Me

I'm Ferry Boender, a 29 year old Software Engineer. I was born and raised in Barneveld, a small village in The Netherlands. I currently live in Utrecht.

I think I'm probably best described as a computer nerd (though hopefully I don't look like one). My interests aren't limited to computers though. I also thoroughly enjoy travelling, reading (from pulp to literature), nature, walking, photography, music (from Bach to Pantera), history, science, spending time with my friends and expanding my horizons in general.

Education

I was never one for basic education.. too much of the boring stuff, too little of the interesting stuff. During high-school (MAVO for you dutchies) I joined a computer club and finally found something worth my time: programming. Fortunate for me; less fortunate for my grades, except for exact sciences. I'd already done a bit of programming on my dad's MSX home-computer, and now I was picking up where I left of.

After high-school, I studied Computer Sciences at the TCE (Technical College Ede), a horrible, horrible school. After graduation, somewhere in 2000, I went on to study Advanced Computer Sciences at the HAN (Arnhem and Nijmegen's School Of Higher Education) where I graduated Cum Laude in 2004 and got my Bachelors degree.

Professional carreer

I'm not really one of those 'career' guys. I do what I like and as long as I like doing that, there's no need for change. I won't be found dead in a suit, with or without a tie. Most of my jobs have been related to programming so far. I find that I prefer to work in smaller companies, mostly because of the atmosphere and the lack of stricter rules.

I've worked for a handful of companies, usually as a vacation job or as an intern and have done stuff from systems administration to development.

I currently work for ZXFactory, a small company in Ede, where I fill the role of Software Engineer. I mostly work on our in-house server monitoring system, but whenever something else comes along I tend to pick that up too. I've written anti-spammer systems for Casema (a large dutch ISP), data warehousing, Business Intelligence type stuff for Stichting Kennisnet, etc.

In the past and in my daily work I touch upon a wide variety of different programming languages, databases and other technologies. It's quite interesting.

Curriculum Vitae

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