About Matt

The Beginnings

1993   πŸ•ΉοΈ

It all started around 1993. Back then I had my first interaction with a computer thanks to Amiga 500. I clearly recall that unforgettable day when instead of exploring floppy discs with games like Yo! Joe! (my all time favourite), Cannon Fodder, Mortal Kombat and Shufflepuck CafΓ©, I decided to open Amiga's Workbench and "play a bit" with native software like a text editor.

Something Clicked

I didn't expect much from myself at that time, but the seminal moment came when I sent that gibberish text I wrote to a dot matrix printer - instantly I realised that a machine is doing not more and not less, but exactly what I ordered it to do.

At that time something clicked and I knew precisely what I want to do in the future and working with computers was the thing.
Education and Work

More Than 13 Years of Professional Experience

2009   πŸ“š   πŸŽ“

I graduated in 2009 from School of Computer Science & Management "Copernicus" in WrocΕ‚aw. My thesis was about Content Management Systems.

During that time I was already a freelance developer. Internet was the field where I wanted to code the things for as I was permanently online since 1998.

Work   πŸ–₯️

As a freshly minted engineer I remained in this beautiful city and started my professional career in a local interactive agency. That time PHP was already my weapon of choice for quite some time. I loved that language since the very beginning.

On a daily basis I was building large websites for corporate clients. eZ Publish was the CMS we used heavily that time and Kubuntu was my OS of choice.

In the meantime I pushed forward and after two more years I obtained my masters at Opole University of Technology.

2010   πŸ’»

In 2010 I moved to Warsaw and continued to explore the field of custom Web Applications build on premise. This naturally evolved to implement software in a SaaS delivery model with multi-tenancy coming along.
Opportunity

The Breaking Point

2013   🌏   🐨

My satisfying and consistent career received a nice boost when an opportunity about moving to Australia popped up in 2013.

I got a chance to exchange my IT knowledge with a multitude of creative people from various companies in Brisbane.

Experience   🧠

I managed to work as a Lead Software Architect, Tech Lead and Team Mentor, responsible for coaching & mentoring cross-functional teams (backend, frontend, QA & DevOps) of specialists.

My areas of interests focused on Laravel Framework along with Hexagonal Architecture. Also my daily ecosystem shifted completely from being Debian-oriented to Apple exclusive.

2019   🦘

My approach in life is to always keep opportunities open, hence during my stay in this amazing country I have applied for the citizenship and become Aussie in March 2019.

Having a dual Polish and Australian citizenship allows me to always look at Down Under as my second home where I can go without any hassle, however after 6 amazing years here, I decided to come back to Poland to settle down for a while.
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Present Times

Time Off   🌲   ⛩️   πŸ›Ί   πŸ“·

Between December 2019 and March 2020 I was travelling mainly around South-East Asia. I visited New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Japan.

Most of these places have been depicted under the Photography section of this website. I'm a freak when it comes to street photography. This is the hobby that allows me to combine joy of taking pictures with a bit of physical activity.

Trust me, you have to be fast to take this unique frame with a trolley grannie in Hong Kong.

Settle Down   🏑   πŸˆβ€β¬›

Currently I'm based in Warsaw where I carry on crafting software as a fully remote IT consultant.