It's me!

Hi, I'm Wout Hiemstra.

A passionate junior developer eager to immerse in cutting-edge software development techniques. Committed to crafting innovative solutions and embracing new technologies to create impactful results.

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What I have been working on or what I have been researching.

Why Go? blog post
Go

Why Go?

In April 2024, I decided it was time for me to learn a new language. I was torn between learning Go or Rust. I chose Go because of three things: speed, simplicity and concurrency.

  1. Started my first job as a software developer

    In April 2023, I finished my education and got my first job as a junior developer. At my job, I work full-time in a .NET environment.

  2. Started education as a Software Developer

    After much consideration I made the decision to go back to school to work in IT. This started by me following the education "All-round employee system and devices". After about two to three months, I was much ahead of my follow students and got asked if I wanted to switch to a level higher then the current education, which was yes I wanted to do software development.

  3. Graduated for my education in Electrics

    In September 2019 I graduated for my education in electrics. After this, I started working at the company that I did my apprenticeship at.

  4. Started my career as electrician, (Work and School combined)

    In 2016 I started my career as a apprentice in electrics. I followed this line of work in high school as well.

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