For the last eight years, I have been building web-sites, apps and interfaces for tools for managing workforce, assessing location sites, accessing personal government data, tracking medical documents and facilitators of health and safety within maritime industry.

Origin

I spent my youth in Kazakhstan. I speak in English & Russian.

Start

I got my first PC when I was three years old. It was Pentium II. I played some hack games out of Russia based on Bomberman and Castlevania. It was in 1996-1997 in Semey.

Point of no-return

Years later, I’ve opened Macromedia Flash for the first time. I was eleven. The same year I made my first website when one of the my auntie’s customers showed the command-line interface magic by creating 100s of folders and deleting them. I was in awe and nothing was the same since then. This was in Moscow around the same time GTA: Vice City was popping off everywhere. Of course I had a slow start as I had to learn English first but going forward things took a nice turn and I went into software development full-time at 19.

Nomadism

Once I started to work with international companies on a remote basis, I had no physical constraints any longer. So I started travelling. As a youngster I spent some time in UK and Malaysia and knew that the world has a lot to offer to those who seek new experience. Since then I’ve been to 20+ countries including France, Italy, Korea and Japan combining travel and software development.

Expat lifestyle

After extensive travelling and some quarter life crisis I decided to settle in some place where I can focus more on personal growth. Canada ended up being the place for me. I now reside in Toronto.

What’s next?

Now I’m working on a publishing platform for creators. Typescript, React, GraphQL, the usual combo of 2020.

I also find ways to share my knowledge and experience with people who had a similar path to mine. As a person hailing from a post-USSR country I had to go through many hoops to have things set up.

Can I reach out to you?

Yes, Telegram is one of the ways to do it.