Aman Sharma Professional cut

Founding Engineer · UAE

Aman
Sharma.

I don’t have everything figured out. I try, mess up, learn, and give things a fair shot.

Here for the work?
Aman standing on a wooden balcony with green mountains behind him

Current status Building, lifting, learning the backhand.

Work
Building EnergyIQ from scratch
Court
Beginner → intermediate-ish
Default
Curious, occasionally stubborn

01 / The important bit

Life makes more sense
with people in it.

A small group gathered around a campfire beside a river at night
A campfire after the original plan fell apart.

Friends and family come first. Work, travel, and good days mean more when I have people to share them with.

These photos come from ordinary days: a campfire, a walk, fishing after work. I remember who was there more than where we were.

Two friends fishing on rocks against a golden city skyline
Fishing after work in Abu Dhabi.

02 / The accidental developer

I taught myself to code.
Then made it my work.

I started teaching myself web development in 2019. I wrote bad code, broke my laptop a few times, and learned enough to get hired.

  1. 2019

    Started learning

    Followed tutorials, read everything I could, wrote bad code, and crashed my laptop more than once.

  2. 2020–24

    Learned by shipping

    Grew from intern to senior engineer at Ekanek, helping make Foxy faster, smaller, and far more reliable.

  3. 2024–26

    Moved closer to product

    Built product systems at desertcart, then left an established team to help start EnergyIQ.

  4. Now

    In progress

    Building from zero

    Founding Engineer at EnergyIQ, turning an idea into an energy product for German SMEs.

I like software because I get to understand a messy problem, talk it through with people, and build something they can use.

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03 / Work in progress

Some lessons need
a court or a barbell.

Aman returning a tennis ball on a court at night First lesson: terrible

Tennis · Year two

The first lesson
was shit.

Watching Nadal play matches that ran for hours made me sign up for coaching. My first session was shit. I went back a few days later, then again the next week. Two years on, I still play.

I keep playing for the strategy. I read where the next shot is going and move before the ball leaves the other racket. When I hesitate, I lose the point.

Level
Somewhere between beginner and intermediate
The GOAT
Rafa Nadal. No second answer.
Point construction Read the other side.
Aman taking a mirror photograph at the gym
Aman sitting between dumbbells after a gym session

Gym · Started, stopped, restarted

Started in college.
Came back in 2023.

I started in college because most of my friends did. Then work and lockdown took over, and I gained the weight back. In 2023 I looked at myself and thought, “Oh shit. I fucked up.” So I joined a gym again.

I have lost more than 15 kg since. I track the messier version on Instagram: missed days, dumb jokes, and the work in between.

The mildly unserious record: @the.dumb.bells

04 / Camera roll, mostly unlabelled

Photos I kept
from the road.

I remember trips through small scenes: friends fishing after work, a fire that nearly went out, and clear water full of turtles.

A golden waterfront skyline with friends fishing in the foreground
After work, before dark
A Gothic cathedral rising over an underground station entrance
Look up
Aman sitting in an orange kayak surrounded by forest
Paddle first, plan later
The sea seen through a train window
Window seat theology
Sea turtles swimming through bright blue water
Shared the lane
A blue tent pitched beside a mountain road at night
Five-star ceiling
Coffee and a cookie beside a rainy street view
Waited out the rain

05 / In the edit

I tried making
a film with AI.

I used Higgsfield to generate the footage, then edited both films and made the background sound.

I made both films to learn where the tool helped and where my editing choices mattered.

06 / That’s enough internet for now

Work, tennis, travel,
or anything else.