neighbourhoods, backyards or on treadmills, coming together for a shared cause, even in the imperfect context of the pandemic.

Last year, we welcomed cyclists 🚴 alongside runners, and the energy only grew stronger, with everyone supporting reforestation. This year, we were glad to also welcome colleagues from ING Romania, whose involvement made the event even more special.

🌳 The rule stays simple: 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝.

Now a true tradition, we met again in Băneasa forest to run or bike alongside colleagues, family and friends. There was laughter, good vibes, green trails, mud and sun, and we welcomed it all! ⛅

Those who couldn’t join there have been contributing from wherever they are in Romania and abroad: Amsterdam, Lisbon, Warsaw, the Lofoten Islands. For them, we extended the challenge until 31 May, and we’re still counting the kilometres covered. We’ll be sharing this year’s results soon.

Over the past six editions, more than 28,000 trees have been planted in southern Romania, one of the most deforested regions, together with our partner, Viitor Plus. With this year’s edition, we expect thousands more trees to be added to the areas that need them most.

Thank you to everyone who moved for good, volunteered, or cheered us on! 👏🏻

✨ 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟑.𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐍𝐆𝐎 𝐲𝐞𝐭? 𝐀 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

NGOs support vulnerable communities, advocate for meaningful change, and drive impactful initiatives. It is why we partner up with local organisations in supporting programmes focused on education, social inclusion, and environmental protection.

Our colleagues give time and energy to volunteer work and act to advance the causes they believe in. One such opportunity is still open to every taxpayer in Romania looking to help: by redirecting 3.5% of your income tax to an NGO, you can directly support causes you care about, without incurring any cost.

If you have an NGO in mind, you'll find all the details on their website.
🔗 Alternatively, access 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐳𝐚.𝐫𝐨 to first choose your cause, fill in & submit the standard form [230] there by 25 May.

📅 Our colleague, Bogdan Stan, senior software engineer, is set to take the stage on Day #1 of Cloud Native Days Romania (18-19 May).

🎤 Bogdan’s session, ‘𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬! 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐊𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬’, introduces a shift from reactive firefighting to proactive resilience, from responding to outages to preventing them.

𝐐. We build on Kubernetes for scale, but how can we be sure our clusters withstand a network partition, a “noisy neighbour,” or a pod that simply refuses to stay alive?
𝐀. From the theory of chaos to controlled destruction, practical chaos engineering takes you on a journey. Through three live experiments, you’ll test common architectural weaknesses like network chaos, pod faults, stress scenarios.

🔗 See the link below for the full schedule and event details.

𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘒𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴.