Entering the Indie Hackers arena: my inaugural post and a gift for you!

Follow up about me: Hi, my name is Roman, I live in Switzerland and have been working as an IT systems engineer for the last >13 years. I'll turn 30 in February - yes, we have a strange system here in Switzerland, with 15 or 16 you get dropped into the workforce, accompanied by one or two days of school a week for three to four years, it's called an apprenticeship - and now I seek independence.

I've been mostly working with Microsoft technologies throughout my career and am proud to be the person a lot of my colleagues come to help for. Early on, I started getting proficient with PowerShell to automate mundane tasks and make my (work-)life easier. A few years in, I decided to broaden my horizon and got a four-year, work-accompanied degree (bachelor of science) in Business Information Technology. Not quite CS, not quite economics, but just the right mix. The Java experience I got there is pretty much useless (okay, object based programming might be useful), but all the broader concepts taught there can provide a lot of value for an Indie Hacker "career". I taught myself Python and JavaScript and now I can get by hacking together at least MVPs.

I have a lot of ideas and motivation to act on them. Like most of you, I struggle with customer outreach and being public about the work I do. Currently I am actively trying to change that. I've reduced my workload with my employer to four days a week and use Fridays and evenings (sometimes weekends - girlfriend, friends, and family permitting) for my side projects.

I am excited about the future, seeing what you guys do, and where our paths might cross!
In the future, I will be posting about my products and journey here and on X / Twitter (https://twitter.com/rmnjng).

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Follow up about me: Hi, my name is Roman, I live in Switzerland and have been working as an IT systems engineer for the last >13 years. I'll turn 30 in February - yes, we have a strange system here in Switzerland, with 15 or 16 you get dropped into the workforce, accompanied by one or two days of school a week for three to four years, it's called an apprenticeship - and now I seek independence.

I've been mostly working with Microsoft technologies throughout my career and am proud to be the person a lot of my colleagues come to help for. Early on, I started getting proficient with PowerShell to automate mundane tasks and make my (work-)life easier. A few years in, I decided to broaden my horizon and got a four-year, work-accompanied degree (bachelor of science) in Business Information Technology. Not quite CS, not quite economics, but just the right mix. The Java experience I got there is pretty much useless (okay, object based programming might be useful), but all the broader concepts taught there can provide a lot of value for an Indie Hacker "career". I taught myself Python and JavaScript and now I can get by hacking together at least MVPs.

I have a lot of ideas and motivation to act on them. Like most of you, I struggle with customer outreach and being public about the work I do. Currently I am actively trying to change that. I've reduced my workload with my employer to four days a week and use Fridays and evenings (sometimes weekends - girlfriend, friends, and family permitting) for my side projects.

I am excited about the future, seeing what you guys do, and where our paths might cross!
In the future, I will be posting about my products and journey here and on X / Twitter (https://twitter.com/rmnjng).

Roman Jungi

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