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Overview
About Me
Currently I'm a student of Economy/Business in Warsaw and I am working remotely as a Software Engineer. Remote work gives me the opportunity to separate your place of residence from your place of work. That's why when I travel, I'm looking for a place where I'll feel the best to live and move there permanently. I saw many countries while traveling with my parents, but I discovered the real joy of traveling during trips with friends, during which we met local people adn other travellers.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
During my previous journeys I made sure that meeting new people makes every travel an unique adventure. This app cantect people and take an opportunity to build international relations by helping together.
Interests
Sport
For 12 years I trained athletics, I competed in all technical disciplines related to this sport, from hurdles, through pole vault, to a single episode with a hammer throw. Due to the fact that I have been involved in sport for more than half of my life, movement gives me great joy and it is natural for me to train 3-4 times a week. Currently, I meet the need for movement at the swimming pool, gym or sports hall by practicing box at a very beginner level.
Photography
At the beginning of this year, I felt an uncontrollable need to realize myself artistically. I've already tried my hand at creating electronic music or playing the guitar in the past. After some time, however, these instruments hit the corner. This time it was on a photo. I am intrigued by the possibility of showing the same view/person/object in many different ways. With the right composition and framing, you can evoke completely different emotions in the recipient of the photo. This opportunity to show my own perspective meant that I chose photography as the direction of my artistic realization.
Programming
I've always had a need for DIY. Already as a few years old child, I was looking for imaginary needs and I created objects from cards, blocks or sticks that fulfilled this need. Over time, the cheapest and easiest DIY method turned out to be programming. The problems I noticed with pointless performing the same activities over and over again, I could implement by automating certain activities in the computer. In the past, I started a few projects, but due to the workload in college, I was unable to finish them. The largest project I completed was an autonomous agricultural irrigation system. Among the most interesting abandoned due to lack of time, I would include a stand with a responsive steering wheel and pedals for racing games.
- photography
- sport
- programming
- emotions
- self development
Music, Movies, and Books
[Movies]
1. My best of the best film ever is Life is Beautiful by Roberto Benigmi. This film had a huge impact on my life. Showed me that, my happiness does not depend on the environment, but on me and my approach.
2. Everyday befor sleeping I'm listening traveling YouTube Channels. All the time I've dreamed of traveling and sightseeing with foreign friends. Now this dream comes true.
[Books]
I often don't have time to read books, but some esseys or biographies can absorb me for a few days. This types of books was The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb or Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
One day, looking out the window in my flat, my attention was caught by the tallest building in the area - the 260 m high chimney of a closed heat and power plant. I did research, in which I found out that it is currently used only as a construction of antennas for broadcasting television and radio. That same day I went there with a friend and we started climbing.
Unfortunately, we underestimated the time needed to get to the top and after 2.5 hours of climbing the ladder we reached the top at sunset. The views were breathtaking and the satisfaction incredible, but due to the setting light we had to start the journey down.
To our surprise, it was not faster than climbing and it took 2.5 hours. On the way, it turned out that the way we got inside may be too dangerous when going down. So we chose the direction of the crack above the huge over 4-meter gate. There was a construction of pipe spools at the bottom, suggesting that someone had used this method of exit before. So we jumped on one spool, then on 2 spools we pulled up on the gate and slid to the other side. Then we realized how high we were hanging, but there was no point in going back.
To this day, I remember how long it took me to fall while jumping off this gate and a slight pain in my whole body after jumping to the ground and rolling safely.
Teach, Learn, Share
Currently I am learning new programming technologies (Golang & JavaScript), to create modern web apps.
Additionaly I wanted to create internet video courses about programming theory. I believe that thanks to this, I will learn it myself better than if I took courses of this type. After that I wanted create next contents about working of Artificial Inteligence to understand it, and learn implement in my next projects.
In my free time I also learn composition and framing of photos, recording short but interesting shots and editing them in such a way that they do not bore the recipients
What I Can Share with Hosts
1. Help with household chores
I will be happy to help with everyday duties related to keeping the apartment clean, such as cleaning, washing dishes, washing windows
2. pet care
I can also take care of feeding, walking or playing with a pet
3. helping the child with the housework
I have tutored physics in the past, so I can help your child with learning and homework in mathematics, physics, English and other subjects at an early stage of education
Countries I’ve Visited
Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden
Countries I’ve Lived In
Poland