I am an applied physicist by training. I discovered my passion for research when I worked on developing a killer app for near-term quantum processors based on superconducting qubits during my Masters at TU Delft. Eagerness to see the technological impact of my efforts made me switch gears to the classical world. I worked at ASML as a Design Engineer, focusing on the metrology of semiconductor wafers. Sensing that more profound training in scientific research would hone my problem-solving techniques further, I started a Ph.D. in experimental quantum computing with superconducting qubits at TU Munich. My work involved setting up experimental stations, writing software to control quantum computers, characterizing quantum hardware (superconducting qubit chips), and perfecting control operations. All of these enable the implementation of a time dynamics algorithm on a near-term processor prototype, which is the goal of my PhD. My PhD has been generously supported by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship.