Beyond engineering

About me beyond work

My work is important to me, but it is not the whole of my life.

Outside engineering, I spend time outdoors, volunteer, play team sports, explore unfamiliar places and ideas, and join community events with friends. These activities give me distance from screens and keep curiosity connected to real experience.

Gold MEPI GAHA Slovenia Hiking Ireland expedition Volunteering Team sports Community events
Portrait of me on the day of the 2025 Gold MEPI Award ceremony in Ljubljana
A portrait from my 2025 Gold MEPI Award day in Ljubljana.

Outdoors and service

MEPI, hiking, and volunteering

I completed the Gold level of MEPI, the Slovenian form of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. The programme brought together long-term goals, physical activity, volunteering, new skills, and outdoor expeditions.

Hiking remains an important way for me to step away from normal routines, explore unfamiliar places, and spend meaningful time with other people. MEPI strengthened my discipline and persistence, but it also showed me the value of cooperation and shared responsibility.

Gold MEPI expedition · Ireland · September 2025

Exploring Ireland with GAHA Slovenia

I am part of Društvo GAHA Slovenija. In September 2025, I joined a Gold MEPI expedition in Ireland that combined hiking, shared planning, unfamiliar terrain, and responsibility for the people around me.

After completing the expedition, I continued exploring Ireland with the group. We travelled through Killarney, the Cliffs of Moher, Ballyryan, Galway, and Dublin, experiencing both the landscape and everyday life beyond the hiking route.

Team sport

Volleyball and futsal

I stand with the Dijaški dom Antona Martina Slomška volleyball team after winning Domijada 2024
I was part of the DD AMS boys’ volleyball team that won first place at Domijada 2024.

Volleyball

From qualification to first place

I helped my team qualify for the national Domijada tournament, where we won first place in 2024. The qualification stage also brought recognition for fair play.

Futsal

Goalkeeper for DD AMS

I played futsal as a goalkeeper for the DD AMS team in the student futsal league. Regular training and competition gave me a direct experience of trust, communication, and shared responsibility.

People and new ideas

Community, technology, and communication

I enjoy joining hackathons, conferences, and community gatherings with friends. I value these events as places to encounter unfamiliar ideas, meet people outside my immediate work, and learn through shared experience.

Security communities

I attended BSides Maribor and continue exploring community-led technology and security events where practical experience is shared openly.

Hackathons and conferences

I join hackathons, OTS conferences, and local meetups with friends. I use them to explore subjects beyond my current projects and build relationships around shared curiosity.

Public communication

I co-hosted the 2025 graduation farewell ceremony at my student residence. The experience combined preparation, public speaking, humour, and responsibility for guiding a live event.

Perspective

Exploring without turning everything into work

I am drawn to unfamiliar environments, whether that means a hiking route, a new sport, a technical event, or a subject I have not encountered before. I do not treat every interest as another achievement to optimize. Some activities matter because they create distance, perspective, relationships, and memorable experiences with friends.

Public professional activity

My LinkedIn posts

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Public social appearances

Instagram posts I appear in

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Training for the diamond expedition to Norway

I appear in GAHA Slovenia's conditioning training post one month before the planned diamond expedition to Norway.

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GAHA winter hike to Krnica

I appear in the association's winter day trip to the mountain hut in Krnica, including hiking and sledding near Kranjska Gora.

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Winter wonderland in Krnica

I appear in a personal carousel from the same winter hiking day in Krnica.

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Postcard from Ireland

I appear in the post-expedition journey through the Cliffs of Moher, The Burren, Galway, and Dublin.

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Gold MEPI expedition on the Kerry Way

I appear during the opening days of the Gold MEPI expedition from Killarney through the Black Valley and toward The Climbers Inn.

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GAHA paintball day

I appear in the GAHA Gorenjska and Ljubljana paintball gathering.

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