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## Hi, I’m Wouter Groeneveld
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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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Take a look at my [<i class='fa fa-github'></i> Github account](https://github.com/wgroeneveld).
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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 [<i class='fa fa-flask'></i> sourdough bread](https://redzuurdesem.be), 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 [<i class='fa fa-pencil'></i> 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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## Where good ideas come from: Books
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I keep an active <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/5451893-wouter" target="_blank"><i class='fa fa-book'></i> Goodreads</a> account where I manage everything I've read and want to read. I invite you to join the community there. Marking a book as read and writing a (short) review never was that satisfying...
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I used to be almost exclusively a fantasy reader. Now I mostly read non-fiction on the most diverse topics, but I do have a soft spot for things like philosophy, art, mindful food and software engineering.
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These are the latest 52 books I've read:
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