Claudia Reynders
UX Designer, Community Founder, Event Organizer
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Things about me

Recent years

a picture of me at a playground

The past 8 years I have worked as a product manager and front-end developer, which kindled my love and interest for User Experience. During that time I often attended dev focused meetups and often ended up being the only female attendant. It was this experience that motivated me back in 2017 to found a community called women.code(be) (pronounced as womendotcodebe).

I was lucky enough to find a partner in crime and together we made it our mission to create a space and opportunities where our members can network with fellow peers, train their public speaking skills and gain inspiration and confidence. This is done via a variety of initiatives such as our TechTalks & network events, by offering portfolio & resume reviews, monthly interviews on our blog and a community newsletter. Secondly, we hope to create a positive impact on the Belgian tech scene in order to retain more womxn in tech.

Occasionally, I also volunteer as co-organiser at Fronteers, a community for front-end developers in the Netherlands and Belgium.

I already feel like a learned a ton by spending time on organising meetups and events, reaching out to people and building a community step by step.

Early years

a scene with DEATH from Discworld the game

My fascination for design and tech have been around from a young age. I always liked seeing what I could do on my parents first computer, like doing my homework, fidgeting around in CorelDRAW and discovering a whole new world through videogames.

As a child I also had a certain flair for creative things, things such as crafting, doodling, storytelling, coming up with 1001 different ways to build lego fortresses... And growing up, all that hasn't change much. I think my studies and hobbies reflect that pretty well.

me, a red haired girl holding a camera a lakeview seen through some scrubs sea in Corfu a tiki cocktail in a coconut London streetart playing Bioshock Infinite a homemade bowl of ramen why being a board game geek isn't such a bad thing a recent selfie playing the mansions of madness board game an amazing sunset in Canada with the 150years of Canada lights a homemade bento box lunch
A little glimpse into my personal life

Some fun facts about me

  1. I love to travel and visit friends all over the world!

    So far a few of my favourite destinations are London, the Greek Islands and Canada.

  2. I really enjoy playing old point-and-click adventure games.

    The thing is, I just love the puzzles and goofy humor that some of those games contain.

  3. Ever heard about Tiki? I have a thing for Tiki mugs and cocktails.

    One of my goals is to visit tiki bars over the world. So far I only visited four...

  4. I'm a bit of a foodie sometimes...

    I enjoy cooking for friends and going out for dinner to discover new foods and dishes. And when travelling to another country, I just have to go to a local supermarket to discover the local products!

  5. I host board game nights for small groups of friends on a frequent base

    The offline bonding in combination with challenging games are my favourite pastime.

“If you can't solve a problem, it's because you're playing by the rules”

Paul Arden,
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be

Experience

  • Community Founder

    women.code(be)

    2017 - ongoing

  • Co-organiser

    Fronteers (Belgian division)

    2019 - ongoing

  • Product Manager (remote)

    madewithlove

    2015-2017

  • Web Developer

    The Parking Lot (9 o'clock somewhere)

    2014

  • Front-end / JS Developer

    November Five (formerly Appstrakt)

    2013-2014

  • Online Editor

    Street Art Belgium

    2011-2013

  • Web Developer intern

    Prophets

    2012 (4 month internship)

Relevant coursework

  • User Experience Designer

    Syntra Midden-Vlaanderen

    2018 - 2019 (graduated in June)

  • Interaction Design

    Devine

    Howest - Kortrijk

    2017

  • Learn Redux

    Online course

    2017

  • Powering Up With React

    Code School

    Online course

    2017

  • Web Development (PHP)

    VDAB - Antwerp

    2011-2012

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