About Me

I grew up in a small town near Bremen, and now live in Oldenburg, north-western Germany. I like the whole area, and the climate of the North Sea, and hope to stay here for a long time. My hobbies include martial arts, sailing, swimming, inline skating, fantasy role playing games, and playing the drums. I am a follower of classical virtues: Kindness, humility, modesty, and compassion have a big meaning in my life.

My first real PC contact was with my father's 80286 running DOS 4. I began scripting with batch files, then learned to program in Pascal and C++. Later, Windows 2000 became my long-term favorite before I finally got attracted to Ubuntu and Debian Linux.

After finishing school in 1999 with majors mathematics and physics, I took a voluntary year of social service. I started university in 2000 and finished in 2008 with a diploma in computer science with environmental science. My focuses lie on modeling and simulation as well as validation and fault localization. In 2000 I also started a small company to offer my knowledge and skills about computers and to financially support my studies.

In 2008 I have been employed by the department of software solutions and renewable energies at BTC Business Technology Consulting AG to work on the standardized and maintainable integration of decentralized energy facilities into smart grid infrastructures as part of eTelligence, a research project on renewable energies. While doing that, software configuration management became another focus of mine. Recently, I rediscovered a favor for quality assurance.

I see myself as an all-rounder. I can be flexibly deployed. On the other hand, my performance will drop soon when I have to do boring work. I am other than others. I am not a classic nerd, and few seriously called me a hacker yet. A dream of mine is to take part in some core Linux development.

 

You are Debian Linux. People have difficulty getting to know you. Once you finally open your shell they're apt to love you.

You are .html You are versatile and improving, but you do have your limits. When you work with amateurs it can get quite ugly.

You are C++. You are very popular and open to suggestions. Many have tried to be like you, but haven't been successful.

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