My name is David Poza Suárez. I'm 38 years old, from Madrid, and if there’s one thing that defines me, it’s my passion for activities involving a certain degree of creativity — situations where you can express yourself and take simple ideas and elements, combine them, and transform them into something entirely new.
During my childhood, I satisfied this need to create through drawing and construction toys: LEGO, Knex, and Meccano. I was truly passionate about it and could spend endless hours building and creating without stopping.
When I was 6 years old, our first computer arrived at home: an IBM 486dx2 at 66MHz with 16MB of RAM and a 250MB hard drive 😮. By the age of 8, I was constantly hijacking it from my father just to type commands into the MSDOS terminal and launch my favorite games: Pacman, Wolfenstein 3D, Monkey Island, and many others.
Soon after, I also started using Windows 3.1, and I absolutely loved Paint. The idea of being able to create and erase unlimited drawings felt like the future!
This was my first computer, which I inherited from my father when I was 10 years old.
That was just the beginning, because many more computers followed — nine more in total!: an Intel Celeron at 200MHz, an AMD K7 700MHz, a Pentium 4 at 1.8GHz, an AMD Athlon 3000+, an Acer Aspire One netbook, an Intel i5 2500, another Asus Eee PC 1015b netbook, then a Lenovo ThinkPad X220 laptop, and finally a Ryzen 5 1600.
Interestingly, I never wanted to join extracurricular activities except for one: computer classes, where I still remember learning Windows 95 and Office 97 😎
In 1998–1999, the Internet arrived in my life: we got internet access at home (back then you paid based on call duration!), and we published my father's company's website online. Initially, it was designed by our longtime trusted IT friends at qbox.es. I still remember how that was the moment I became interested in web development — over 22 years ago now!
Back then websites didn’t even use CSS, and we built layouts entirely with tables. Ouch! Years later, I redesigned the whole website and created an administration panel in PHP. For me, dynamic websites felt like a true revolution.
Around the year 2000, when I was 13, I spent every afternoon with my friend Boris sitting in front of a computer because he had unlimited internet access! We would wait like addicts for 6:30 PM to connect and leave his family without a phone line. Great memories 😛
Since my parents heavily restricted internet access at home, my computer knowledge expanded very slowly. Fortunately, there wasn't a month when they didn't buy me a PcWorld or PcActual magazine. I ended up with a huge collection filling my room, along with all the CDs full of games and software I kept burning.
I still remember downloading the 35MB Macromedia Flash trial, which took the entire afternoon. Back then, buying magazines was often the fastest way to try new software.
Between 2001 and 2003, I remember satisfying my artistic side by spending endless hours creating edits and compositions in Photoshop, while also taking my first steps with 3D Studio Max. I was constantly trying all kinds of software because by then we had finally subscribed to unlimited internet at home. That said, I also spent countless hours playing games like Age of Empires II, StarCraft, and Diablo II.
In 2003 I started a technology-focused high school program, and in 2005 I completed Spain's university entrance exams. It took a huge effort, but I achieved very good results. Around those years, I also started learning PHP and MySQL on my own through books and online tutorials.
I especially remember a website called "RinconAstur – Memories of a PHP Apprentice", which became legendary among those of us learning the language at the time. I even built a user management system and a fairly interesting forum system for my skill level back then 😄
I managed to recover a screenshot of rinconastur.com thanks to the nostalgic archive.org.
In 2004 we finally upgraded to a 256kbps ADSL connection — yessss! Coincidentally, Doom 3 had just been released. What an amazing game that was!
That same year I enrolled in Computer Engineering at UAM. Those were years of intense learning. I passed all my computer science subjects, and although I spent several years studying mathematics, physics, and electronics, they simply didn't motivate me, so I eventually decided to leave university and pursue a more practical and direct vocational program.
At least I came away with a solid foundation in computer architecture, programming methodology, data structures with Pascal and C, and Linux.
In 2009 I started a Higher Degree in Computer Systems Administration, although I had originally wanted to study web development, which unfortunately wasn't available at my school. I learned quite a bit about databases, Linux, and Windows administration.
As for programming, although we studied C and a little Java, I honestly didn't learn anything new there — university had already drilled most of it into me.
Once I got my degree, I entered the job market. In 2011, I joined Acotel S.A., a consulting company where I worked on a bit of everything: PHP and JavaScript, some C++, and even some Android development in Java. I stayed there for more than three years.
I also did some development work using Symfony2, which struck me as an elegant framework and significantly changed my perception of PHP.
In 2014 I joined Sigrid S.L., a cartography company whose main product was an online map server written in C++ with JavaScript web clients. I continued working with JavaScript and some C++, while also spending part of my time handling network and server administration.
In 2016, two former colleagues and I decided to create Triskelsoft S.L. with an innovative idea: building a SaaS platform for crop fertilization recommendations using satellite image analysis.
After many unsuccessful attempts to secure funding, we were forced to abandon the original idea and shift the company's focus toward providing IT services for entrepreneurs.
During this period I mainly focused on learning React and Node.js, while also working on Linux system administration: Apache servers, Postfix, backups, and more.
Oh, and of course, I quickly discovered that WordPress was what entrepreneurs demanded the most.
After more than two years of fighting for the project, I decided to leave Triskelsoft and entered a transition period where I committed myself to deepening my knowledge and practice of modern web technologies: Node.js and React, aiming to gradually build a stronger profile and make my work and passion become one and the same 🙂.
My next destination was Prisa Group, specifically El País, where I found an amazing project and team that gave me the opportunity to continue growing professionally as a web developer for two and a half years, working primarily with JavaScript and React.
At the end of 2021, I decided to take another step forward and joined the multinational company T-Systems, where I continue refining my React skills. Let's see what the future brings 😄
Today, in 2026, I’m still working at T-Systems and embracing the huge transformation that AI has brought to our industry.
I work with test-driven development every day, and since the ChatGPT 3.5 boom began in 2022, I’ve been integrating AI workflows into both my professional work and personal projects — using and building MCPs, integrating LLMs and embeddings into applications, and deploying GPU environments in the cloud.
What will the future bring us?