Hi! I’m Nick
From an early age I have had an interest in computers, I could spend hours with them. I started out building simple 'applications' with PowerPoint, hyperlinking slides and links together to open applications such as a browser or email to help my grandma navigate her computer. With a seemingly blank canvas to create almost anything on the screen I was in awe with the possibilities.
It was not much later that I discovered programming languages, I bought books on programming in Java, learned a minimum of PHP to build interactive websites and switched from Java to C# once I discovered the Unity3D game engine.
During high-school I worked in service at a local restaurant. The restaurant scheduled its employees on paper, including keeping track of free days, and the amount of hours that each employee worked. Not only did this result in the occasional mixup, but it also required a lot of time to manage. This was the perfect oppurtunity to test my newfound programming skills in a real-world situation, the start of my largest project to date, ShiftR. In about half a year I built an application to digitalize most of the administrative work related to managing and scheduling employees. The system is still in use today, and while it has seen improvements over the years I will soon be launching a new version.
From there on out it was clear that my path forward was to follow a studies in Computer Science. I recently graduated from my Masters degree at Delft University of Technology and currently seeking a full-time role at a company where I can further hone my skills while building great applications.
