⚡️ An all-around developer ⚡️

Say hello to Håkon Leinan! Our senior developer has 20 years of experience as a developer and designer. In #ViiMetzum, he reveals a relatively varied soundtrack that suits his life..

– What is your main task at Metzum?
– To create the best user interfaces for our users, as well as to develop and refine Metzum's brand platform.

– What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
– I'd probably go for some older Radiohead from the 90s.

– What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
– Definitely CDs. I remember spending all my confirmation money on a new stereo system with expensive gold plugs and overpriced cables almost as thick as North Sea cables.

– What is your motto in life?
– The meaning of life is to always have to seek the meaning of life. It's not a destination, but a journey.

– How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
– Hectic, challenging, and educational.

– What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
– My superpower is definitely being versatile. But if I could choose a superpower, I would wish I could slow down time and fit more hours into the day.

– What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
– I think it would start with some French metal, end with something calmer from a singer/songwriter with elements of male falsetto, with a quick detour through German analog electronica.

– Og til sist: And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
– Butterfly. One should be a bit soft (humble) when sending an invoice.

⚡️ The Work Bee ⚡️

This is Thomas Watnedal! Our CTO, who focuses on seeing the big picture, delivering quality, and staying technologically updated.

Get to know him better in #ViiMetzum!

What is your most important task at Metzum?
- To ensure that our invoicing machine is in tip-top shape, in every way.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night? -If I'm singing karaoke, something has gone very wrong. Most likely, we're talking about "The Final Countdown!"

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-It was definitely a computer. Had to go for a cheap Celeron. The paycheck probably wasn't that big.

What is your motto in life?
-Never give up!

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Exciting, challenging, hectic.

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-My superpower is that I've cloned myself. It's rare that I get to use it... It would have been nice if I could use a Matrix bullet-time effect when I code.

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-In my youth, I listened to a lot of Blur and other Brit-pop. As an adult, I've become more eclectic, but I avoid the type of music Raymond likes. I prefer to listen to instrumental music when I need to concentrate...

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?Invoice as a bee... I definitely feel more like a worker bee than a butterfly.

⚡️Invoice as a butterfly AND as e bee⚡️

Meet Maria Karimian! She is our Technical Project Manager/Delivery Expert, and has a background as a developer. She remains ice-cold in tough situations and sings "Imagine" on karaoke night

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-I am the Delivery Manager for the product EK and belong to the Operations team.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-IMAGINE (John Lennon)

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-A carWhat is your motto in life?Look inside yourself. You will find the truth there, and when you find it, don't be afraid to look at it!

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Productive!

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-When things seem complex and difficult, I become ice-cold and just DO what needs to be taken care of. Once everything is done, then I sit down and FEEL. This applies to both work and private life.

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-Beautiful Day (U2)

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?A bit of both!

⚡️ – We dont want bugs in our invoicing machine⚡️

Say hello to our Senior Developer Jørgen Ryland! He can brush his teeth equally well with both hands, and would start karaoke night with "Splitter Pine." More revelations in #ViiMetzum:

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-To contribute to making Metzum the world's best invoice machine builder and to participate in the building process.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-I'd start strong with "Splitter Pine" and then raise the roof with "Eg og meg og Mona."

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-Candy, I guess.

What is your motto in life?
-I don't have a life motto, but making a positive difference for those around me is something I try to achieve.

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-It's varied, challenging, focused, unfocused, educational, and social.

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-I can brush my teeth equally well with my right and left hand. My desired superpower would be either to be able to fly or have a perfect golf swing (or both).

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-Mostly Nick Cave, Sigur Ros, and Smashing Pumpkins, spiced up with Oddvar Torsheim later in the evening.

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
-Neither, we don't want bugs in the invoice machine.

⚡️God kode skal oppleves som en sommerfugl ⚡️

This is Raymond Hilseth! Our Senior Developer, he He tunes the billing machine Moment from the inside and is passionate about good code. In #ViiMetzum, he reveals that he wishes his superpower was something completely different from what it is!

