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Hij geeft het volledige Copilot-curriculum inclusief Fundamentals, Prompt Engineering, Administration &amp; Security en certificeringsvoorbereiding.<br><br>Als DevOps Engineer en AI-powered Developer met meer dan 10 jaar ervaring is Thijs een gepassioneerd voorstander van AI in ontwikkeling en spreekt hij regelmatig op evenementen over hoe Copilot de productiviteit van developers revolutioneert.<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div \n\tclass=\"wrapper wrapper--simple\" \n\tdata-id=\"2b169fb1\" \n\tdata-bg-on-inner=\"false\" \n\t>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper__inner\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"block-trainer-hero-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"block-trainer-hero-image__content\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph\" data-id=\"4f3fa1b9\">\n\tThijs Limmen is DevOps Engineer en AI-powered Developer met meer dan 10 jaar ervaring en een Bachelor Software Engineering. 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