Writing
01 Feb 2025 · 14 min read
The complete, unfiltered story of how a failed hunt for a US internship, a rollercoaster of rejections and one persistent tutor turned into a one-year Technical Student role as a fullstack developer at CERN.
19 Nov 2024 · 3 min read
My first hackathon at the Cronos Group in Antwerp, where my friend Kemp and I built a decision-making Java bot with help from AI tools, took a break at the zoo, and cheered a Howest team onto the podium.
02 Sept 2024 · 4 min read
How I won a 250-participant startup challenge in Austria with Fashionista, a virtual try-on app, and picked up lessons in teamwork, rapid prototyping and global entrepreneurship along the way.
20 May 2024 · 4 min read
An Erasmus BIP in St. Pölten pushed me deep into AI alongside Master's and PhD students from Google, Amazon and Meta, where we built TripTailor and I learned salsa after getting thrown off a night train.
24 Apr 2023 · 3 min read
A week-long international collaboration in Katowice, Poland, where six IT students built a startup simulation, wrestled with WordPress, and turned first-day nerves into lasting friendships.