What is your most important task at Metzum?!
-Further development of the integration with Elhub.!

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?!
-That would hardly happen.!

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?!
-It must have been some CDs.!

What is your motto in life?!
-"Because it's possible"!

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?!
-Commit, push, deploy.!

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?!
-I don't know what I would wish my superpower to be, but my superpower is taking over the kitchen. I really wish it wasn't!

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?!
-There's a lot to choose from, but for the last two years, I've mostly been listening to Carpenter Brut.
And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?

⚡️ – Trust your gut ⚡️

Say hi to Sven Andre Naustdal! He has 20 years of experience in the energy sector, both as a developer and a leader. As the Head of Sales at Metzum, he works to conquer the energy world, often with Dave Matthews Band playing in his ear 🎵

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-It's to sell Moment to all energy companies in the Nordics and then conquer the rest of the world.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-Tulipz, plain and simple... Or is it?

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-A double cassette player with radioWhat is your motto in life?Always trust your gut feeling, it knows what your head hasn’t figured out yet.

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Content-rich, exciting, and fast-paced.

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?.I’d like a superpower that could give me time for everything I want to do.

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-Dave Matthews Band with the album “Under the Table and Dreaming."

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?As a bee...

⚡️ The Optimist ⚡️

Jonas Schiöld! Our skilled and experienced Senior Developer has worked with frontend, backend, and databases. In #ViiMetzum, he reveals that he would also like to have the ability to move objects with telekinesis 🙌

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-To refine and further develop the Utility Account (accounts receivable part of Moment).

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood MacWhat did you buy with your very first paycheck?It was so long ago... I probably saved it.

What is your motto in life?
-Things tend to work out for the better.

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Pleasant, developmental, challenging.

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-Understanding complex problems and solutions. Telekinesis!

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-Cool driving tunes from artists like Foo Fighters, Bat For Lashes, M83, and everything in between.

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
-Why choose?

⚡️ Magiskaperen ⚡️

Si hei til Jan Martin Langeland! In this week's #ViiMetzum, we get to know our cheerful and active senior developer, who believes it's never too late to say yes 😊

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-It's to create magic inside computers. That is, develop new things and maintain existing systems.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-Unsure, but I would probably put on "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up" for someone else.

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-I imagine it went to candy and a CD for 200 kr to listen to 15 songs over and over again 👍

What is your motto in life?
-It's never too late to say yes.

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Fun and rewardingWhat is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-Ehh.. if patience is a superpower, then maybe that. Telekinesis would have been more useful.

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-That list would probably be very long. These days, "Kaptein Sabeltann," "BliMe," and "Byssan Lull" are the most descriptive.

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
-Butterflies are beautiful

⚡️ – As it comes⚡️

This is Kim Even Dagsvik!Meet our Business Analyst who loves details, spent his first paychecks at the go-kart track, and enjoys cycling. Get to know him better in #ViiMetzum:

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-Visualizing data, solving problems, and keeping customers satisfied.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-If it's a karaoke night with Metzum, it's usually a bit difficult to get a turn. I might get a chance if it's in a duet with Odd Narve. Then we'd go for "It Ain't Me Babe" by Johnny Cash and June Carter, Odd Narve as June Carter.

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?I
- worked at a go-kart center and usually burned most of the paycheck on more go-kart racing. Money went right back into the store there. The rest probably went to Tarantino and Scorsese DVDs. Wasn't old enough to buy beer.

What is your motto in life?
-Hmmmm... I'll go with the same as Baloo in The Jungle Book: Take life as it comes, disregard worries and struggles. (Well, at least worries... There's some struggle as a parent of young children. Worries too, actually...)

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Busy, educational, and fun!

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
Not sure if I have a superpower... But I'm pretty good at digging into things. Not literally into earth or snow, but into topics and details. If I were to wish for a superpower besides the obvious ones like teleportation, flying, or being super strong, it would be really great not to need sleep! Think of how much you could get done then!

