I was fascinated by software development ever since I found that old Soviet book called "BASIC is easy!" in my grandpa's attic. I was thirteen at the time, and I didn't have a PC yet, but I had a keyboard-shaped fake Chinese nintendo with a primitive OS simulation which luckily had BASIC interpreter. It was slow, and the functionality was very limited, but it could handle commands from that book. By the end of the first chapter I decided: I'll become a developer!Although I started my career at software development later than my peers, with my quick wit and sense of responsibility, I quickly got up to speed with modern development trends and techniques, earned professional recognition among my colleagues, and was trusted to lead a team of talented bright minds to build and maintain complex and resilient financial processing applications.