I’ve been drawn to understand how things work from a very young age. At around seven, I was already poking around our family computer and breaking it more often than I’d like to admit, in the name of discovery, of course. Back then, I felt like a hacker. My parents… didn’t feel the same way.
But that curiosity has stuck with me ever since. When I wrote my first tic-tac-toe game, I didn’t care much for playing it. But creating the game and seeing others play it? That was where I saw the challenge and the excitement. The next game? Snake, of course. The writing, building, and experimenting kept me entertained for several weeks.
My passion for computing led me to study computing science, pursuing every opportunity to improve my professional skills. My internship landed me my first full-stack job, where I spent over three years. It is thanks to this job that I’ve learned what building software in the real world truly looks like.
Computing, software, and problem-solving are still central to my life, but they are only a part of the picture.