Viktor
Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly (taken with an iPhone :-))
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I'm Viktor, married with kids, living near Zรผrich, Switzerland. Boring, right? Not so fast...
I was born, in the same year, the FTP protocol was invented. However, I did not learn about its existence for another 25 years or so... My first computer was a Commodore 64, for which I was saving every red penny I got for birthdays and similar events, as well as working in my spare time (vaction jobs). I can't even tell, why I was fascinated by computers from a very young age, but the fascination has never diminished.
Today I'm a senior engineer at Swisscom, responsible for network and security topics in a VoIP environment. My career-path was not straightforward, because my interest for computers actually prevented me from studying information technology on university level. Sounds strange? Not really - at the time I was so focussed on computers, that I completely ignored all other topics such as e.g. biology, history, french etc. that one SHOULD have learned at the time to get approved to a university. So I went into banking, from where I got into the IT department of that bank (assembling computers etc.), somehow landed at EUnet (the first pan-european internet provider), where I was confronted with lots of new stuff such as Unix and networking. Then I was thrown into a technical security role and just a few years later I was the head of IT at a small financial company.
After being diagnosed with cancer and recovering from it I decided, to work less and enjoy life more. So I'm not a manager anymore - I went back to engineering. More fun, less responsibility. And I'm having a great deal of fun solving labs on the Immersive Labs platform.
In my spare time I'm currently experimenting with GenAI (who isn't?) and trying not to fall into the \"Netflix-and-Chill\" trap. Often unsuccessfully. I also like to organize stuff. Parties, Events, Travel. I sometimes actually enjoy the oganization more than the actual event.
While most people usually say, they like travelling, I'm a little more specific: I like to travel in the USA. So far it's been 21 trips to the USA and I still have a huge bucket-list of things I want to see. I also actively participate in specific USA-travel-forums online and like the exchange with others on this topic.
Cheers,
Viktor
Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly (taken with an iPhone :-))
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Introductions","moderationData":{"__ref":"ModerationData:moderation_data:454"},"body":"Thank you, Pamela. You know, when nature is just so incredibly beautiful, it's not hard to take a picture. ๐
If you need ideas for some more road trips, you might want to look at my personal page at https://www.stony.com. It's in German, but I guess with modern translation engines, that should not be a big issue... ๐ My favourite trip took me across the USA from New York to Los Angeles in 2017.
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If you need ideas for some more road trips, you might want to look at my personal page at https://www.stony.com. It's in German, but I guess with modern translation engines, that should not be a big issue... ๐ My favourite trip took me across the USA from New York to Los Angeles in 2017.
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