Maximilian Schallwig

Hey there! My name is Max. And I’m a data loving, Dungeons & Dragons playing, Python programming dude.I’ve got a Bachelors in Physics and a Masters in Astrophysics. For the past 5 years, I’ve been working in the field of data - starting as a Data Scientist then becoming and working as a Data Engineer.I stumbled into the world of programming and data completely by accident — but the first time I coded a simple blackjack program in Python is the first time it really “clicked” for me.They say you know you truly love an activity if you reach a state of “flow”, and that is what programming does for me. Everything fades away and all that exists is me, some good tunes, those little lines of white text, and the agitating company of a bug or two or five.If I’m honest, these 3 decisions changed the path of my career (and probably my life) entirely:1. Deciding to finally learn Python at university, after 2 failed attempts in high school2. Tentatively venturing into the data world, which started with simply googling “what does a data scientist do”3. Committing to a data engineer pivot by learning about big data tools and infrastructure design to build scalable systems and pipelinesI could talk endlessly about data infrastructure, big data pipelines and my relentless and eternally raging fire for Python. Going into data gave me endless passion for my work & completely changed the trajectory of my life.I can’t wait to help you find and do the same.