In September 2012 I was hired by [rrbone](https://www.rrbone.net/) to work as a software developer alongside my studies.
Over the last 5 years I worked on multiple projects, some internal tools, some external work with and for clients
and was also allowed to consult customers on-site or give Rust trainings.
In addition, rrbone covered some of my conference visits, became the [main sponsor](https://otsconf.com/#sponsors) of otsconf, the first conference I organized,
and allowed me to attend other events under sponsorships.
Together we built networks for [large festivals](http://juicybeats.net/de), [small unconferences](http://2014.railscamp.de/sponsors/) and [other community conferences](https://ruhrjs.de/).
I was allowed to write Rust code for an opera play and [open-source it](https://github.com/rrbone/midioscar),
attended [IETF 91 in Honolulu, Hawaii](https://www.instagram.com/p/vM70WwStE1/), and learned a ton about networks and how the internet works (sometimes it doesn't).
All of that while I was still studying.
**For all of this I am very grateful.**
Thanks [Dominik](https://twitter.com/dominikbay), for being my boss and friend for such a long time and for all the things I could learn.
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But now after five years it is time for new challenges.
