From my days at the university, I hold a PHD in physics (although that was in the previous century and seems like a different life by now). Ever since then I have been developing software and/or managing engineering teams. In 2008, I started to learn C++ because I could not believe that it was as difficult as some people claimed. Turns out they were totally wrong and totally right at the same time.

Today, I am still learning and I hope to continue to do so for a very long time!

I am the author of the libraries sqlpp11 and kiss-templates.

Apart from C++ itself, I'd be particularly interested in talking about strategies for hiring C++ engineers.