# About me In this article, I present myself. It's the second post in my [new blog](https://blog.cdelaroche.fr)! # TL;DR I write code since 2012. I passed an engineering degree and a master's degree in 2018 related to software, network and Internet of Things (aka IoT)... I created a startup in 2017, [Botcrypto](https://botcrypto.io), a SaaS to create trading bots connected to Kraken & Binance exchanges. I am working with medium and small teams in little and big companies since 2018. **I am driven by kindness, knowledge-sharing, respect and results.** --- # Background; education and experiences In this section, I will describe my professional background. For a brief overview, you can download my [CV on my website](https://cdelaroche.fr). ### I am an engineer I always loved science. Especially maths, physics and computer science, that drove my educational choices. I did 5 additional years of studies after high school and I have been to many cities during my studies: Paris, Budapest, Strasbourg, Poitiers, Châteauroux... (big and small cities!) After 2 years of intense "preparatory classes" with a major in maths and physics, I joined the engineering school Télécom Physique Strasbourg. There, I did a first year jointly with another engineering school named ENSIIE to learn about programming. In the next year, I joined a Master's degree in "Network and embedded systems". All of that was merged as part of Télécom Physique Strasbourg curriculum. There was a lot of work at the time, but also a lot of fun, especially with the students' associations! To quote my favorite school's projects: * Snake game coded in C, with a multiplayer mode (in LAN) * Packet sniffer in C (like Wireshark) * Compilator using lex & yacc. * A proof of concept for an IoT network using LoRaWAN. We did a video to present this project: %[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsi6OgQQ-6E] ### I am an entrepreneur During my studies, I did many personal projects. Some have become important and could be mentioned as professional experiences. Here is the story... In high school, I built a website (in Php) for students. It was very much a Facebook-like website with a forum. A friend was running the website and another was doing the community manager/moderator. It was my first significant project when I was 16. Unfortunately, the website was not much used by students. But I learned skills for making websites! In engineering school, I participated in many events like "Startup Weekend" and "Hackathon". I liked this kind of events! One time, I joined a team to make a newspaper about good news. For one year with business school students, we developed the project (I did the website!). Another time, I suggested a project to build a SaaS to trade cryptocurrencies. It got a huge success and became a real startup: Botcrypto. I will tell you more about it in my professional experiences below... I did three internships during my studies, including two abroad in Budapest! Always in small businesses or early startups. I did many meetups during this period. So I got a lot of entrepreneurial input from these experiences and I was discovering "The Lean Startup". ### Professional experiences **→ Botcrypto**, the startup I cofounded in 2017 and run for **5 years**. Botcrypto is a SaaS to create trading strategies and automate them with bots. I did most of the technical part of this project. Since the release, 15k+ accounts were created so far and millions of $ were traded with our service. I've written blog posts you can read to know more about the project: * [Botcrypto, the attempt to provide a great trading service for everyone](https://medium.com/@cdlr/botcrypto-the-attempt-to-provide-a-great-trading-service-for-everyone-fed47fcdef2c) * [One hundred things about Botcrypto](https://medium.com/@cdlr/one-hundred-things-about-botcrypto-62f033ad8fd1) I will write a blog post to share my learning from this experience. I have a lot of things to share on that... So stay tuned! **→ Kamatz**, a startup I joined at its beginning in 2021 as a software engineer. We were between 3 to 8 "full stack" in the tech team. The stack in a few words: Ruby on Rails, Nuxt, AWS. There is also a blog post (in French) you can read about my experience there: * [Blog post (FR) - Constantin De La Roche, Software Engineer at Kamatz](https://www.kamatz.com/blog/portrait-de-collaborateur-constantin-de-la-roche-software-engineer-chez-kamatz) **→ Airbus.** Starting in 2021 as a consultant. I was working for 9 months building and running a service to manage data migration from Microsoft to Google. The team was composed of 8 people, mostly specialized in a field. The stack in a few words: Django, GCP. I stayed almost to the end of the project before the Kamatz opportunity. **→ Orange**, my first job in a big company In 2019. I have been named Lead developer during my experience there. I was building APIs to configure network devices (load balancers and switches). The stack in a few words: FastAPI, Redis, RabbitMQ, self-managed Docker Swarm cluster. I wrote a few blog posts at the time, like this one about microservices development in the early stage: * [Speed up microservices development](https://medium.com/@cdlr/speed-up-microservices-development-f5a652e0d4b) To recap my experiences as a Software Engineer: I know to build and run web services in various environments. I am especially experienced with Python and Ruby on Rails technologies. I am familiar with DevOps common tools & practices, so as Agile philosophy and methodologies like Scrum or Kanban. For the record, I also have a diploma as an animator in a children's summer camp ("BAFA" in French) and I did this job for a few months during my teenage years! ⛱️ --- # FAQs ## How do others describe me? Feel free to ask it directly to people I worked with, you can find them by looking at my [Linkedin profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/constantin-de-la-roche/). This is what I heard from them: * Prompt to help newcomers, very welcoming. * Volunteer, I am prone to accept changes. * Provide nice feedback and listen carefully to those received. * Very good technical skills. I deliver quickly with good quality. I may improve by a more systemic approach to problems. * Like psytrance and hard tech music. (I also like classical music very much, but my favorite is [https://soundcloud.com/venommusic13/venom-inferno](https://soundcloud.com/venommusic13/venom-inferno) 🎁) ## What are my hobbies? I didn't resist adding a few words in this post about my hobbies... I like playing piano. Reading books (in various domains like finance, society, entrepreneurship, IT and ecology). Organize summer parties. Taste wine and cheese. Do some sport: hiking, climbing, running or swimming. --- # Conclusion It's time to conclude this post! From my professional experiences: > I know to build and run web services in various environments. I am especially experienced with **Python** and **Ruby on Rails** technologies. I am familiar with **DevOps** common tools & practices, so as **Agile** philosophy and methodologies like **Scrum** or **Kanban**. **Get my CV on** [**my website**](https://cdelaroche.fr)**. Feel free to drop me a message on Linkedin.** Your feedbacks on this post are very welcome! Stay tuned.