Felix Mennen

Når begynte du å jobbe i Echometer?

Felix: I worked as a freelancer in 2019 and started full-time in summer 2020.

Hva er din tidligere arbeidserfaring?

Felix: I completed a dual study program in Business Informatics at Bertelsmann in Gütersloh. Afterwards, I worked for two years as a full-time app developer at a Bertelsmann subsidiary before joining Echometer.

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På Echometer

Hva liker du med å jobbe hos Echometer?

Felix: Definitely our culture. Alle können offen über Herausforderungen und Fehler sprechen, ohne verurteilt zu werden. Stattdessen erhält man hilfreiches und motivierendes Feedback, das einem hilft, zu wachsen. 💪

If you could write your own job title, what would it be?

Felix: Probably something like “Full-Stack & UI/UX Developer.” My main role is development, working in every part of our infrastructure.

Your favorite retrospective method or team workshop?

Felix: I love the “Keep, Stop, Start” retro. It’s simple, grounded, and always delivers good results.

Your personal highlight at Echometer?

Felix: Validating a major mockup for a complete redesign of our retro flow. We received great feedback, which showed us we’re working on the right challenges.

Hvordan var din første uke hos Echometer?

Felix: I quickly realized that I was now much more responsible for the outcome of my work than before.

Your biggest or funniest fuckup at Echometer?

Felix: A customer complained that emails weren’t arriving. Logs showed errors that caused users to be blacklisted. I removed them from the blacklist intending to investigate afterwards — not knowing logs were only stored for six days. Since the issue was older, all evidence disappeared once I removed the blacklist entries.

Hva er en interessant ting du har lært på Echometer?

Felix: A lot — but especially GraphQL. It changed how our frontend (and we as developers) interact with the backend.

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Ansatte

Hvordan vil vennene dine beskrive deg med tre ord?

Felix: Logical, Funny, Relaxed.

What values drive you?

Felix: Work takes up a huge part of our lives — we should make the best of it and support others in doing the same.

Hvilke hobbyer har du?

Felix:

• Gaming with friends
• Inline skating through Münster
• Skill-based hobbies like pen spinning or solving a Rubik’s Cube
• Looking forward to going to the gym again after the pandemic

Et bilde av deg som barn?

Felix: This is me — minus the beard.