Welcome to my blog!

The goal of this blog is to provide a deeper understanding of who I am and what I can contribute with, like a digital resume/online resume. As I continue to learn, I enjoy studying, reading, documenting, and trying to combine as many learning methods as possible to enhance my knowledge, such as reading, quizzing, testing, experimenting, and maybe even the most tedious… Writing! But how can writing be made more fun? By starting a blog, of course one that might also help others on a similar journey. That’s why this blog exists!

“I’m social and maybe a bit crazy at times, but a little craziness is necessary, what’s the point of life otherwise?”

Where does one begin when talking about oneself without sounding grandiose or like some sort of Hercules? It’s challenging, but let’s start with the basics: I’m neither of those things, I’m just me.

I’m someone who loves computers, enjoys diving deep into problems, and trying to figure out, “Why isn’t this working?” I attended Teknikcollege (name of the school) and trained as an electrician specializing in automation. Circuits, PLC technology, and sensors were my daily bread and butter. Honestly, what I really wanted was to work with household electricity, wiring homes, installing fuse boxes, troubleshooting grounding faults, and other fascinating tasks.

This was in 2008, and as life often goes, things didn’t turn out as planned. What happened? The financial crisis hit, and the cheerful teacher who had assured us that jobs would be plentiful upon graduation “Everyone needs an electrician,” he often said…Was unfortunately wrong. The financial crisis caused significant issues. Jobs disappeared, and when I did apply, I was often told they couldn’t afford to hire or that I lacked experience. I believe only two of my classmates actually became electricians. The rest pursued different paths. Of course, not everyone shares this perspective, but that’s how it was for me.

After graduating in 2010, I was unemployed for about a year before I met an employment officer who asked me what I wanted to do. I honestly didn’t know, but there had to be something, she insisted. After some thought, I mentioned that i’ve always enjoyed working with computers, maybe that could be a fun career path.

The employment officer noted down what I said and promised to follow up.

A few days later, she got back to me with good news: she had found an employer who was urgently looking for staff due to expansion. After a month of trial period, I was hired as a first-line technician and service technician for a company that dealt with ticket machines. Eager to make my mark, I gave it my all and eventually became a national service technician for the company. I traveled the country, repairing machines. I encountered everything from Zebrahead printers, TTPM printers, RFID card readers, custom-built industrial motherboards, touchscreens, high voltage, low voltage, telecom equipment—it was a buffet of technical gadgets to play with. At one point, I was responsible for maintaining 120 machines (personal record: 21 ticket machine serviced/day), which was an extreme challenge. The workdays were long, with many hours and miles spent driving. I also managed some larger projects, which included overseeing logistics, scouting locations for future machines with project managers, electricians, and eager clients.

2014 came and went, and then in the spring of 2015, something unexpected happened, I burned out and became depressed. It ended with me being on sick leave, and my psychologist pointed out that it’s not normal for someone to work 14-15 hour shifts 4-5 times a week, plus being on call. That got me thinking… There has to be something better out there, right?

So I started searching for educational opportunities and found one that I had dreamed about but never thought I’d get into, it seemed too difficult. But with a bit of luck, I got accepted to the program: “Certified Systems and Network Technician.” It’s a fancy name for a program, but the title reflected the degree of difficulty of the training. From the fall of 2015 to the summer of 2017, I studied part-time (50%) remotely, traveled to Malmö four times every year to take exams in person, and worked full-time (100%).

I encountered entirely new concepts like, what on earth is ITIL? But it turned out to be an incredibly fun program with system technology, system administration, network technology, database management, virtualization, Linux (still a big fan of Linux), and even a bit of Azure, though that was just an introduction, with a warning to “be careful with it”, lol.

Anyway, in 2017, I completed the program with passing grades, and the journey has continued since then. I’ve met many cool, inspiring people who help me grow as a person all the time. So, what can I say… There was something better out there than being a ticket machine technician. Nowdays a 7:00-16:00 job is quite nice, actually while many complain about it, I still love it to this day. But as I said, I’m just me! A guy who really loves computers. I always try to be an accommodating person who includes everyone and believes in equality. I enjoy coffee and chatting, too… I’m social and maybe a bit crazy at times, but a little craziness is necessary, what’s the point of life otherwise? Let’s leave it there. Would you like to know more about me? Feel free to connect with me :)!