Career
Szmidt is currently a publisher and editor in chief of the Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror monthly magazine (former Science Fiction). Szmidt has lived in Katowice, Poland, since 1986. Szmidt trained as a sailor, however he never worked as one.
In the late 80s and early 90s he was a sales representative for Amber Publishing House, and worked in video and bookselling business.
He was also the owner of one of the first legal video rentals in Poland. In late 80s he founded two magazines: Video Business and Video Premiery.
Afterwards he moved into video games publishing (PlayStation Plus and Player Station Plus magazines) and as a translator.
