Sure! You'll find the German version here and an an English version here.

I grew up with DRDOS and MSDOS, dabbled a bit in BASIC, so it all began there. I've worked in different fields - teaching, for the most part - but what really stuck with me was my time in software development. I used to work in that field for around a year. Not enough time to turn me into a coding wizard, but plenty of time to get the basics down and go from there. At my former company, Ruby and Ruby on Rails were very popular, but I've of course also worked with other languages and tools of the trade, mostly JavaScript, Git, HTML and CSS.

Fast Forward to September 2022. I had been flirting with programming on and off for years and at this point in time I decided that I wanted to work as a programmer full-time again. So since then, I've been focussing on consolidating and expanding my knowledge and, amongst other things, also decided to finally pick up Python. I built this homepage to present myself to potential employers and also coded some small projects, some of which you can find here.

Throughout my professional life, I've worked as a language teacher for most of the time. I've also a traineeship ("Volontariat") in Public Relations. Both of these experiences proved to be very helpful in programming: I always structure and comment my own code so that it should become apparent to other devs what I'm doing. When writing software, I always have the user in mind and ask myself: What's their expectation of how this will work? Programming is, among other things, always an act of communication. Any software needs to explain itself to someone, be it the end user, another programmer or another software. My university studies of media and communication as well as my jobs in teaching and PR have translated really well into programming in this regard.

While I spend a lot of my free time with coding at the moment, I do indeed have other interests and hobbies, too. I like playing strategy video games - and I'm always excited if I can get an insight into the development process of these games. Some of my favorite games are Victoria 3 and Crusader Kings 3. I do also enjoy long walks - as boring as this may sound, it's very relaxing and helps clearing your head. If I find the time, I like to write fiction, paint, and dabble in making videos. And then there's tabletop RPGs (D&D, World of Darkness, Traveller) and the occasional board game. So, in short, I'm a nerd. And last, but certainly not least, while I wouldn't call this a mere "interest", I do enjoy spending time with my teenage son.