On the surface i would introduce myself like this:
Integrating Intuition: A Journey of Quality and Wisdom
Hello. My life's work is the integration of heart and mind, intuition and rationality. This journey has led me down two distinct yet interconnected paths: the relentless pursuit of quality in the physical world, and the deep exploration of truth within the self.
As a Seasoned QA Engineer with over ten years of experience, I specialize in ensuring the robustness of products, particularly complex systems involving Bluetooth, infotainment, and power consumption. My expertise in Python, SQL, root cause analysis, and agile methods is the practical application of my philosophical belief in stability and efficiency. I am a strategic problem-solver dedicated to delivering high-quality, market-ready products.
My academic foundation spans two degrees: a BA in Political Science, Psychology, and Philosophy (Germany), and a BA in Philosophy with an emphasis on Ethics and Epistemology (SFSU). This background fuels my dedication to continuous inquiry. While I find deep resonance in Gnosticism (and many other profound belief systems), I remain a grounded INTJ committed to genuine human development.
A key part of my philosophy: I firmly believe that true wisdom and knowledge are human endeavors. I do not believe in AIs, as they fail to contribute to the essential, human epistemological process. This space is dedicated to genuine human insight.
One could argue that the same rigor required to debug a complex Bluetooth system—the focus on root cause analysis, efficiency, and stability—is the very discipline I apply to understanding human truth.
Now what I leave out is the work to get to a point in which I can make those claims.
My highschool's motto was "Nosce te ipsum". To know yourself means that you have to get to know yourself. Which is an every second assignment. It is a 31,536,000 seconds per year assignment.
To get to know yourself 31,536,000 seconds per year, you can push yourself and search for situation that disclose who you are. I, instead, trusted in life's wisdom to deliver the situations that I needed to learn about myself what I needed to know. This decision was based on my observation that most of the people I can meet in life, have no relevance for me, no connection.
Another observation was that if I would pick a random person and try to learn from the relationship with this person anything about me, the result is meaningless. It is like a hidden equation that says that not every 1+1=2. Sometimes it is 1 or just zero.
To put in all this time and energy to end up with zero meaning is something that still can happen, of course. Meaningless is part of life.
My stories are my stories. They don't proof anything. Might not mean anything to the reader. But just like an apple, they have a core and the core has a seed which brings life. Not the flesh, but the content of the pith, the bitter tasting seed is what allows continuation.
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