My name is Jason Goossens, and I'm a full stack developer, living in Antwerp, Belgium. I spent the first part of my career, about 13 years, working as an accountant for various companies in Antwerp. During that time, in most jobs, I was responsible for the complete accounting of one of more Belgian locations, reporting to headquarters, maintaining the customer accounts with other branches, etc.

I learned to value accuracy in all aspects of a job, the ability to plan for, and adhere to hard deadlines, and the importance of my own contributions to a larger whole. This is also where I took my first steps into programming, creating VB macro's to automate part of my workload, and using SQL to customize reports.

At age 36 I decided to change course and study programming, learning the basics and growing from there.

I love the ongoing problem-solving involved with programming, and working towards a satisfying solution, together with the satisfaction of delivering something that will improve some aspect of a person's day.

My hobbies include working out, tinkering with code, playing with my Raspberry Pi's & my son's 3D printer. I'm also interested in the stock market and options trading, and how I can combine that with my knowledge of programming. Apart from that I occasionally play the guitar and enjoy cooking. And of course, the ever-present Netflix to relax.