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-It would have to be "Baloo - Ta Livet Som Det Faller Seg" then. Otherwise, Pink Floyd and David Bowie are two big favorites.

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
-Like a Skipper butterfly. The world's fastest butterfly!

⚡️ – Keep it simple ⚡️

Meet Kjetil Iversen! Our experienced system developer seeks peace in the mountains or in a kayak, and is less likely to be found behind the microphone on karaoke night. Here are his 8 quick questions in #ViiMetzum:

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-To contribute to Metzum delivering value to our customers in a way that elevates both the customer and Metzum.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-Unfortunately, I haven't been endowed with a voice suited for singing, so it's less likely. But I like both the Beatles and Queen so maybe "Hey Jude" or "Don’t Stop Me Now."

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-I'm not sure, but my old Volvo 240 had an insatiable appetite for both gas and oil.

What is your motto in life?
-Keep it simple.

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Varied, busy, and educational.

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-A superpower I have is getting to work early enough to get a good parking spot. Maybe I wish I could manage to get out in all kinds of weather.

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-Oh – that’s a tough one. I'll try with "Sweet Child O' Mine," "Feel" by Robbie Williams, and "Don’t Stop Me Now" by Queen.

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
-I'll go with the bee - thorough and methodical.

⚡️ – Go for it ⚡️

Meet Anders Scharffscher Engeset! He is our always cheerful and positive COO/CFO, who claims he is at the top in Norway in everyday logistics 👊 Get to know him better in the #ViiMetzum column!

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-To develop the company – building it brick by brick, to quote Monsamjelden.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-One should never underestimate the team-building effect of gathering the entire company in a tight circle, shoulder to shoulder, with candles in the middle and "Lost" by Erlend Bratland playing on the system. So the answer is Lost, in such a slightly unconventional karaoke setting.

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-My first "paycheck" was the weekly allowance I got from my parents in early elementary school, for doing more or less all the household chores in my childhood home (as I remember it). I believe the paycheck was spent on about 40 Baywatch gums. The investment escalated. I managed to collect the entire sticker collection within a few months 😉

What is your motto in life?
-You have to WANT it!

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Rewarding, challenging, and hectic.

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-Everyday logistics – I'm at the top in Norway here. It would have been cool to master all the languages in the world.

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
I actually listen to quite a few melancholic and sad songs. Probably because I like to have a little cry sometimes. But generally, I'm a very happy and positive soul, so the choice of soundtrack would have to be of the more cheerful and danceable kind. "Uptown Funk" I think would fit well in the background of my life.

And finally: What is a natural born invoice machine to you?
-A leading question there. There's probably only one correct answer – Moment and the team behind it 😉

⚡️Singing in the car⚡️

Our skilled and always cheerful legal expert Linda Gåsvær Hansen #ViiMetzum-spalten!

She has been a part of the Metzum team for about two years. And in her work bag, she carries legal tidbits, good structure, and an overview of clients and deliveries.

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-That would be the legal tidbits, and among other things, ensuring the quality of internal processes.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-I definitely wouldn't volunteer, so it would have to be a duet (that someone else dragged me into). Quite curious about that myself actually. I prefer singing in the car – I sing along to everything there!

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
Probably a plane ticket.

What is your motto in life?
-Be kind. Always!

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Varied, exciting, and fun!

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-Couldn't have answered better than my good colleague Lisbeth. Today – more hours in the day!

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-There are too many to list in a LinkedIn column. A song can instantly take me back to the dance floor at Ditlef/Exodus in Bergen or the hammock on Magnetic Island on the east coast of Australia. I love music precisely because it's like a memory book.

What is the invoice machine for you?
-It's the people at Metzum 😊

⚡️«Lev nu, dö sen»⚡️

Meet Jesper Uhlin .

He has over 20 years of experience in system development for the energy industry and has been the product manager at Metzum for two years. We guess he listens to Thin Lizzy at full blast when the days get long at the office in Sweden.

