Hi, I am Stefan Römer.

Stefan Römer

I am a Software Engineer with 15+ years of working experience (mainly C/C++, shell and batch scripts, python) and in-depth OS (Windows and Linux) and networking knowledge (implementation of custom interfaces, amongst others a CORBA interface used in the sorting centers of an international logistics company).

I studied Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences from which I graduated with the degree of a Dipl.‑Ing.(FH) [Graduate Engineer (University of Applied Sciences)] in 2006. Since 2007 I did work as a development engineer in the field of industrial and logistics automation. In 2019 I moved to Vietnam, started my own business and do provide software development services on a free lance basis.

Initially I got interested in computers when my father bought a 286AT running MS DOS 3.3 a long time ago. With the time I used different Windows versions (from Windows 3.1 to the current versions) but since I got my hands on a bundle of SuSE Linux 5.1 at the local book store I am a Linux fan and Windows didn’t touch my own PCs since many years. Currently my PCs run Gentoo and Artix Linux.

I am developing mainly with C/C++ and bash scripts. Sometimes I use Python as well and recently I got started using Rust as a modern programming language which enforces memory safety and prevents concurrent data races at compile time. I also got interested in cyber security and started gaining knowledge on the TryHackMe platform. Here my TryHackMe badge:

I fell in love with Vietnam so I live and work here. I also like photography, badminton and strong vietnamese coffee - lots of it.

Describing myself with some Q&A⌗

  • Windows or Linux?
    No question about that: Linux!

  • C/C++ or Java?
    No Java! C/C++ (or Rust) and Python/Bash where viable.

  • Vim or Emacs?
    Vim - Neovim to be specific.

  • CLI or GUI?
    CLI wherever viable. GUI everywhere else.

  • SSH or VNC/RDP?
    SSH (see CLI or GUI above).

  • Web Development?
    Some HTML and CSS is OK. I don’t do more than that!

  • Databases?
    Find someone else!

  • SAP? Oracle? etc.
    BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! (see ‘Databases’ above)

Other stuff:⌗

  • Coffee or Tea?
    Coffee - The strong vietnamese kind of it!

  • Early bird or night owl?
    Vietnamese people are early birds, they get up when I go to bed. I’m a night owl!

  • Beer or Wine?
    “Ebbelwoi” (apple cider - like me it’s from the german State of Hessen)

Address - that’s where I live⌗

Stefan Römer
4-A3 Hope Garden Plaza
102 Phan Huy Ich
Ward 15, Tan Binh District
72109 Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam


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