We never intended to start a company. 

4 and a half years ago, I was at a pretty weird point in my life. I just finished an intense year participating in the Delft Hyperloop Competition as a “part-time” engineer on the Propulsion team. I did not take into consideration that “part-time” on a student team is not 20 hours per week, but rather a dedication of every hour that is available after deducting basic human necessities, like water and food (see how I did not include sleep in this summation?). 

In parallel, I was also trying to get the final 30 points I needed to complete my Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering. All in all, this was one of the most stressful periods of my life and helped me figure out what I didn't want to do. I did not want to work in the Mechanical Engineering field. Luckily for me, fate was on my side and I forgot to enrol for my master's (Advanced Vehicle Engineering), leading me to have an unexpected gap year to recover from the previous year. 

This allowed me to think, and figure out what I would like to do with my life. Growing up I had no clue what I wanted to do, and was always taking on new projects or jobs to pinpoint my goal through deduction. I always envied people who had it figured out, following a path set in stone from a young age. The choice for Mechanical engineering was based on the courses that I came easiest and sold it under the guise of my love for tinkering with scooters and bikes. In hindsight, this decision lacked the fundamental motivation to do this for the rest of my life.

During this period, Bo and I decided to do some software projects. I was already doing some freelance website work and received some more complex assignments that could not be solved within the WordPress framework. We thought about it for a while, and then decided to set up a VOF with the goal of making “cool software”. We did not have a real business plan and we were figuring it out as we went. Together with two team members from the Hyperloop team (Joppe & Mozes) we rented a small basement near our favourite Döner shop (Leeman) and started coding our first software projects. Those first few weeks were a lot of fun, we took on way too much work, spent all our revenue on food and drinks and were pulling all-nighters at an office without central heating.

Looking back at this time I’m mainly really proud of where we are now. We even have a slogan nowadays. I haven’t figured out what I want any more than I did back in the day, but that’s okay. In all honesty, I think you might never find that out completely - people change. But nowadays I wake up every day extremely excited to go to the office and grow as a team, both in the work that we do as well as individually. For me, Miyagami is a place where I can grow, keep on learning and have a lot of fun with the team while we do. 


Anyone who has embarked on a career change knows that while it’s a huge privilege to be able to take on, it’s still quite spooky and overwhelming. For me, it was the unknown and feeling out of control of my career trajectory.  At the risk of sounding cheesy - looking back now, I can confidently say it was one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life. 

To give a bit of my background, I studied psychology after finishing school and subsequently two masters in Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Neuropsychology. I worked predominantly with patients with neurodegenerative diseases, assessing their cognitive profiles. I went on to spend 2 years on the Irish Motor Neurone Disease team in Trinity College Dublin, working clinically and on a research basis with patients and their families. 

Throughout this time, I couldn’t ignore the feeling that was always in the back of my mind; I wanted to pursue a more creative career path. Having designed informally and as a hobby for family and friends for years, I decided to study Graphic Design at night after my work days in 2019. Feeling I was on the right path but also wanting to somehow integrate my years in Psychology, I knew UX Design was where I wanted to be, as it lay at the intersection of Design and Psychology.

I began working part-time as a UX Designer at a SAAS platform, which was equal parts exciting and scary as I was quite literally learning the hard skills and tools on the job. I have thrown myself into everything I do in life, and I really strengthened my “I’ll figure it out” attitude during this time. It was so enjoyable but I began to carve out what I knew was my dream role; designing at an agency. I applied to work at Miyagami as a UX/UI Designer in October 2022 and I was over the moon when I was offered the role.

After accepting the job offer at Miyagami, I sadly very suddenly lost my older brother. For me during these very difficult times, the Miyagami office has been the place where I can delve into our projects and use my work as a creative outlet as I navigate grief. I have learned an immeasurable amount, not only about Design and Development but also about myself as a Designer, and how I can better help craft meaningful and exciting products for our clients. 

My background in Psychology helps me use my knowledge of the brain and human behaviour to help gain a deep understanding of client needs and our users while creating engaging, lasting products for clients. I look forward to waking up on a Monday morning, ready for a new week of challenges, the (many) laughs we have in the office and our wide range of lunchtime discussions about anything and everything.


“Be the maximum expression of yourself” has always been a fundamental phrase for me. IBEX35, “Buy the dip, short the VIX”, CAC40, NASDAQ, DOW, “Buy the rumour, sell the news”, NYSE, Interest Rate… terms that at some point were of great interest to me, over time they became remorse and torture. Until I had enough, and since destiny loves irony, circumstances put me on the right path to change course by my own decision.

In 2015, fate (and its irony) put before me the first challenge: stay in Venezuela and assume the consequences of the crisis, or leave the country in search of a better future. Sadly, the situation in the country degenerated so radically that only the latter remained. Therefore, in 2016 I left my country for the US to study Finance.

