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Sociology student at Erasmus University Rotterdam, delivery driver, political organiser, and self-hosting enthusiast. My work includes research of social systems, building and hosting networking infrastructure, political organisation, programming in C and C++ with specialty in neural networks and CUDA and Vulkan API integration, and creative production in Blender, Photoshop/GIMP/Krita and Premiere/Kdenlive/DaVinci Resolve.

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Ottavian Ricci

I am a first-year Sociology student at Erasmus University Rotterdam, currently finishing my first academic year with my BSA completed thusfar. I began my BSc on September 1st, 2025 after completing VWO with NT/NG, Maatschappijwetenschappen and art.

I expect to complete my Sociology BSc in summer 2028, followed by a Master’s degree in 2029.

My academic interests focus on Marxist analysis, division of labour, infrastructure (from trains to internet), and the relationship between people and politics. Outside university, I work as a delivery driver, secretary for a political organisation, and a cloud service maintainer. As for personal projects: I do neural network research, and creative production.

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Quick facts

At a glance

  • BSc Sociology: Erasmus University Rotterdam (2025–2028)
  • Organisational Secretary: ROOD Rotterdam
  • Delivery Driver: DHL eCommerce
  • Cambridge Academic English C2: scoring an average of 208/210
  • Linux nerd, cloud hosting, neural network research, and random creative projects

Experience

work / organising / projects
Current work

DHL eCommerce

I work 2–3 days per week as a delivery driver, “Bezorger B”, for DHL eCommerce in Sommelsdijk.

My work includes sorting parcels, planning vehicle capacity, loading and organising the van, handling heavy shipments, navigating efficiently, and helping people with special delivery requests.

The role has strengthened my stress resistance, route memory, time management, and driving efficiency. I know virtually every street and address on Goeree-Overflakkee and stay calm under heavy workload pressure.

Previous work

Albert Heijn

Before DHL, I worked as a cashier at Albert Heijn and was later promoted to shift leader.

This involved customer support, daily cash counting, filling out Excel sheets, basic low-level management, and helping keep the store running during shifts.

Political work

ROOD Rotterdam

As Organisational Secretary for ROOD Rotterdam, I coordinate internal communication, create meeting agendas, write detailed minutes, and help maintain organisational structure.

I also design flyers, help organise demonstrations, coordinate with FNV, and assisted in organising support structures around DHL strike actions.

Education

study

BSc Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Started september 2025 with expected graduation: summer 2028.

Completed VWO with NT/NG, Maatschappijwetenschappen and art, prior to university from 2019-2025.

Current academic interests include Marxist theory, division of labour, infrastructure systems, political sociology, social organisation, and a long-term interest in mathematical optimisation within infrastructure planning.

Expected MSc completion: 2029.

Skills

technical / academic / creative
Technical

Linux & hosting

Linux administration, Debian servers, Docker, Nginx, Cloudflare tunnels, DNS, storage systems, backups, self-hosting architecture, troubleshooting, and service deployment.

Academic

Sociology

Social theory, political sociology, application of Marxist and functionalist theory, research design, organisational analysis, and historical materialism.

Creative

Art and media

Video editing, branding, web design, Blender rendering, and digital art through Krita.

Infrastructure project

self-hosting
Personal infrastructure I independently built and maintain a self-hosted server infrastructure for cloud storage, photo hosting, media streaming, websites, backups, and game hosting. The system runs on a repurposed Dell OptiPlex 7020 SFF with enterprise SAS drives, automated backups, self-hosted services, and custom hardware solutions. Built partly out of practicality, partly out of privacy concerns, and partly because I enjoy solving difficult infrastructure problems with limited resources. See more on the infrastructure page.