Programming is my hobby, my job and my life. The earliest programming memory I can remember was the Atari BASIC calculator which asked for two numbers and an operator (which had to be entered as a number becauses I didn’t know how to read strings from the user :)). Too bad I’ve lost a page from my notebook with the source code and original comments. It was around 1997 when I was about 9 years old.

I’m self-thought from the very beginning. I was given a coding book as a kid and following my dad’s advice, whenever I couldn’t understand something, I’ve just read the chapter over and over. I can’t count the number of times I’ve read the chapter on arrays! Anyway, years ago, when the Internet hasn’t been a common thing yet, learning to code was difficult. Thanks to this, I’ve gained the most important skill ever - independent acquisition of knowledge. My goal has always been to understand why and how things work, no matter what the language or framework I use.

I have been working at anixe since 2012. We fetch there hotel’s data from various sources and calculate prices for millions of possible stays. This includes dealing with multiple external systems of varying quality. What I like most is learning new data formats, analyzing discrepancies and optimizing the process. From the technical perspective, the most fascinating thing is we use rust alongside c# and ruby.

You are welcome to contact me at synek317@gmail.com.