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  My life motto Firstly, I want to thank you all for your kind comments on my last post. I am not going to lie; I was anxious about publishing my first blog post ever. But look at me now, I have already written another one! I do not think I am ever becoming a novel writer, but I must admit that this was not so horrible after all. Getting comfortable being our main goal I can say with ease that we are making progress.   As I told you on my last post, I have taken a winding road to get here where I am now. Sometimes I find myself wondering if that was worthwhile or did I just wasted years of my life. That road felt right back then, and I was passionate about that field, so I have decided not to regret it. Life cannot be all about what if . When you are old and sitting in a rocking chair;   You will not regret the things you did, but the things you did not do. I have tried to live my life with that on mind. Even the failures and bad decisions that feels like the end of the w...

  What will I be when I grow up? I have had 25 years to think about that question, but I am not sure if I still know. I have tried different paths along the way. I have already completed one specialist vocational qualification and have a few years of work experience. Then I realized that every job I have worked at, I have kind of played the role of a computer monkey. Now I am studying information processing science in university of Oulu, and I feel like I am on the right track. I just have had to look in many directions before I found the right one. A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - Doug Linder I am not a good writer. Is that a smart thing to say, I am writing a blog post after all. Well at least it is true, and I think many can relate to that. As a child I used to write a lot. I wrote fantasy novels and read a lot of books. I do not know where that passion vanished, but I want it back. The most helpful advice I have g...