Three and a half years passed. ROI, KPIs, Market Makers, Stock Options, Financial Markets… the deeper I got into it, the more I felt like I was making a terrible mistake. Once I finished my studies, and with the possibility of staying in the US, my partner and I decided to move to Europe. Here I had the opportunity to work as an analyst and project manager for 4 years. Sadly, I only found what I feared during my studies: monotony, thousands of redundant meetings, and a system that did not reward the result but the rigidity of the procedure.

2022 arrives: I am now a father, and fate (with its irony) knocks on the door again. The company I worked for had no use for multiple project administrators, and I was offered a position on the accounts payable team, a position I found incredibly boring. Fate once again proposed a challenge to me: accept a position where I was not happy, or take a step forward and recognize my mistake to correct it.

Given this news, I began to delve into programming, an area for which I always felt an affinity but which I did not pursue out of stubbornness. I started alone, without support, using only free online resources. Over time, I was running scripts that made my job more enjoyable. By September 2022, I was already mastering complex concepts such as Trees, nodes, memory leaks, etc. By October 2022, I quit my job in search of a career that would allow me to be the fullest expression of myself.

In 2023, after months of learning on my own, trying to balance parenting and starting a career from scratch, I decided to specialize in web development. There I learned in more depth the fundamental concepts of creating custom software for innovators, and thanks to Miyagami, my days are not monotonous, the meetings are not redundant. Here I am not only where the result is rewarded, but mistakes are also rewarded, because there is no shame in them, but they represent an opportunity for everyone to learn something.

Instead of dreading Mondays, I look forward to starting a new week, and each day I come to the office there is a team of 12 people who ensure the professional success of each of the team members and the projects we lead. I don't want to say we are a family, but we are not far from it. The focus here is not on who followed the rules best, but rather on who could go above and beyond to create products that not only meet our customers' needs but exceed every expectation they ever had.

Fate and its irony put me on the necessary path. I decided to accept the challenge and pursue the ultimate prize it offered. Being the maximum expression of oneself is the fundamental key to success because if I had not heard that expression, I would most likely be paying an invoice for a company that requested my services. Many people live through similar processes, but few leap to improve their lives. Building scalable, high-end software was my way, and it's only by being brave enough to listen to my own voice that I can now say I'm here.


When I was a kid, I never really knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. Some kids had already decided they would become a pilots, a vet, or maybe a real princess. Some of these kids even made it a reality and never deviated from their path all those years. Again, I had no clue.

Every once in a while, I would ask my dad, the man who knew everything about anything, at least that’s what I believed at that age, 'What do you think I will become when I’m older?' The answer would always be: 'A dolphin trainer' (if I were to ask him now, he would probably still say that). It would either make me laugh or piss me off, but it made it clear that even the human version of Wikipedia couldn’t help me out. My mom, on the other hand, never gave a direct answer. She used to say, 'Just make sure you pick one thing you enjoy and become really good at it.' But what thing? I paused the mission to find the answer at age 10...

Fast forward, I finished high school, took a gap year, worked different jobs, and decided to give university a try. Although I enjoyed my first year, I knew from the start that it would not last—too many rules, too much theory, too old of an institution. One educational system can’t work for everyone. Then I started looking into a program called Codam Coding College, a coding study completely based on an autonomous education system. Just you and your peers figuring things out together. I would be able to decide when and how to study, and I would learn a skill and hopefully become really good at it. Therefore, I dove in deep and signed up for the piscine. I got in and really gave it my all.

During the 2 years at Codam, I met my best friends, spent more hours playing ping-pong than writing code, and had a few eureka moments, but mostly felt extremely stupid. Against my expectations, I did really learn some things. I learned to learn, I learned to motivate myself, and I learned to write a bit of code. After a 6-month internship and my first job, I craved something different and more unpredictable. The horizon kept spreading, and my understanding of the world of tech got smaller with every door that opened or topic that popped up. To stay afloat, I started reaching out to people I knew in the industry and read more and more about different companies, sectors, and positions.

When I first set foot in the Miyagami office, it was just to have a little peek. I met some of the people and sat with Dale, who answered all of my questions. After that visit, I felt very motivated and inspired. The energy in the office, the variety of people, and most importantly, the infectious enthusiasm. So, it led to more conversations, and I switched jobs to start a position at Miyagami. I am still very grateful for this opportunity and feel lucky to be a part of this team. Every day I go into the office excited about what the day will bring: a challenge, an achievement, some inspiration, but, to be honest, I'm mostly excited to find out which stupid joke I will be laughing at the hardest that day because believe me, that’s our real talent.

My advice? Make sure you pick one thing you enjoy and become really good at it, or become a dolphin trainer.


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