Riccardo
Spinelli

After 15 years leading kitchens in some of the world's most demanding restaurants — including a 2-Michelin-star establishment in Sweden — I traded the heat of the pass for the logic of the terminal. Running multicultural teams of up to 7 people taught me how to lead, communicate clearly, and stay creative when resources or time run short — and yes, also how to keep a level head when things get intense. Those are the habits I now bring to engineering.

In 2024 I started retraining as a software developer: CS50 at Harvard/edX for strong CS fundamentals, a full-stack MERN bootcamp at The Bridge, and since 2025 the peer-to-peer, project-based engineering program at 42 Lausanne, where I work on low-level systems programming in C/C++, networking, and algorithms — no professors, just rigorous code review and problem solving.

My immediate goal is a 6-month internship as part of my studies at 42 Lausanne, then a junior software engineering role — bringing the discipline, adaptability, and teamwork I built in professional kitchens along the way, and continuing to learn fast.