Hi, I'm Philip Hofmann
Master Student PoC @ UZH
What I am all about
I believe that we are all here together to learn and grow. That we were intelligences, given a spiritual body (by god), chose to be born here on earth to receive a physical body (earthly parents), grow and learn, maybe have children/a family of our own, die and receive a more perfected body afterwards, never to be separated again. All the while helping our friends in their progress while progressing ourselves.
I am a student at University of Zuerich, I did my bachelors in Information Systems and am currently at my master studies in People-Oriented Computing which I am planning to complete in September 2020, finishing my master thesis.
Concurrently I am working as a student programmer at the Faculty of Law in Team IT-Projects and E-Learning, doing a visualization of a legal history timeline. You can inspect my project documentation and a prototype version of the application and the current production version .
We also just finished our master project at the Department of Informatics in Software Engineering where the University hired us to use it in production for their python introduction lecture, where the students solved the exercises on our system. You can find more information here.
Interests
Hiking
I like hiking in the beautiful swiss mountains where i get to enjoy nice views, stay active&fit while enjoying the company of friends.
Volleyball
I regularly meet with friends from church at thursday evenings to play volleyball.
Chor³
This is a choir where I often participated in projects as a singer, you can check us out on this website
Piano
I received piano lessons for around 8 years. During gymnasium, I switched to e-guitar lessons for 4 years, but piano stayed my main expressive instrument (to express myself that is, or to process emotions). Since I have not played e-guitar for forever, my e-guitar skills throw a 404.
Church
I am a member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. I wanted to be baptized with the age of 8, where I had prayed to god if he were in agreement (if it were okay for him) with me getting baptized, and he said yes. Since then I am attending church regularly each week and attend activities. I also served a mission for two years, right in between my military service and my university studies. Check out this video on how god has blessed my life so far.
Snowboarding
I like snowboarding in the swiss mountains with my friends, even though I am pretty average at it ;)
Friends
My friends/cousing/family members are important to me. There are some persons that I greatly appreaciate and admire and I am blessed by having them in my life and try to have contact with them regularly. I also have game nights with friends, and during summer lately we go to the lake once a week.
Games
Videogames, card games, board games, ... with friends: It's not primarily about winning, it is about having fun.
Drawing
Drawings in pencil are really nice. Also during this coronavirus-homeoffice time, I picked up painting in colors (acryl).
Education
Master of Science in Informatics
People-Oriented Computing
University of Zuerich
Bachelor of Science in Informatics
Information Systems
University of Zuerich
Work
Informatiker
Team IT Projekte und E-Learning
University of Zuerich
Hilfsassistierender mit Bachelor
Software Engineering
University of Zuerich
Tutor Softwarekonstruktion
Software Engineering
University of Zuerich
Webentwickler
Praktikum
JKweb GmbH
Sachbearbeiter Finanzen
Finanzen
GVZ Gebäudeversicherung Kanton Zürich
Missionary
Utah Provo Mission
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Infanterist DD
Kdo / Uem Spez Bat 142
Schweizer Armee