About Me

How It All Started

My journey into engineering began long before I started my formal education. At the age of 12, I built my first desktop PC to play video games. My father gave me some old hardware from his server, but Windows was too expensive for a 12-year-old. Instead, my father handed me a USB stick with Ubuntu 14.04 ISO on it. That's how I gathered my first experience with Linux.

I hated it at first! WINE was so terrible, and I had no idea how to work with Ubuntu. But thankfully, there were tons of guides in forums like the Ubuntu forum and Stack Overflow that helped me figure things out.

First Steps into Making

At 14, I got my hands on my first 3D printer—an Anycubic I3 Mega. I started printing models from Thingiverse, but soon moved on to learning CAD so I could design and print my own creations.

Discovering Programming

At 15, I got into programming. The reason? Video games. I wanted to create my own. My first programming experience was actually in C# within Unity, though it was mostly copying code from YouTube videos. Later, I discovered Python and started building small scripts to automate tasks—downloading files from the web, getting weather information, or doing simple calculations. I learned everything from the YouTube channel TechWithTim.

I also got a bit into ethical hacking and learned a few things about networking by watching NetworkChuck.

The Decision to Study Engineering

After finishing my Gymnasium (the German equivalent to high school), I decided to study Electrical Engineering at HTW Dresden.

Engineering Runs in the Family

Electrical engineering is quite literally in my blood:

• My great-grandfather worked for the German railroad, planning train routes and designing the switching systems for rail signals.
• My grandfather studied Electrical Engineering (Diplom) at TU Dresden and worked as a Schaltungsplan-Konstrukteur (Circuit Diagram Designer) in the manufacturing of electron tubes for TVs. Later in his life, he worked on developing a process to use pyrolysis on organic waste products. (Patent)
• My father also studied Electrical Engineering at TU Dresden, earning both his Diplom and Doktor (PhD) title at the university. Today, he runs his own company: Metirionic GmbH.

Now, I'm pursuing my Diplom in Electrical Engineering at HTW Dresden, following in the footsteps of my great-grandfather, grandfather, and father. While I'm still a student, I'm already gaining hands-on experience through internships and working on real-world engineering projects.

You could say, Electrical Engineering is in my blood.

My Philosophy

I love engineering. I love learning new things, understanding how systems behave, and designing solutions that feel clean, efficient, and well-structured. Whether it's electronics, firmware, AI, or mechanical design, I enjoy digging deep, solving problems others overlook, and creating technology that feels purposeful.

My mindset is driven by curiosity, responsibility, and the desire to create technology that matters.