Testimonial Marek Tyc | Radboud University

Marek Tyc

My varied and independent range of tasks ensures that, after nearly twenty years in service, I keep developing my skills.

Name: Marek Tyc
Current role: Team Leader IT Support

Marek Tyc is the team leader of IT Support at the Donders Institute.

"For almost twenty years, I have been working at Radboud University, and I am still excited to get to work every day. As a team leader in IT Support, I provide IT assistance to prominent brain researchers. My task is to ensure they can focus on their research as much as possible without being hindered by IT-related problems.

My varied and independent range of tasks ensures that, after almost twenty years in service, I keep developing my skills. The IT landscape changes every year, which means I am always learning new things, feel challenged, and enjoy going to work every day. Additionally, it gives me energy to stay close to the end user in my work. If I can make people happy, then I am satisfied myself.

Marek and a colleague at work in their office

Radboud University, as an organisation, does not pursue profit. Instead, the focus is on research, education, and societal impact, which I appreciate. By providing good support as an IT professional, I indirectly contribute to socially relevant research and education. You are truly an essential part of the bigger picture, which is significantly different from being externally hired for a project.

Moreover, I find Radboud University a pleasant place to work with good benefits. My supervisor allows flexibility with working hours or working from home when I need to handle something privately, for example, for my two young children. I usually start around half past eight after a twenty-kilometre bike ride to the green campus, and around five o'clock, I cycle back home. During that bike ride, I can release my sense of responsibility, so that at home, I can focus on my family again."