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-To develop our products.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
Boys Are Back In Town – Thin Lizzy.

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
A pair of speakers.What is your motto in life?
-Live now, die later.

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Exciting and challenging.

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-Superpower: Being able to keep track of many things at once. Desired superpower: To be able to travel in time and space.

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-Öppna landskap - Ulf Lundell.

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
-Invoice as a butterfly!

⚡️Sosialministeren⚡️

Meet our Project Manager Paal Soltvedt Brakstad! Nearly two years at Metzum for this young and promising guy from Bergen, who, according to one of our clients, has a domain knowledge like no other they've seen before. Will he surprise us with his answers in #ViiMetzum?

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-It must be to ensure that both new and existing customers are satisfied! In addition to making sure the Metzum family enjoys social events.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-I sang a very dubious version of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" at a training camp in Turkey, so preferably anything other than that.

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-Went all out on the weekly shopping.

What is your motto in life?
-Take responsibility.

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Hectic, educational, and fun!

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-Maybe not quite in the superpower category, but I think most would say that I'm pretty easy to get along with, and I'm happy with that.

What song makes up the soundtrack of your life?
-Für Elise.

And finally: what is a natural born invoice machine to you?
Correct invoice at the correct time, completely automagically.

⚡️The Optimist⚡️

Meet Odd Narve Vassbakk Our cheerful and sporty product manager who isn't shy about fighting for the karaoke microphone. He has been at Metzum since the beginning, and was also present at the meeting that led to what we must be allowed to call the world's most beautiful invoice machine. Wondering what he bought with his first paycheck? Or what a seasoned optimist has as his life motto? Then you must read on in this week’s #ViiMetzum.

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-My most important task at Metzum is to build a product department where we look forward to going to work, and through that, elevate both our product and our customers to new heights.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-I try to avoid karaoke nights as much as possible, always having to fight with my good colleague Lisbeth Hjertholm for the microphone there. If I, against all odds, were to win the tug-of-war, it would probably be something simple, like Bohemian Rhapsody or something similar.

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-I remember buying an expensive pair of shoes among other things. It seemed like a good idea on payday, but by the end of the period, the idea seemed worse and worse, I recall.

What is your motto in life?
-It's not random who gets lucky.

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Varied, motivating, and challenging.

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-Optimism. I'm a natural optimist, and I think you go the furthest with that attitude. Not sure if it counts as a superpower? If I had to choose something more traditional, I’d wish I could fly. But that might be a bit too optimistic again.

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-This one is tough, I'm relatively eclectic when it comes to music. I've listened a lot to David Bowie and Tom Waits to name a few. Throw in Queen and Joni Mitchell too. That paints the picture well enough, I think 😉

And finally: what is a natural born invoice machine to you?
-A natural born invoice machine is one that looks forward to my arrival at work so it can tell me that the job is already done, and that I can spend the day on more important things.

⚡️«Det har jeg ikke gjort før, så det klarer jeg helt sikkert!»⚡️

MeetJannicke Thorstenson! Our Head of Operations is a whiz at keeping order in chaos and has a laugh that could infect most people. Originally, she graduated as a civil engineer from NTNU, before the energy industry swept her away over 16 years ago. Today, Jannicke ensures that Metzum delivers the goods, and when she's not doing that, you'll likely find her on a mountain peak nearby.

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-To facilitate our ability to efficiently respond to inquiries and tasks from our customers, as well as to ensure ongoing and upcoming projects.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-It would quickly become Queen with "We Are the Champions."What did you buy with your very first paycheck? I seem to remember it was a stereo system with both cassette and CD players. Oddly enough, that was what I bought, as difficult as I find these music questions.

What is your motto in life?"
-I've never done that before, so I'm sure I can do it!"

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Challenging, fun, and a bit frustrating. Frustrating because there's so much more we would like to do at the same time!

What is your superpower? What do you wish it was?
-The closest thing I have to a superpower is probably creating control in chaos. And if I could have telepathy, controlling chaos would likely be easier...

