Benjamin Dryden
Freelance Developer
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolBenjamin Dryden is a frontend-focused developer based in Amsterdam with a decade of practical experience building engaging web experiences for creative and product-driven teams. After earning an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience and completing an intensive JavaScript/React bootcamp, he blends user-focused research sensibilities with robust front-end engineering—skills honed at companies like WeTransfer, Adventure Club, and several creative studios. He has moved from junior backend roles into creative development, shipping polished interfaces and interactive work for both commercial and experimental projects. Now freelancing, he combines cross-disciplinary thinking (research, content production, operations) with pragmatic JavaScript expertise to deliver thoughtful, user-centered solutions. Colleagues describe him as someone who brings a researcher's curiosity to design-driven engineering, spotting subtle UX opportunities others miss.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Michael Park Rudolf Steiner SchoolJavaScript Bootcamp, Javascript / React / Redux, JavaScript Bootcamp, Javascript / React / Redux at Enspiral Dev AcademyMaster of Science (MSc), Cognitive Neuroscience, Master of Science (MSc), Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Auckland
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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84reached
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Github Skills (2)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
ben-southpaw/fats-cradle
Oct 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:196 pushes, 21 branches in 5 months
ben-southpaw/ben-southpaw.github.io
Mar 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:101 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
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