I was born on November 20, 1974, in Novosibirsk, where I also grew up and studied. In the 8th grade, I developed a strong interest in programming while attending vocational training courses. Two years later, I passed my first exam as a programmer and laboratory assistant at the Novosibirsk Center of Informatics.
I studied at the Siberian University of Telecommunications and Informatics, graduating in 1996 with a degree in Computer Science and Information Technology.
After graduation, I soon got a job as a programmer, and I have been working in this field ever since.
In 2001, I moved to Moscow, where I worked for a company that developed linguistic products for Microsoft Office and Rambler, which was a fairly large company at that time. In 2008, I returned to Novosibirsk because life in Moscow had become too stressful.
In 2015, my family and I moved to Slovenia, where I still live and work today.