# ExtraORDERnary Michał - Versatility counts Source: https://ordergroup.co/company/careers/article-employees-and-company/michal-dzaman-full-stack-developer-inspired-by-challenges/ Last updated: 2026-10-08 > At Order Group, a developer works on very different projects, because no two large projects are alike. Michał Dżaman on why versatility counts. ![ExtraORDERnary Michał - Versatility counts](https://ordergroup.co/media/images/Michal_Dzaman_-_Full_Stack_Devel.width-2850.format-webp.webp) [extraordernary](https://ordergroup.co/company/careers/article-employees-and-company/tag-extraordernary/) ExtraORDERnary Michał - Versatility counts Order Group | March 3, 2022 | Updated October 8, 2026 | 7 min read Table of Contents The brief Many incarnations, one Order Group Favorite projects? All the challenging ones The future of bespoke software development Knowledge sharing - Order Group meetups Responsibility - an essential thing for developers The brief When someone comes to work with Order Group, their professional journey will include very different projects. We don't have two large identical projects - it doesn't happen. The core of what we do is uniqueness. ***When someone comes to work with us, their professional journey will include very different projects. We have created multiple projects, but no two of them have been even remotely similar. The core of what we do is uniqueness.*****- says Michał Dżaman, co-founder of Order Group.**Michał likes constant challenges, especially the ones that turn into working solutions. This approach was his main motivation to create and run a company with a group of friends. And this is how Order Group has been run for over eight years now. Many incarnations, one Order Group 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](https://ordergroup.co/company/careers/article-employees-and-company/maciek-su%C5%82ek-on-why-curiosity-is-essential-in-a-senior-developers-career/), 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. At the time of this interview, Michał worked as a **Full-stack Developer/Analyst** and co-CTO, supporting Maciek (today he is our Co-founder & Head of Backend).*- 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.* Favorite projects? All the challenging ones *-I am mostly driven by* ***complex challenges*** *that can be carried out from start to finish until solved. Every time we had a big challenge that seemed impossible at first and we still managed to deliver it, the satisfaction was priceless. After all, what is all the work for if it ends up on the shelf?* ***The greatest satisfaction comes when you can solve or improve something from the beginning to the end, and then you can see the effects and impact it has on real-life problems.***Which projects did Michał enjoy working on the most? Here are the three most prominent examples.Ticket ClubTicket Club was the first project that involved serious DevOps challenges. The goal was interesting: creating a scalable ticket-selling website that could handle a huge amount of traffic while staying available to users. The first test came when the platform was selling tickets for Lana Del Rey's show, and a lot of people wanted to buy before they ran out. And... the website proved its worth.*- It was a success, no doubt. Though it took us quite a while to work out the solution. Apart from back-end development, I was responsible for configuring it to handle thousands of concurrent users. It worked. The page did not go down. It was a breakthrough moment for Order Group's reach and brand awareness.*ATOSAnother amazing and challenging project was [ATOS, IoT for aviation](https://ordergroup.co/case-studies/atos-airport-management-software/).Order Group is no longer developing it, but what we managed to develop and configure at the time is still in use at the airport.*- I was responsible for preparing the system architecture to be fully functional regardless of potential failure through redundancy and clustering. If one of the servers in the cluster hosting the application that supports landing in low-visibility conditions failed, another would take over and keep the application available. So it was both hardware and software-level protection against outages - a great challenge that we met with great success, especially considering that people's safety depends on the system here.*SpacestorThere was also a website project for Spacestor, a furniture manufacturer based in London. We created software that lets users move smoothly from custom furniture design through valuation to production. The product literally goes from the generated 3D design of a cabinet to the customer's living room.*- We started here with a small thing, one or two features, but we kept expanding the possibilities within the project, which resulted in a comprehensive* [*end-to-end software solution*](https://ordergroup.co/company/about-us/our-approach/). The future of bespoke software development *- We are really into bespoke projects that solve complex problems. We always look for challenges, which in effect makes the projects interesting. That is the most significant value for me. None of the projects we do are simple.*What will be the future of custom projects in the**era of SaaS solutions**? According to Michał, it looks promising.*-Clients usually come to us with problems that cannot be solved immediately. Our role as a tech partner is to find and create efficient solutions from A to Z. We always do that in line with the client's specific business processes, which is almost always impossible with mass-market solutions. That is what makes our approach unique and lasting. I do not think that the demand for custom solutions will fade away, because there are still many problems to be solved that way.* Knowledge sharing - Order Group meetups Successful [custom solutions](https://ordergroup.co/services/software-development/custom-software-development/) are something to be proud of. That is why we shared our experiences and case studies at developer meetups and conferences. Unfortunately, these slowed down during the pandemic, but we will soon be back on track with**regular knowledge-sharing events.** We are especially pleased that this way we can attract many valuable people to the organization (if you are one of them, go to the [Careers](https://ordergroup.co/company/open-positions/) page).One of the first speakers at our meetups was Michał. With his diverse background, he has proven to be a great presenter, although, as he says, he is not the biggest fan of public speaking.*- I don't really like giving presentations. But I approach it as a challenge. I struggle with perfectionism - I would like to share as much knowledge and experience as possible within the limited time, so I always have to plan the presentation thoroughly. I always struggle to make it full of useful information but short enough to keep the listeners' attention. In the end, it always turns out very well.*Since meetups and our other conference talks turned out to be substantial and inspiring, we managed to attract a few great, independent devs to Order Group through them. And independence and taking responsibility are qualities that are particularly important to us. Responsibility - an essential thing for developers Self-reliant teams are what we strive for. Since the introduction of Agile, developers' independence and decision-making power have increased greatly. Order Group aims to give people projects that require the **development of new interesting features**, not just support work and fixing bugs.*- We want teams to solve problems on their own. Taking responsibility for the software they create is an excellent opportunity for people to develop. So we are more into sharing knowledge than providing guidelines for devs. We value their initiative and ultimately want them to make the key decisions within their projects themselves. After all, seeing self-reliant teams resolve problems and deliver great solutions on their own is definitely worth the effort.*This is the end of this article, but no one said you couldn't read any further - go to the [blog](https://ordergroup.co/resources/article-business-and-technical/) and pick your next article about tech or the people behind it. Work with project enthusiasts! 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