Pro-level multitasking

When I was looking for a job at the very start of my career, what mattered to me most was definitely the opportunity to develop and to acquire the widest possible range of skills. Working on the MakoLab DevOps team has given me that in spades! Over almost a year now, I’ve gained so many technical and business skills. I’ve found out how the company, the departments and the individual teams work, not to mention who the mysterious clients are. Working in a company like this is a pleasure!

It’s actually a bit more intense than that. (He grins) At the beginning of the year, I took on the position of manager in a bar where I’d previously been a bartender for four years. It means that, once my day at MakoLab ends, I switch hats and start running the Spalonych Słońcem. Working behind a bar is more of a hobby for me now. I’ll do it if we’re short-staffed at the weekend or when help is needed. In between, I do my best to combine it with my studies and soccer training.

Loads of people ask me that, but it’s a lifestyle that really suits me. At the end of the day, I do feel tired, but I also feel that it’s been a day well spent. Then I get up in the morning with a plan of what I have to do that day and I just do it.

I’m hugely grateful to the team and the company for exactly how much they help me do that. I’m on a full-time course, which sometimes means that I have to work unusual hours so that I can turn up at the university as required. My colleagues often cover for me so that I can do a test, for example. I’m genuinely lucky that I’m surrounded by people who understand my situation and support me so that I can graduate. As I see it, I made a really good choice when I decided to go to work while I’m still studying and that fact that I’ve managed to combine the two is also very much thanks to the company and the team.