defined by my failures
15.07.12Stops playing football
24.08.16Failed selling artworks
25.11.18Failed YouTube channel
17.02.19Mocked for being weak and thin ( 58kg)
14.12.19Stops playing competitive violin
10.05.20Bad at math, teachers told me not to study STEM
14.03.21Failed growing a Discord channel
03.08.21Stops playing Tennis
25.05.25Loses 1st hackathon
12.10.25Loses 2nd hackathon
01.03.26Applies for 200+ positions, 0 return offers after 6 interviews
because I tried
25.03.20Starts bulking and lifting
12.09.20Starts playing piano because of wanting to play YourName on the piano (self-taught)
05.01.21Reads 20+ books in a year
06.01.22Buys his first camera to start videography / photography
29.01.22Joins gymnastics and track-and-field and football team to prep Abitur
29.10.22Travels to India with science team for competition
05.05.23Finishes highschool
15.07.23Starts 3 jobs to fund Korea trip to learn language
02.08.23Starts CS50 Python and quits
19.08.23Finishes last version custom 42km/h electric skateboard after n-Iterations (started in 2019)
21.11.23Started Alternative Reselling
01.01.24Philipp quits video games forever
07.02.24Starts CS50 Python (again)
06.03.24Moves to Korea to learn the language in university
12.05.24Solo backpacking through Japan
02.09.24Starts CS50X
18.09.24Moves to Potsdam for university and for Berlin startup scene
26.03.25Buys first guitar ( self-taught)
29.03.26First LinkedIn post
and because I try, I succeed
25.08.17Solves 3x3 Rubik's cube (22s average)
??.??.??Wins 1st violin competition
??.??.??Wins 2nd violin competition
??.??.??Wins 3rd violin competition
31.10.21Hits Champion in Rocket League (800+ hrs)
07.08.22Manage to play all YourName soundtracks on piano (self-taught)
17.02.23Hits 330 rank in world in TotalFootball
01.03.23Hits Supreme Elite in CS:GO (2000+ hrs)
03.10.23Runs a half-marathon (sub 2 hours)
02.10.24Benches 85kg
29.02.24Hits first muscle-up
24.09.24Achieves childhoods dream physique | 60kg → 78kg → 73kg shredded
20.12.24Shatters STEM stigma and hits 1.7/1 in University Math 1
03.01.25Interns at first startup: Sectorlens | AI B2B SaaS
05.01.25Becomes working student at Sectorlens
08.12.25Fluent in Korean basic language
03.02.26Learns how to freestyle swim (was the worst swimmer in pe class, including girls)
until death, all defeat is psychological
03.02.26