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In hindsight, I never had a chance escaping the general field of information technology - I've been
raised with computers. Really.
I've always loved the way you could be creative and make use of your own work simultaneously (especially since
discovering Star Trek [TNG and later]), but also I've been fascinated by how the simplest structures and ideas
can "magically" turn into something usable.
So... I've been programming for
13 years
now, about
16 years
if you call cobbling websites together "programming".
In that time, I worked on a multitude of platforms and projects, some of which are still online today
(see Skills or Projects), but most of the older ones
aren't yet.
I'd like to build an archive of my projects, though, so if the rest of this website is done, I'll also
upload the older projects.
The timeline could be roughly described like that:
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The early years.
I started using computers pretty early.
Always under supervision, of course, I've just played with learning software and occasionally crashed the operating system.I got my first computer when I was six years old – without any form of internet back then, mind you, instead: the wonders of an interesting operating system called Windows ME.
During that time, I experimented a lot and as a result got into computer programming and software engineering.
(Yes, they are different.) -
Already in school, already on the computer.
In elementary school, we had a school club for designing our school's homepage.
It was.. a wild design, but there, I got my hands on the first steps on building a website and using the bit more internet speed to learn more about it.
(Yes, you do see YouTube in the background and yes, it was of course a highly educational video.. I think.) -
A bit more of school and a lot more programming
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University: Learning and Helping
After completing the german equivalent of secondary education (the Abitur), I've studied Applied Computer Sciences at the Hochschule Worms and completed my bachelor's degree.
During that time, I have been a Tutor/scientific assistent for procedural programming for around 3 years, and to this day, I appreciate the possibility to learn about teaching.
So much, actually, that I someday want to get (back?) into it, but we'll see what the future holds. (Unfortunately, there are no photos outside the pandemic time, so this one displays a remote teaching session.) -
The Real 'Ctrl+Alt+Delete' Experience
(=Work. ChatGPT says it highlights the transition from 'freelance work' and studying to traditional employment)
Since then, I've been working professionally as a programmer/software engineer as well as keeping it as a hobby.
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