I am The Building Coder. I work with the Autodesk Developer Advocacy and Support team DAS on Autodesk APIs and web services, providing developer support, training, conferences, presentations, and blogging on the Revit API, Autodesk Platform Services APS, cloud and mobile technologies. I am a prolific author and passionate about cooperation and sharing. I graduated at the Philipps-Universität Marburg with degrees in mathematics and physics, worked as a teacher and translator of both computer and human languages and as a C++ programmer on early GUI and multitasking projects. I am fluent in six European languages, vegetarian, have four kids, three grandchildren, love cooking, climbing, hiking, sports, nature, literature, adventure, survival, problem solving and challenges of all kinds.