Swissskills

That’s it. Saturday morning, the day after my SwissSkills 2018 competition in Bern. Waiting for a call to answer even though I know that my performance was not good enough to deserve a podium spot. Update, 16.09.2018: the rankings are now available and I made it to the fourth place. Missing third by 0.05 points (!) My journey # Last year I had the privilege to compete at the national ICT skills after qualifying through the regional championships. I went there with no expectations I just wanted to know where I stand amongst others. In the end I was overwhelmed with the 3rd place. With this achievement a few things had changed. I’ve gotten new opportunities regarding my job, had the chance to attend great events and had a confidence boost to finish my apprenticeship. Because of my 3rd place last year I was automatically qualified to compete this year at the SwissSkills in Bern. Now I had expectations and wanted to qualify myself for the upcoming WorldSkills in Kazan. The SwissSkills competition # I went to the event with a good feeling and felt confident. I had prepared myself well - even better than last year and I wanted this podium spot so badly. During the competition I was realizing that just because you want something it doesn’t have to mean that you will get it. No matter how much you want it. I gave my very best but approximately after 5 hours into the competition I had trouble to focus properly and was unable to concentrate. Of course the tasks were difficult but not at an unsolvable level.