New kid on the block

Hi,

My name is Jan Van Ryswyck and as David already mentioned, I’m the first European Elegant Coder. I live in the Flemish part of the country. I’m a senior software engineer at SD WORX, which is probably one of the best employers here in Belgium. I’ve been developing software for the last 8 years, getting more and more passionate about it. I’m a proud father of three kids which I try to raise the best I can together with my fantastic girlfriend, who is my inspiration in life.

I’m a member of the blogosphere since August 2005 polishing up my writer skills since then. I’m mostly blogging about .NET related stuff but I’m planning to broaden my horizons. I’m a huge sympathizer of the ALT.NET community. Man, I’ve learned a ton since this community went up. I hope I can also learn a lot from the other Elegant Coders here and last but not least from you, my dear reader.

People and co-workers generally know me as someone who has strong opinions about software development, but I’m also known as someone who is very open-minded and constantly searching for new stuff, trying to improve my skills along the way. Elegant code is really something I’m aiming at, although I recognize that there is no such thing as perfect software (no silver bullets, no universal truths).

Although my old blog contains a lot of crap, it would be a waste to lose it. 😉 So, from now on I will be cross-posting to my old blog.

I hope I can contribute my share from time to time. Although I’ve joined Elegant Code, Share the intellectual wealth is still my motto.

Thanks again to David and the others for having me. Let’s have a good time shall we?