I moved to Italy from Bangladesh when I was 11. I couldn't even say "hello" in Italian. At school, every subject was taught in Italian: I survived math on logic alone and everything else on sheer stubbornness. Within two months I was speaking Italian well enough to keep up. Today I speak and write it at native level.
I'm not sharing this for sympathy. I'm sharing it because that period taught me the single most important thing I still apply to my work every day:
"When you don't understand something, you don't walk away — you dig in until you do."
I started my technical journey at 16, with internships as an electrical operator: civil and industrial wiring, electrical panels, installations. Then came my qualification as an industrial automation technician — PLC programming, microcontrollers, CAD design. Then telecommunications. Then IT systems, networking, server administration.
But the real turning point was the SMT world.
Since 2021, I've worked as a specialized electronics technician on ASMPT machines: SIPLACE (Pick & Place), SPI, screen printers, ASYS handling systems and laser markers. I've completed over 30 certifications across hardware, software, workshops and qualification tests — many at ASMPT headquarters in Munich, Germany. I've collaborated repeatedly with ASMPT's international service team.
In nearly 8 years of technical work, I've gone from basic wiring to full integration of industrial IT/OT systems — enterprise networks, MySQL servers, client-server architectures, industrial Windows environments, production software, traceability, and advanced diagnostics.