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# About Me
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Hi, I’m Wouter Groeneveld, and I have a deep passion to inspire others on everything that drives me. I like to think of myself as one of those Rennaissance Men:
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> Renaissance man (noun) - a person with many talents or areas of knowledge.
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I used to be only good at programming because I thought, as a Master in IT, you specialize instead of generalize. But the more I did with computers, the more my hands itched to do something else. So nowadays I love to go wide and pass on that enthousiasm for knowledge on any level.
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Those areas of knowledge include:
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#### Software development
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* Test your stuff before writing your code! I’m a heavy Test Driven Development (TDD) fanboy and I bark at those who don’t! I teach agile software engineering on multiple occasions, ranging from colleagues to schools.
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* I love dynamic languages. I also love converting the haters to the dark side. I teach javascript as a dynamic and functional language - it helps to create your own funky labs to people get more engaged.
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* Pair programming used as a tool to learn from each other and to improve code quality are two values I believe in.
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#### Baking
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* I hold a [professional bread baker's degree](/post/learning-to-become-a-baker/) so naturally I love to think of myself as a real baker.
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* My passion within baking is sourdough, spreading the word by organizing workshops to repopularize it's use.
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#### Writing and philosophizing
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* A [fountain pen addict](/post/fountain-pens-first-look/) and avid [journaler](/post/journaling-in-practice/)
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* This blog is the ideal base for writing down my thoughts about virtually anything, primarly intended to amuse myself and not others.
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#### Drawing
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* Starting out to [learn](/post/drawing-week-01) how to use ink other than writing.
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