A “short” story of how I randomly got into tech, software, and cloud computing https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☁️" title="Wolke" aria-label="Emoji: Wolke">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten"> [Thread https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">]

When I was 6 someone (likely my grandfather) convinced me that I was skilled in math and therefore I should work in a bank https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏦" title="Bank" aria-label="Emoji: Bank"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏻‍♂️" title="Achselzuckender Mann (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckender Mann (heller Hautton)">

So I studied to become an accountant in high school, while graduating at music school too https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎷" title="Saxophon" aria-label="Emoji: Saxophon"> I was mistakenly assigned to the programming specialization, where we learned Visual Basic and SQL https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤓" title="Nerd-Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Nerd-Gesicht"> I hated building accounting reports, but taught myself how to build simple games https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👌" title="Ok hand" aria-label="Emoji: Ok hand">

University was never in my radar, my family just couldn’t afford it https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💰" title="Geldsack" aria-label="Emoji: Geldsack"> but I got a great scholarship in my hometown’s university and convinced my parents it was worth a shot, so I started a computer science bachelor at @UniboMagazine while completing my music diploma https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎷" title="Saxophon" aria-label="Emoji: Saxophon">

I managed to graduate while studying web development on my own (PHP and MySQL), and then randomly found out about “Sound and Music Engineering”, a very fascinating master degree in Como at @polimi that combined both software engineering and music https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Rotes Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Rotes Herz">

I was lucky enough to get another great scholarship that allowed me to continue studying basically for free, so I moved to Como in 2011 after finding my first (remote) part-time job as web developer https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕷" title="Spinne" aria-label="Emoji: Spinne">

While studying in Como, in 2013 I randomly met @stefanobellasio and @jibbolo who were about to get started with @cloudacademy and offered me a very exciting job https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎉" title="Partyknaller" aria-label="Emoji: Partyknaller"> This is when I started learning about web development at scale and the cloud https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="☁️" title="Wolke" aria-label="Emoji: Wolke">

During those startup years I was very inspired by @simon, @jeffbarr, @danilop, @IanMmmm and many others who shared their stories and knowledge in DevRel, so I decided to join @awscloud in 2018 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚀" title="Rakete" aria-label="Emoji: Rakete">

I love working hard and learning new things every day from my peers! but there is also a lot of “randomly” and “luckily” in this thread https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🍀" title="Vierblättriges Kleeblatt" aria-label="Emoji: Vierblättriges Kleeblatt"> so thank you all for providing some of that randomness and luck https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙏" title="Folded hands" aria-label="Emoji: Folded hands">