About me

I am a professional software developer/software engineer/computer programmer from Germany. Not only do I do computer programming and related activities on the job, but I also have many free time projects, from which I learned many things, including other programming languages, paradigms, and tools. Computer programming has been my passion since I first got into contact with it in school, in Informatik classes, which also led me to studying IT-Systems Engineering at university. If you want a guy, who really knows something about computer programming and does not stop learning, contact me! Feel free to check out my projects and convince yourself or ask me questions about them.

While computer programming is totally my thing, on the job, as well as off the job, I also have other interests.

I like to play chess and chess variants like Japanese chess (Shōgi) or Chinese chess (Xiàngqí). I used to be a club chess player in my childhood and achieved quite good results. These days I only play online sometimes, or perhaps with friends over the board, or perhaps with strangers, if there is some kind of event. But I did not participate in a proper tournament for years, due to the time commitment needed.

Considering, that I have never been in a table tennis club, I play quite well. Learned a couple of tricks from a club player at some point though.

In my free time I also learn Mandarin. I take regular online lessons and can survive on my own in China. Simple conversation is not a problem, but I still have lots to learn. Especially vocabulary.

I enjoy reading novels. Usually fantasy or science-fiction novels. I read all of the original Dune novels and then some. Or the Barrayar series novels. I think in total I probably read more sci-fi than other genres. Grand ideas about the future and philosophical questions fascinate me.

Sometimes I also do some story writing, with long creativity breaks in between.