Events, music, technology - it all comes together in Order Group. Several other founders were active in the Stodoła club, and Michał, in turn, had a love for music.
- From the age of 15, I played in skatepunk and hardcore bands for many years. We formed the first band in high school and kept it going until we all went to study in Warsaw. And this is where another adventure began because I joined Fast Forward. It was a different level. The band played regular concerts, the most memorable being when we supported the American band H2O in Progresja. Unfortunately, this stage had to end - my work and studies took up all my time. Nevertheless, this experience taught me that chasing your passion is the key to achieving great things.
Michał knew the other co-founders, directly or indirectly, from his studies. In their final year, the time came to decide on founding Order Group.
The beginnings of the company
- The beginnings were quite tricky and turbulent. It was the last year of my studies. Starting a company clashed with writing my master's thesis, which in my case delayed it by a year - but it was worth it.
Order Group, as we wrote in the story from the ExtraORDERnary series about Maciek Sułek, started one afternoon when Michał and Maciek were playing a shooter game, and Paweł Zieliński interrupted them and suggested setting up a company. They agreed for peace of mind and the chance to play on undisturbed. Do they regret it? It seems not. In fact, there would have been no better time to start. They had a lot of enthusiasm and a great team. Michał and the other founders felt that something great would come out of it.
- I am a developer by education and passion. I had to learn all the things connected with running a business and managing the team, but it was worth it. I love my job.
In the beginning, the company was to be a group of several brands under one name, Order Group. Over time, however, the idea of brands became obsolete, and now the company operates as one entity focused on delivering bespoke software solutions.
Versatility counts
- My role in the organization has always been a bit of a jumble. Of the five of us, mine is the least defined. In a way, I am a Tech Lead, DevOps, Analyst, and Senior Developer all at once.
Maciek Sułek was the only one to run projects as a tech lead manager at the first stage of the company's development. Back then, Michał was a developer, and then he started running projects himself, using Maciek's experience. Currently, Michał works as a Full-stack Developer/Analyst, as well as a co-CTO, supporting Maciek.
- At the very beginning, I mainly dealt with the back-end because this was the area I had the most experience in. Throughout the company development process, I also had to take responsibility for software testing, architecture, and DevOps. Now I also lead projects from the technical side - that's what I got into at some point.
