Born in Russia in the very beginning of 1998, in a small scientific town that has been and remains closed due to ongoing scientific research.

At an early age, I moved to Perm (a major city in the geographical center of Russia) and grew up there.
Since the first grade, it was pretty clear that I had a thing for technical fields, especially various engineering fields.

In the 6th grade (at the age of 10), I was introduced to programming for the first time and immediately got hooked. Seeing a turtle crawling across the screen in response to my commands was somehow impressive.

Like many youngsters, I completed 11 years of secondary school and enrolled in ITMO (Saint Petersburg University, widely considered one of the top universities for software engineering) to study software development.