He surely is an amazingly Resilient Engineer because most young European graduates would have given up on job applications after the first 10 rejections. And that helps to explain an article in The Economist about those who are more likely to become entrepreneurs in Germany.
Also on the importance of resilience for entrepreneurial success see the paper published in the Journal of Economic Psychology
PS - It is also worth remembering the platform to connect researchers, entrepreneurs, and business angels that was meant to tackle a rising graduate youth unemployment
