Portfolio of Florian Holly

In this school I learned the fundamentals of my IT education. Before attending, I had never considered programming as a job for myself. Initially, I wanted to be a graphic designer, but after my first year I realized programming was my true passion

After I finished school, I began working at Ameisenhaufen GmbH in Vienna, where I was given the opportunity to receive training in web development.

Working with and for people in the rescue service has been a great learning experience for me. Beforehand, I was not particularly outgoing and had difficulty connecting with strangers. My nine months in the service have helped me to hone my interpersonal skills and I believe my life would be very different if I had not taken this opportunity.

Towa was a shocking experience at first, as it required me to dive deep into new things I didn’t even know I would need for this job. There were many times I felt overwhelmed, and my ADHD brain didn’t help the situation.

However, after two years, I became quite independent and had learned so many different things that extended my skillset.

In the newest part of my working life, I have begun to expand my work beyond the usual tasks and have been writing more code for back-end systems and mobile applications.

I also got my first hands-on experience with data encryption and application development.