Name's Vlad. I am a self-learning (I learn fast though) solidity + web3 developer. I graduated UCL with MSc in computer science in 2021, and been exploring the space ever since.
Even before university, I had experience with programming. Starting off with competitive programming in school left me with a foundation to build upon in low-level languages like C and C++.
Uni projects taught me Java, Kotlin (I really prefer the latter) and Python well. More specifically, I have good experience with OOP development, various build/CI/CD systems, I understand JVM well and I can write good code. I have used python in diverse environments and use cases, for standalone apps and scripts, for making simple web APIs, and most importantly I worked quite a lot with python notebooks, for data analysis, mining in retrieval tasks. Frameworks like pandas, numpy, tensorflow, stuff like that.
Lately, I been working on the basic skillset necessary for DeFi development: teaching myself Solidity & EVM, along with JavaScript with all its blockchain dev toolset: hardhat, truffle, foundry, cast. To supplement this, I have started work on two separate DeFi projects which I'm afraid I cannot advertise yet (hopefully, soon though). I am also really keen to capitalize on my understanding on architecture and low-level programming to add Rust to my skillset as soon as possible.
I have plenty of experience in collaborative software development, and have a soft spot for nice products, clean solutions and analytics.
Fluent English ๐ฌ๐ง with some French ๐ซ๐ท and German ๐ฉ๐ช on the side.
P.S. Most of my recent work is either in private or on GitLab