My story

My first encounter with software development was at 13 years old.

In 2016, by recommendation of my maths teacher, I signed up for an annual children's robotics tournament, organized by SPARK - a local programming academy. My team and I had a surprising success in the tournament and we ended up winning first place and keeping the title for 3 years in a row!

This success sparked a new interest in programming. I enrolled into the SPARK academy soon after, which I successfully graduated. I ended up being the youngest person to ever attend that course in history. I learned what programming is, and how to make my first website. It was the starting point of my career.

My wild curiosity about this new hobby pushed me enough to spend a few years learning, and it's is something I'm thankful for. As I found out, practicing programming at home in your free time really pays off. Eventually, I had to decide which area to specialize in: frontend, backend, mobile... It was hard to decide, so I naturally tried everything.

I finished the advanced programming course in SPARK, went through a few more tournaments, and even held lectures to my peers. Nowadays I consider myself a full stack developer, capable of making web, desktop, and mobile applications, as well as backend servers, CLI tools, and games in multiple languages. It wasn't all easy sailing though - I was going to a demanding high school at the same time which caused me a lot of stress.

Still, I managed to confirm my success by winning more tournaments through my school.

In 2022, high school was ending, which meant I really had to get serious about my future. I was still very cautious when looking for jobs or education opportunities, because I was unsure what I was getting myself into.

Thankfully, I didn't have to worry too much, because Nsoft - the software development company which founded SPARK - offered me a summer internship! This was a great opportunity for me, and I learned a lot. In fact, I even got a job offer at the same company, which was quite a new experience to me.

I was already a freshman in university at this point, so unfortunately I had to decline the job offer in favor of focusing on my studies.

Having gone through a whole assortment of new experiences during university, I finished my BSc in Computer Science in 2025. I figured that it was time to finally get some real work experience. During summer of that year, I accepted a job offer at Sportradar - Nsoft's parent company - as a junior backend developer.

I plan on continuing my studies and getting a MSc in CS by 2027. After that, time can only tell - I might try out the academic route by getting a PhD, as recommended by a few of my professors. One thing I know for certain: my love for software development will never fade away.