1977
I was born in a small village in the north of The Netherlands.
From a young age I was fascinated by technology, especially electronics. I was always tinkering and inventing things that nearly electrocuted me, or my little sister.
1986
At nine, I convinced my parents to buy me a Commodore 16.
This sparked my love for coding. I spent my days and weekends playing games and writing code in Basic.
1987
At ten, I was already keeping data away from logic.
I was fascinated by how I could make my programs run faster, and how I could organize code so it was easy to change. Finding beautiful solutions is still why I love writing code.
9997
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9998
'** DATA-GEGEVENS **
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10000
DATA 2,4,6,8,0
10010
DATA 6,8,0
10020
DATA 1,3,5,6,7,0
10030
DATA 3,8,0
10040
DATA 2,4,6,0
10050
DATA 2,4,6,7,0
10060
DATA 3,5,0
10070
DATA 1,5,7,-1
University
I studied Computer Science and earned a PhD in Computer Graphics.
Then I spent ten years teaching at the university, developing effective ways to present information so that students could easily understand it.
Founder
I resigned to start a software company with a friend.
We built several products from scratch that served thousands of users. That is where I developed my own methodology for designing software that scales, with architectures that adapt quickly.
2020
When COVID hit, I started ArjanCodes on YouTube.
Hundreds of educational videos, free for anyone. Since then I have helped thousands of developers become better at what they do.
Now
I teach through courses, a community, and the companies I work with.
The Discord server grew around the channel. I combined teaching and coding into online courses for developers, and I help businesses improve their teams and processes.