3 Years of Being a Software Engineer

Release date: 31 Dec 2025

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Ever since I started my fulltime role as a Software Engineer, I've been sharing my journey here. At the end of every year I talk about how the year went for me and what I accomplished.

2025 was my best year so far. I feel so grateful looking back at it. I managed to focus on the habits I always wanted to build and properly track them. Wether that's reading books or working out every single day.

I worked out for 58% of this year. That's 212 out of 365 days. I feel really happy with that number and next year I can work towards improving it.

I read / listened to 26 books this year. Each time I finish a book I immediately write some thoughts on it and publish it on this website. This is the highest number of books I've had the pleasure to read in a year. When the year started I wanted to finish 2 books a month at least. That makes 24 the target for the year. Super glad to say I exceeded that target.

Now I don't read books because I think it makes me smart or because it's a superior hobby compared to other stuff. I simply like the feeling of reading stories and learning about the lives of others. Learning about things. It feels good. That's why I want to read books.

In terms of software, I FINALLY MADE SOMETHING THAT GOT MY PAYING CUSTOMERS IN 2025. It's still surreal. If you look at my post from last year, I literally talk about the fact that if I keep trying and working on side projects, something will hit.

And that's exactly what happened! I feel so happy about it. I'm so glad I didn't give up.

I started this year working on a QR codes generator website and then worked on Three Cells App. At first it was just a website and I didn't get any customers.

Only when I made an IOS app for it, it started getting downloads and users. It's currently sitting at 5,400+ downloads.

My main goal in 2026 is to grow this app to 100,000 downloads. The goal feels extremely extremely difficult right now. But I just know, once again, that if I keep trying stuff, something will land.

I need to shift my identity from someone that's an engineer to a marketer. Marketing is a completely different ball game. Different skills. Different mindsets. Different lens through which you see things. And this year I will get better at that.

Whenever I think about marketing, I keep reminding myself of this thing that Alex Hormozi says about skills compound together. Right now I'm just a builder, a software engineer. If I learn marketing and become a marketer, those two skills combined will allow me to truly scale Three Cells to 100,000 downloads.

I'm super super excited for 2026. It's going to be an amazing year.

If you are building something, working at something, anything. Keep. Going.