Hola, me llamo Ben Schepmans y tengo años. Born in Belgium, I moved to Spain with my family at the age of 12. After living there for more than 10 years I think I can call myself a bilingual person. My interests are very wide-ranging and therefore I am always on the lookout to learn new things. Creativity has always been a necessity in my life, ranging from drawing silly things when bored in class to studying Architecture.

Architecture is and has always been a big part of my life. Houses and the meaning of "home" have always fascinated me. Since I was a little kid I dreamt about having my own place. Therefore, studying architecture was the obvious choice. I don't consider these 2 years of Architecture a waste of time, because I learnt so many valuable things.

Ultimately, I decided to switch to Computer Science, a decision which I have not regretted. Since IT is so fast moving, you never stop learning. Turning an idea into reality gives a very satisfying feeling and writing a program, designing a user interface or improving the user experience does just this. I like the fact that you can be very creative within IT, and even though it might not seem so, it is more of a requirement than a virtue.

As for my education:
- Bachelor of Computer Science (Ingeniería informática)
Universitat Jaume I (Spain) - 2013-2018
- Bachelor of Architecture
UHasselt (Belgium) - 2011-2013
- ASO 3: Science-maths
IES Torreblanca (Spain) - 2005-2011

As for my experience:
- Currently working as front-end developer @ Van In, Sanoma Learning (Ghent, Belgium), on the Planner, Care and Evaluation modules using the Vue framework.
March 2023 - currentDay
- Front-end developer @ Blendr, Qlik (Ghent, Belgium), on Qlik Application Automation using the Vue framework.
March 2021 - March 2023
- Front-end developer @ Bricsys (Ghent, Belgium). Used the Vue framework, typescript and tailwind, amongst other technologies. Made sure new features were being added whilst also fixing the bugs in existing ones. Sometimes working on the company website.
Summer 2018 - March 2021
- Internship @ PieSync - Refactor existing dashboard in React (Ghent, Belgium)
Winter 2018 - Summer 2018
- Student worker @ VPK Packaging Group - IT-Department (Erembodegem, Belgium)
31/07/2017 - 31/08/2017
- Student worker @ Vainilla Ice Cream - Ice cream and waffle sale (Peñiscola, Spain)
2006-2016