My Journey - Álvaro Menéndez Ros

Sep 2025 - Now

Starting MSc at TU/e

Yuhuu! I have just arrived back to the Netherlands so dont know how hard uni will be, but so far I like my roommates and people I will study with. So excited for this new journey!

Eindhoven Friend Group — My friends and I painting a bike at the park. So grateful to Pablo for letting me stay in his place! I think we will become good friends.

Air Mattress — I thought I would never have to go sleep in an air mattress, but here we go again... Im starting to enjoy it

Jan 2025 - Aug 2025

Hackathons and Personal Projects

I spent 6 months learning about Saas development in more than 10 projects developed end to end and 4 hackathons I participated in.

Hack2Progress Hackathon — Hack2Progress: Applying AI agents to improve urban movility with my team 'Los Cachosos'. Saw the Hackhaton online and organized a weekend trip to participate with my friends. We didn't win but had a great time so it was worth it.

AXA Hackathon: Developed a RAG chatbot to answer insurance specific questions with my team 'Axalyticos'. I was contacted and invited by Santiago Ampudia via Linkedin and I am super thankful about it! I met amazing people there

Datafest by Banco Santander & Talenthackers: Participated in the Datafest hackathon with my team 'notfound'. The way I got to know about the team and the hackathon was through this company called 'nothiring', a whole new story

Ceuta & Melilla — 6 day bike trip from Ceuta to Melilla with my family. So surprised with Moroccan hospitality and their hilly roads, too tiring for our bikes. We should make trips like this a tradition in our family

2024

End of BSc & Multiple Jobs

Completed my Bachelor's degree while working 4 jobs: that was intense and didn't last long, but I really enjoyed and learned from it. This was the end of an era in my life in which I grew a lot as a person.