— Artem, how long have you been in IT? What are your impressions of working as a data center engineer? And when did you decide to move into development? — I’ve been in IT for nine years. I wanted to do development since my early youth, but due to circumstances, including personal doubts, I didn’t dare. Already at the age of 5, I tried small programming and even made a graphic editor in QBasic. Periodically I returned to coding, tried out different languages, but without career plans.
Programming is magic: you write letters and something comes Australia WhatsApp Number Data to life on the screen! During my school years, I was scared that at a professional level it would be so damn difficult and if you weren’t a genius, nothing would work out.in my environment. Later, everyday problems were added to the obstacles: a mortgage, for example. Starting from scratch with a mortgage was a bit scary. And personal fears also played an important role: it’s one thing to twist wires for money, almost without using your brain, but it’s quite another thing to constantly learn new things and carefully implement them so as not to break what’s already ready.

Meanwhile, the dream was scratching and asking to be released! One day I realized: now or never - and made a firm decision. This roughly coincided with my admission to GeekUniversity. I gathered all my strength, ignored the salary downgrade and moved towards my dream. I don't regret it yet. — Why did you choose Python out of all directions? And what application of this universal language is most interesting to you? — It was precisely for its versatility and simplicity that I chose Python.
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