I’ve been drawn to understand how things work from a very young age. Being around seven, poking around our family computer and breaking it more than I’d like to admit—in the name of discovery, of course—I felt like a hacker man. My parents… didn’t feel the same way.

But that curiosity has stuck with me ever since. When I wrote my first tic-tac-toe game, I didn’t care much for playing it. But creating the game, and seeing others play it? That was where I saw the challenge and the excitement. The next game? Snake, of course. The writing, building and experimenting kept me entertained for around three weeks.

My passion for computing led me to study at the University of Žilina, where I avidly pursued every opportunity to develop as a person and a professional. I found my first internship, landing me my first full-stack job, where I spent over three years. Thanks to this job, I’ve learned what building software in the real world truly looks like.