Meet a Sandboxer: David Bauer
David Bauer (27) is a journalist based in Basel, Switzerland. He holds a BA in English and Business from the University of Basel (although he spent most of his time studying philosophy) and a MA in Journalism from the University of Hamburg. People tell him he is pretty decent at putting words in the correct order, so that’s what he earns most of his money with. David on Twitter and on Facebook.
Since I’ve finished my studies, I’ve been working as an editor with Swiss Sunday newspaper SonntagsZeitung. When they closed down their technology section, I felt there is so much left unsaid. So I started to write a book, a compass to the digital life that will help understand the changes technology brings about for our daily lives. In the meantime, I continued to work at SonntagsZeitung as a news editor and worked on my own music blog, 78s. As of June, I’m fully dedicated to finishing the book, working on various freelance projects along the way.
What are you doing and how did you get there?
I do what I like. I got there by quitting my job.
Tell us about the biggest successes and failures in your life. What worked, what didn’t, and what did youlearn?
I like to think of success and failure in a way Churchill did, who famously said: Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. It really isn’t the moment of success that shows how good we are, but the way we cope with failures. Success often involves a good amount of luck, while luck doesn’t help you to overcome failure. Probably my biggest failure so far was that I failed to give a short speech at my grandfather’s funeral. What I learnt from that? Don’t let fear stand in your way when going for something you really want. You might not always succeed, but you sure fail if you don’t try. What I mean, all in one very inspiring video.
What do you want to achieve in the next week, the next year, the next 10 years?
In the next week – Strike the publishing deal I really want.
In the next Year – Make people discuss about my book.
In the next 10 Years – Have the freedom to work on whatever I care about the most. And not be focussed too much on work anyhow.
What was your most inspring moment during the last two weeks?
Cycling through Brooklyn on my very first visit to New York.
How could other Sandboxers and the outside world support you and why would that be exciting for them?
Once my book is out, you can help spread the word. That’s not very exciting, I admit, but do we support others to be excited ourselves? Having said that, let me know if you’re working on something interesting and could need someone who knows a good deal about the media and likes to get enthusiastic about things. That might become exciting for both of us.
David’s favorites:
- book: Le mythe de Sisyphe by Albert Camus
- movie: Citizen Kane
- place on earth: Home
- travel destination during last year: New York
- food: Italian
- drink: In any company: Gin & Tonic, in good company: red wine.
- quote: Never trust a man without a beard.
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