What kept me hooked

I first saw a computer in the late seventies: a Commodore PET. Typing a command and watching it answer seemed like magic. That's what got me into software, but it's not what kept me hooked.

What kept me was learning. Every project dropped me into a new domain, from public transit to business networks to commodities trading, and I got to build tools for the people working in them.

That work took me from Canada to startups in California, building everything from firmware to distributed services. In Berkeley I met my wife and followed her home to Switzerland, where we live with our son and two dogs.

Today I help clients and startups build their products, and I teach occasionally at the Bern University of Applied Sciences.

Here I write about what I'm learning: product development flow, new technologies and self-improvement.