16 y/o web developer and jazz lover, based in the Netherlands.
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About me
I'm Noah Kamphuisen, a full-stack web dev with a passion for building fun and engaging websites. Interested in both front-end and back-end, I enjoy creating products that follow all of the best coding practices and make visitors want to come back. Currently exploring many different JavaScript frameworks, so I can fuel my ever-growing programming addiction.
In late 2024, my school organised preliminaries for Skills Heroes, a national competition in which students from different schools compete against each other in their field. I won the preliminaries and was able to get through the qualification round with relative ease. In March 2025 I participated in Skills the Finals in the RAI, where I had to compete against the best web development students in the Netherlands for two days. To my surprise, I won the competition, securing first place among the top web development students in the Netherlands.
Skills Heroes 2025 Winner
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Javascript fanboy
Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht
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Skills
Because I've always been interested in writing clean, structured code, I started learning React in late 2023 through the Scrimba Course. Before that, I had little to no exposure to best practices and accessibility considerations, but the course quickly filled those gaps. In early 2024, I began studying at Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht, where I learned PHP and MySQL. However, I found PHP's syntax to be inconsistent and messy compared to more modern, Node.js-based alternatives.
After some exploration, I discovered Next.js. Since I was already familiar with React, picking up Next.js was pretty straightforward. What I appreciate most about Next.js is the flexibility to customize it to my own needs, allowing me to easily choose and install the dependencies that best suit my projects. While I also experimented with Laravel, I found it way too rigid. It comes with many built-in features that replicate what I prefer to manage through NPM modules. I enjoy having the freedom to select my tools, so Laravel didn’t quite fit my workflow.
Current Preferred Tech Stack
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Reviews and Experiences
Noah leert erg snel. Hij is leergierig, zelfstandig en heeft zijn zaakjes altijd goed op orde. Een webdeveloper met heel veel programmeertalent. Een speciale boodschap aan bedrijven waar Noah gaat solliciteren: pak je kans, want dit is een topper!
Lukas Stroomer
Teacher
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Education
2012 - 2019
Primary School
My primary school offered some programming lessons in Scratch for about 2 years, which is where my programming addiction started. However, at the beginning of 7th grade I discovered that I had too little challenge (mainly with math). This allowed me to work ahead and I quickly finished all the learning material from primary school by the end of the 7th grade. Since I didn't have much to do anymore, I was able to skip 8th grade and move on to secondary school at the age of 10.
2019 - 2021
Seconday School
In mid-2019, I started at the Utrechts Stedelijk Gymnasium. Since I wanted to show everyone that I could handle secondary school at this age, I wanted to perform as well as possible: I never failed any exam and always studied very hard for tests. However, I increasingly suffered from panic attacks and events that evoked very negative associations with the idea of school. Because of this, I dropped out at the start of the third year due to a combination of burnout, trauma and depression.
2022 - 2023
Digibende
After spending three quarters of a year at home, I discovered the existence of Digibende: a place for teens with an interest in ICT, who have difficulty keeping up with the conventional school system. Thanks to Digibende I learned about programming and graphic design, but I also became a lot better with social skills. After 1.5 years things went so well that I was able to take steps towards school again.
2024 - Present
GLU
In February 2024, I was able to join the Creative Software Development course at the Grafisch Lyceum in Utrecht in the middle of the school year, with web development as a profile. What I like so much about this school is that we almost always get complete freedom in the tools we use. This often gives me the opportunity to delve into a new framework, which ensures that I can make the assignment as difficult as I want.