GET to know us #4: Mark

To give you a little insight into the GET Protocol team, we are introducing ourselves in a series of blogs. Read about what we do, both at work and in our personal lives, and why we believe the GET Protocol is going to take over the world. Here’s number 4: Mark!

What’s your name, age and job title?

Hey I’m Mark! I recently turned 25 and I enjoy taking long walks on the beach. I’m the DevOps guy responsible for our infrastructure and I help out with the back-end. Recently though, it seems like I’m also becoming the office IT-guy who fixes the printer.

How long have you been at the GET Protocol foundation?

I joined the team as the 6th member in 2017 as a back-end developer, right when we moved to our second office, a squatted school building. Later I found out that 3 people I know had lived there before as well.

What do you do exactly?

I’m responsible for our infrastructure and most of our tooling, like our ci-pipelines, self-hosted gitlab, etcetera. I also help out with writing the back-end code when I have time.

How do you describe what you do here to your friends or family?

I usually tell them I make sure people can actually see our websites on their computers. I also tell them I completely destroy Sander at table tennis everyday. I haven’t won once, but they don’t know that!

What do you do when you are not at the office?

Probably annoying the neighbors with my “musical talents”. I play and compose for piano / accordion and guitar, produce electronic music with Ableton and I’m a huge (modular)synthesizer freak. But recently I took a break from producing music to start an affair with a Nintendo Switch, absolutely loving the new Zelda!

What do you think Kasper’s secret for his productivity is?

I’m pretty sure he takes some inspiration from The Wolf of Wall Street. He seems to quote the movie quite often and I’m not sure yet if that is a good or bad thing.

Where do you see GET in three years?

On a screen (…as it’s digital…get it?). And of course I look forward to seeing GET used at ALL the festivals and concerts i go to!!