”IT is not just code. It is people, organizations, and solutions that affect our everyday lives.”
What made you choose an IT education?
For me, choosing IT was not about becoming a programmer. It was about working with something that is creative, analytical, and closely connected to people.
I have always been passionate about the visual aspect and about creating solutions that work in reality. When I discovered the Communication and IT program at the University of Copenhagen, I could see that it combined technology with communication and organization. This appealed to me because, in my eyes, IT has never just been about the technical side. IT affects people, workflows, and entire organizations.
During my studies, I learned to work in an investigative way: first to understand the users and the problem, and then to develop the solution. I learned that everything must have a function, and that there must be a clear reason for creating a product. I have carried that way of thinking with me ever since.
The craft itself gets better and better over time, and I am constantly developing. But the analytical foundation and the mindset I got from the education, and I still use that every day.
What do you work with today, and why does it make sense?
Today I work as a Senior UX & Content Designer at the consulting firm Forte Advice. Here we work every day to understand complex problems and translate them into digital solutions that work for real people and in the real world.
I have worked with everything from communication designed to help Danes understand their pension for e.g. Sampension, to creating inspiring and supportive information about a safe and healthy working life for the Danish Working Environment Authority.
One of the projects I am most proud of is our work for Hærvejen, where the purpose was to get more people out into nature. For me, that project is an example of what gives my work meaning: it has societal relevance. It is the same feeling I get when I am allowed to work on a new platform for Sexlinjen, which is designed to give young people between 15 and 25 a safe and anonymous place to talk about bodies and sexuality.
It is not just about selling products. The digital solutions I work with affect many people in a digitized society. I can feel that it extends far beyond my own desk.
What would you say to a young person considering an IT education?
Do not hold yourself back because of your own prejudices.
IT is so much broader than many people think. You do not have to be a hardcore programmer or know everything in advance. I had prejudices myself about having to be extremely technical, and about who chooses an IT education. But we are many different types of people in the industry with different interests, strengths, and backgrounds.
The biggest plus of an IT education is that it opens up so many directions. You can go the design route, the technical route, work with business, strategy, or AI. You can start in one place and end up somewhere completely different. Technology is developing rapidly, and with AI, even more opportunities and jobs will emerge.
IT is not just code and databases. It is people, creativity, analysis, and solutions that make a difference. There is room for many more - including you.
The article is part of the article series "My Way to IT" published by the Danish IT Industry Association.
