I am a 25-year-old guy from Bulgaria. In my younger years I competed a lot in IT, Mathematics, and Physics. After school, I went to experience the wider world for some years in university while dabbling in some projects. Now I live in a small village with my grandparents with a focus on professional development and my family.
During my middle and high school years in Bulgaria (2010-2018), my main focus was on IT, Mathematics, and Physics. I graduated with an average of 5.73 and had the lowest grade in music out of my peers (I still like to believe my musical skill was just hard to conventionally measure).
During my high school years, I went to a lot of extracurricular activities which allowed me to see what I was capable of compared to my peers from all over the country during many competitions. All the learning and competing gave me a lot of amazing memories as well as the opportunity to travel across the country and even abroad it, plus a free admission to our country's most prestigious university when I was graduating.
Despite the aforementioned free admission, I wanted to try my luck abroad so I studied for an English Certificate and earned a C2 Cambridge level.
I ended up going to the University of Applied Sciences - Saxion in Deventer, Netherlands, with a Software Engineering Bachelor (2019-2021). I aced my first year and got the "Getuigschrift propedeuse HBO First Year Certificate". I ended up stopping my studies after the end of my 3rd year's 1st semester around the whole COVID pandemic.
After leaving my studies in the Netherlands I continued to work the part-time job I had but now full-time and dedicated my free time to software projects. With a team from my country, I finished a few projects that are still in active use today.
I decided to return to Bulgaria 2 years ago to help my grandparents in their daily lives. During my stay here I have taken my education into my own hands, delving into Python, Node & React primarily. I am working on paving my own way in the professional world so I can work and live without regrets.
Web Development Tutor (2016 and 2018) - After finishing some local web development courses in my highschool years, I was asked by my tutors to do some teaching for younger aspiring developers. I was responsible for introducing them to the basics of web development (HTML, CSS & Javascript).
RGIS, Inventory Manager, Top Gun (2019-2022) - I did quality control for stores all over the Netherlands, the job required a lot of quick adaptability, good social skills and a lot of persistence.
Flink, Delivery Driver (2022) - I did delivery for around half a year as a way to transition into me moving out of the Netherlands and back to Bulgaria while also having more time to focus on studying and working on projects.
Lesto Soft, Software Engineer (2022-2023) - Once I came back to Bulgaria I took part in a software startup in which I was mainly responsible for the prototyping and integrating of the frontend although I was active in the backend, documentation and presenting. One of our projects "Voice of Employees" won an award from the Lean Institute's Tomorrow Redefined conference in 2023.
Part-time Farmer and Caretaker (2022-Present) - The reason for my return to Bulgaria was to help my grandparents with whom I still live today in our village. The return for my efforts is not monetary but I still consider it as something worth putting here.
Freelancer (2023-Present) - After taking part in a lot of software projects during the years I decided to switch to remote work and started pursuing freelancing as a result. I am currently focusing on Web Development but I am always open to branching to other fields.