I’m a self-taught DevOps Engineer with a background in Front-End Development, my first contact with HTML and CSS was around 2007 when I wanted to style my MySpace profile, later I made a websites for my Habbo Hotel trading business (yes, we had dragon statues in all colors!)
Following those first steps I started to get into photography and wanted to specialize in web development to showcase my photographs, at the time I still wanted to work as a concert photographer or designer professionally and didn’t really think about becoming a programmer. When I did an year-long internship with a Design agency and my boss asked if I could build a website for a client I said “Yes of course!”, bought “PHP for Dummies” and coded the website while learning PHP (yes, I was very confident at the time). Like a miracle, it worked and the client was happy.
In 2014, after specializing more in HTML and CSS I, started as a Front-End Developer at Synoa GmbH and then shifted into DevOps in 2018.
In 2023 I started working as a DevOps Engineer at AOE GmbH.
My pronouns
I prefer he/him, but I don’t mind they/them if you prefer those.
Certifications
I was a AWS Certified Developer, but the certs only last two years and I did not renew mine when it expired.
Social media
You can connect with me on LinkedIn, follow my GitHub, or follow me on Mastodon
If you’re somewhere on the Fediverse (Mastodon, Pleroma, Misskey, …) you can search for @kevin@kevingimbel.de and follow my tech blog via ActivityPub! 🙂