About

About Myself

The Beginnings

1993 🕹️

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 at the attic, where surrounded with hundreds of floppy discs, instead of playing games like Yo! Joe! (my all time favourite), Cannon Fodder, Mortal Kombat and Shufflepuck Café, I decided to open Amiga's Workbench to take its native software for a little spin.

Something Clicked

I didn't expect much from myself at that time, but the seminal moment came when I opened some text editor and 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.

Straight away 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 14 Years of Professional Experience

2009 📚 🎓

I graduated in 2009 from School of Computer Science & Management "Copernicus" in Wrocław. My thesis was about designing and architecting 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 already permanently online since 1998.

Work 🖥️

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 at that time and Kubuntu was my main OS.

2010 💻

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

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 tropical 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 🌲 🚇

⛩️ 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.

📷 Taking pictures is a hobby that allows me to combine it with a decent 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 🐈‍⬛

Currently I'm based in Warsaw where I remain with my family and carry on crafting software as a fully remote IT consultant.

Matt Komarnicki