What songs make up the soundtrack of your life?
-Oh, that's a tough one... But maybe "Won’t Back Down" really fits in some version.

And finally: what is a natural born invoice machine to you?
-That would be Moment, of course!

⚡️The Sport Fanatic ⚡️

Let us present Lisbeth Hjertholm! Our frontend developer, who is totally awesome and bought Docksides with her first paycheck, is ready to share more about her karaoke choices and preferred superpowers in this week’s #ViiMetzum.

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-To ensure that the world's coolest invoice machine has a nice and chic user interface, where users can perform their tasks in the best possible way.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-For karaoke night, I would bring my good colleague Odd Narve, then I'm sure I wouldn't get to borrow the microphone

.What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-A pair of Docksides and 10 kroner in rusty toads.

What is your motto in life?
-#BeNice

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-#AwesomePeople #BusyBee #LotsOfFun

What is your superpower? And what do you wish it was?
-I'm more the type who spreads her energy across many areas. But if I had to choose a superpower today, it would be to control the weather. I want sun :-)

What songs make up the soundtrack to your life?
-Hard to say, but since my colleagues describe me as a huge sports fanatic, maybe the jingle to the TV2 sports broadcast fits?

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
-Definitely a bee. (Aren't they hardworking, goal-oriented, and important to take care of? 😉)

⚡️Fredrik will never let you down⚡️

Meet Fredrik Sivertsen. The consultant, who likes to borrow sunglasses from his wife, has worked at Metzum since October 2020. If he could fly to work, he would do it, but if he were ever in a position to let you down, he wouldn’t. At least not behind your back.

What is your most important task at Metzum?To keep customers satisfied and solve
-problems.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-“Summer of 69” by Bryan Adams – a great song to belt out when the alcohol level is high.

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-A hefty subwoofer from a friend, overpriced. And probably beer.

What is your motto in life?
-I would never stab you in the back.

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Busy, educational, and challenging.What is your superpower? And what do you wish it was?
-No idea, but being able to fly would make commuting to and from work much easier.

What songs make up the soundtrack to your life?
-Hard to say. Little Bird by The White Stripes, Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey, and Iron Man by Black Sabbath.

-And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
-Going for bee.

⚡️En sommerfuggel i Metzum-land⚡️

Meet Rune Skjelvik. He always has a smile ready and is a real whiz in Java. With a hectic and fun daily routine as a developer at Metzum, he has plenty of software challenges to tackle. Can he also handle the challenge of answering the #ViiMetzum column?

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-It must be ensuring that all our facilities are correctly synchronized with Elhub.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-Josh Turner’s “Your Man.”

-What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-Oh... Hard to remember. But I guess it was beer!

What is your motto in life?
-No, I don’t have one. Is there something called "live, love, laugh"?

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Fun, challenging, and hectic

.What is your superpower? And what do you wish it was?
-Java. I wish it was Mono or Flux.

What songs make up the soundtrack to your life?
-Could start with "The Offspring", continue with Iron Maiden, and finish with Highasakite? That would definitely set the mood.

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
-I’ll go for butterfly.

What would Rune do?

Meet Kristian Røyset Andersen! Since March 2020, he's had a varied and fun everyday life as a developer. But can he handle eight rapid-fire questions?

What is your most important task at Metzum?
-To further develop the invoice machine and ensure that its gears spin as they should.

What song would you choose for a karaoke night?
-I probably wouldn't choose any song for karaoke night.

What did you buy with your very first paycheck?
-A karaoke machine. But regretted it and sent it back.

What is your motto in life?
-What would Rune do?

How would you describe your workday if you could only use three words?
-Varied, challenging, and fun.

What is your superpower? And what do you wish it was?
-Unsure. I wish it was answering questions about myself.

What songs make up the soundtrack to your life?
-Absolute Music 18-25.

And finally: Invoice as a butterfly or invoice as a bee?
-The first one. I think.