1989
At six months old I sat in my dads lap as he was programming in Basic on a Macintosh
![1 Starting 1989](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/1-Starting-1989.png)
2001
![2 Film inspelning 2002](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/2-Film-inspelning-2002.png)
A common thing for me and my friends in 2001 was making short movies and videos in our backyard
2005
I would host LAN parties with my friends where we would try to hack something or create something new
![KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/3-Lan-2005-1.jpg)
2006
![3 Redg 2006](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/3-Redg-2006.jpg)
In college I always had some film project I worked on from my parents basement
2007
During college my classmate and I would work on film sets
The first photo is taken on the set of a Coca Cola commercial
I then graduated with a degree in cinematography and media production
![4 Coke 2007](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/4-Coke-2007.jpg)
![KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/4-Graduation-1.jpg)
2008
![KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/5-Army-2008.jpg)
I was appointed to go to military service in the Swedish Armed Forces for 337 days in Boden in the north of Sweden
2009
My friend and I drove to Norway to work for the Norwegian Postal Service as package couriers
We had a flat tire on the way there
![6 Norge 2009](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/6-Norge-2009.jpg)
![6 Norge bil 2009](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/6-Norge-bil-2009.jpg)
2010
![7 Irland 2010 House](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/7-Irland-2010-House.jpg)
Moved to Dublin, Ireland with two of my friends to work as a technical support agent for Hewlett-Packard
![7 Irland 2010 Anställd](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/7-Irland-2010-Anställd.jpg)
2011
Came home and moved to Stockholm for a job at a Swedish consultant company as a service desk technician
![8 Flytt till Sthlm 2011](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/8-Flytt-till-Sthlm-2011.jpg)
2012
![9 VG TC](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/9-VG-TC.png)
Started as employee number eight at Truecaller as an iOS developer
We went from 5M users to 45M while I was there
![9 Tc 2012](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/9-Tc-2012.jpg)
2014
Went to South America and backpacked for a few months with two of my friends
![10 South America 2014](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/10-South-America-2014.jpg)
![10 Machu Picchu 2014](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/10-Machu-Picchu-2014.jpg)
2015
![11 Foodtrackr Dev](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/11-Foodtrackr-Dev.jpg)
In 2015 we started our own business. A marketing tool for foodtruck drivers in Scandinavia. And a way for users to find foodtrucks in their city
We had over 60 foodtrucks and a few thousand users in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
![11 foodtrackr2](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/11-foodtrackr2.jpg)
2016
Started working at a small startup called Trice as Lead iOS Developer
We were part of a start up incubator called The Springfield Project
![12 Trice1](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/12-Trice1.png)
2018
![13 Watty 2](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/13-Watty-2.jpg)
Worked at a start up called Watty as a Senior iOS Engineer and build the MVPs
We were monitoring home energy consumption in real time with hardware and machine learning algorithms
![13 Watty 1](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/13-Watty-1.jpg)
2019
During 2019 I went traveling around Europe and just took some time off
![14 Tallinn](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/14-Tallinn.jpg)
![14 Babo](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/14-Babo.jpg)
2020
![15 Tigerspike-remote](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/15-Tigerspike-remote.jpg)
I started working remotely for a London based tech company called Tigerspike from my home town
After five months our team was laid off because of the plandemic
I took a small vacation and after that I joined Storytel as Senior iOS Engineer
![Storytel](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/Storytel.jpg)
2022
After Storytel, I went to a Norwegian start-up called Pickatale.
An interactive e-book experience for kids. We built a huge library of children’s literature.
![pt](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2023/09/pt.png)
2023
![granada](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2023/09/granada.png)
At the start of 2023 I took two months off and traveled to Spain and Portugal.
During the trip I was recruited to Swedish tech company Voi,
Europes largest micro mobility service.
![voi](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2023/09/voi-1.png)
2024
![Empty](https://media.viktorgidlof.com/2022/02/Empty.jpg)