He still remembers Prof. Meuser's statement "Don't send me this HTML crap" while the technological change accompanied his student days: From landline to cell phone, DSL replaced the modem and messenger services called IRC and ICQ became common. All typical for this time, when every free minute was spent at the computer. What he liked most about his studies was Prof. Quade's laboratory for real-time systems. Real-time control was so much fun that even the Friday afternoon lab session was filled to capacity and they raced on the Carrera track, where cars competed against each other on the track using racing programs they had written themselves. During his internship semester, Carsten Muck changed employers and worked with colleague Dr. Tipp on the first implementations of user rights management software. After the last hurdle before the diploma had been successfully overcome with the written examination "Math III", nothing more stood in the way of the degree with Prof. Beims as examiner and a colleague from the company as second examiner. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Tipp changed jobs and accepted the professorship for mathematics and computer science at the Hochschule Niederrhein, which he still holds today. Carsten Muck profited professionally from his studies and specialized in the field of IT security. Today, he is IT security officer and authorized signatory at abellio GmbH, and mechatronics would be the subject he would choose for studies because the combination of computer science and mechanics has become an essential part of our lives. If he were to return to the Hochschule Niederrhein, he would be able to do what was also typical of his student life in Krefeld: ride a paternoster.
