Why do you do what you do – in other words, why does frontend software engineering tickle your fancy?
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I just love being able to click, drag, or scroll through things that were mere ideas in my mind just seconds ago. Who wouldn’t, right? Or maybe I’m just an artsy spirit.
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If you had to explain what you do at Metasite in 2-3 sentences (or more ☺) – how would you explain it?
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Lots of different stuff. Some talking to clients, some coding, some research, some organizing frontend meets and team buildings, and even a bit of project managing. I’m not into monotony (or at least I think so), so having this variety of responsibilities keeps the job interesting.
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What are the things you like and enjoy the most in your work?
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The ability to work from home. I’ve noticed that I can “zone into” my work most effectively when I’m in complete silence and alone, so I really appreciate Metasite for allowing me to do that whenever possible.
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What are the things you dislike the most in your work? ☺
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When a client insists on using a Virtual Machine for their project. Virtual Machines on macOS are some kind of hell, I’m telling you.
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What are your favourite book(s) or author(s) – or blogger(s) – that you would recommend? (…and why are they your favourites?)
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When it comes to favorite books or authors, I’d have to go with “Clean Code” by Robert C. Martin, better known as Uncle Bob. This book didn’t just improve my code; it performed a full-on extreme makeover! My code went from a cryptic mess that only a machine could love to something even humans can read without crying. I always recommend this gem to fellow developers—especially if I have to read their code!

Do you have a favourite movie (or a TV series, or a TED talk, or a YouTube video) you think your friends and colleagues should see?
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“One Cut of The Dead” – a masterpiece in disguise.

Do you listen to music while working? If you do – what artists, albums or songs help you get into the flow and do your best work?

Silence is the best music to my brain when I’m working. :)
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What do you like to do in your free time?
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In my free time, I’m all about adventure and movement! I swim in lakes, work out, and do backflips almost daily. I also tinker with code and endlessly strum the same four guitar chords, hoping they’ll eventually turn into something that doesn’t make my ears bleed. When I’m not doing that, you can find me surfing, skimboarding, hiking, cycling, rock climbing, or attempting to play any kind of tennis—though I’m pretty bad at it unless it’s ping-pong!
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Do you have a favourite quote? (If you do – what is it and by whom?)
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

– Marcus Aurelius

In a different life – if you were not a Software Engineer – what job/profession would you choose, and why?
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If I weren’t coding, I’d be a mind-whispering psychologist embracing my sensitive side, or a sports coach sharing my zest for movement and sports!
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How do you expect your field to evolve over the next 5-10 years? Are there any recent developments that you feel are likely to shape its evolution in a significant way?
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Peering into the next 5-10 years, I see AI spinning our field like a hamster on a caffeine buzz—fast and slightly out of control! Ever since I started using AI in programming, I’ve become an expert at crafting hyper-specific prompts, spending more time coaxing machines than actually coding. I’m not exactly worried about AI taking over the world, but I am dreading that it’ll shove me into the one role I’ve always dodged: a project manager. Not the typical one drowning in Gantt charts and status reports, but a new breed—prompting with a pinch of PMing. So while AI might not trigger the apocalypse, it might just nudge me into the managerial abyss I’ve been desperately avoiding, turning my days of joyful coding into sessions of AI herding!

What have you gained from working at Metasite?
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Working at Metasite has been like riding a thrilling rollercoaster through the IT universe! I’ve gotten my hands dirty with everything from tiny projects that wrap up before my coffee cools to massive, enterprise-level adventures that make me question the existence of free time—who needs sleep, anyway? Along the journey, I’ve met an incredible squad of IT wizards and soaked up their knowledge—sometimes even when I least expected it! Wrestling with challenges in scaling, performance, and UX patterns has somehow left me feeling like I actually know what I’m doing—who would’ve thought? Not many companies toss you into the deep end and hand you a snorkel like that. And the best part? Just when I think I’ve seen it all, a new project pops up to keep me on my toes—I never get bored here!

If you could meet anyone in the world – alive or dead – who would it be and why?
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If I could meet anyone, it’d be future me—so he could grin and warn me, “Whatever you do, never become an AI project manager!” Who better to spill the secrets and help me dodge that fate?

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