Technology I still understand at night.
I come from hands-on work: an apprenticeship in a tax office, support and data centre at a service provider, today consulting for the point-of-sale systems of a large retail group. Alongside that I run my own network — where I try out everything I need professionally.
How I work
Systematic instead of hectic
For me a fault is a question of narrowing down: what works, what does not, and which change in between caused it? I rebuild the case instead of guessing.
Documentation as part of the job
Solutions that are not written down are lost again next time. I write as I go: test setups, findings, decisions — for colleagues and for myself.
Changes with a way back
Before every intervention on a live system: a backup, a clear goal, a check afterwards. "It works again" only counts once I have measured it.
Learning by doing
I understand new technology best when I run it myself — from the hypervisor through to containers and automation. That is why there is a small data centre at my home.
My own lab
The best place to try things out is a system that hurts nobody if it breaks. So privately I run a virtualisation host with several containers and virtual machines, my own network segment with its own DNS, a NAS with a backup concept, and monitoring that alerts me before I notice anything.
What I build there comes back professionally: access paths with identity verification instead of open ports, automation for routine tasks, monitoring with clear thresholds, and backups whose recovery I have genuinely tested.
Personal
- Based in
- Hamburg
- Languages
- German, English, Russian (basic)
- Qualification
- IT management assistant (IHK, 2022)
- Balance
- 3D printing, network and automation projects
Outside work
I read a lot and build too much: besides IT there is 3D printing and everything that can be repaired instead of replaced. Quiet, honest work on a problem — that is what drives me, professionally and privately.