Let me introduce myself

Hello everyone,

my name is Michael I am a master student in IT Systems Engineering at Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam.
At the same time I am doing an intership at SAP Innovation Center in Potsdam.
In 2 monthes I am going to do an internship at SAP Labs in California.
The both internships (in Germany and in the States)  is a part of the main award in SAP coding competition,
which I won together with other three students last year.

The competition I will explain in my latter posts.
The main topic of this blog will be about visa preparation and about my first experiences in California.

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