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A year of being ‘unemployed’ taught me more than any corporate job ever did. Here’s the full, unfiltered story — Demant, idiocracy, and why I’m done apologizing for telling people to fuck off.

If you’ve never received an 11-page letter essentially saying “Leave the country in 30 days,” here is a look at what that reality looks like. After leaving my role at Oticon A/S, I didn’t wait for a miracle. I knew that in the Danish system, “hope” is not a legal status. I canceled my lease, sold my belongings, and prepared for the 16th of February—my deadline to exit the EU. ...

I’ve been holding this in for a while, but I feel a breaking point coming. Looking at my circle of friends and colleagues, I see us splitting into two groups: those who realize the system is broken, and those who are still in survival mode—clinging to a fragile stability, terrified to admit how risky their position is. They hide behind the phrase “well, I’m doing fine for now” while denying the reality shifting around them. ...

When a proprietary charger goes missing, you can either wait for a landlord or grab a 3D printer and a soldering iron. This is a manifesto on why building crooked prototypes out of scraps is better than being a passive consumer.

2026 turned out to be a year of harsh realizations. From bureaucratic nightmares in Spain to the cold math of relocation, here is why walking away from a €60k offer was the only logical choice for a senior engineer.

We are obsessed with packing more power into smaller packages. But as we push Lithium-ion to its limits, are we building batteries or structural firecrackers? A deep dive into the mass loss problem and the future of energy storage.

After 18 months in the ‘cesspool’ of corporate idiocy, I went hunting for a Lead Microelectronics role in Copenhagen. What I found was a circus of ghost jobs, incompetent HR, and a vanishing technical landscape.

Effective DFM is about knowing your technology’s limits. Learn how to align geometry with nozzle capabilities to create parts optimized for fast, repeatable production.

Many see Denmark as a socialist utopia — a land of Lego, Hygge, and the world’s happiest people. But in 2021, I stepped into a different reality. After three years of living in Copenhagen, I can tell you that the “Danish Dream” is a well-oiled machine designed to extract professional talent while giving nothing back in terms of security or social capital. If you are thinking of moving there in 2026, read this first. ...

🎙️ Audio Version I don’t think I’m the only one who can’t find a job right now. By the time my search passed the two-year mark, I had already realized how broken the system feels. Tools like LinkedIn turned out to be little more than noise—endless scrolling, false hopes, and disappointment. ...