Brief explanation of what happened before
A while ago I thought that when I grow up I would become some sort of an artist. I painted, photographed and so on. I have also held couple of exhibitions. I have worked in various places. Weirdest one must be a funeral home or flowershop. At some point I found out that computers might be the thing for me and started to direct my attention towards them. I graduated from the Polytechnic of Pirkanmaa as some sort of graphic designer. In English the name of the line is something like computer aided add graphics (tietokoneavusteinen grafiikka). I just checked that the line doesn't exist anymore and some of it's contents have been moved to a line called "Scriptwriting and Visual Expression". As time passed on I noticed that I wanted something more, so I applied to University of Helsinki to study computer science. Still at the university but now as a post grad student. Currently I'm working as a researcher in HIIT.
Education
High school graduate
Parkanon Lukio 1995
Bachelor of Business Administration (Computer graphics in advertising)
Pirkanmaa Polytechnic 2000
Master's degree in computer science
University of Helsinki 2006
Courses
Graphics (40h)
Adult education centre of Ruovesi (Kansalaisopisto) 1995-1996
Programs
Pagemaker 6.5, Photoshop MX, Premiere 5, Freehand MX, Flash MX, Paint Shop Pro 8, MS office etc. Other programs can be learned (anything can be done if you put your mind in to it).
Programming
Java, C, C++, Visual Basic. Can learn other languages too, basics are pretty much the same.
Hobbies and all that stuff
World of Warcraft (MMORPG), guitar, bass, movies, music and all those things everyone puts in these things when they can't think of anything else (like reading etc). Recently I have knitted and done some crochet work (yes, i have funny interests). I usually get interested in stuff that you couldn't imagine me to do.