Out Team
The Party
We're students with real software engineering jobs who got tired of boring workshops. So we built something better — quests where you actually ship things and earn XP for it.
The Team
Behrad Farahani
Co-founder
Full Stack Software Engineer @ Jotron
Builds the platform, breaks the builds, fixes them before anyone notices. Turns caffeine into features.
Luca Verheul
Co-founder
Quant Engineer (HFT) @ Wachtberger
Trades at microsecond speed by day, designs quests by night. Believes every engineer should know how markets work.
Our Story
Late 2025
The Idea
A group of students with real SWE jobs realized workshops should feel like quests, not lectures.
Early 2026
First Quest
Ran our first IRL workshop. 20 people, 4 hours, one trading engine built from scratch.
2026
Platform Launch
XPByte goes live. Digital quests, the Arena, ranks, and XP — all in one place.
Our Mission
Make engineering education feel like a game worth playing. No talking heads. No slides. Just building, shipping, and leveling up together.