About
Now this is a story all about how I started coding upside-down... get it? Anyways, guitar & language teacher turned wannabe dev. Why? Fun grind and higher rarity loot.
C/C++ Enjoyer & Bug Generator.
"It's the best for beginners, don't worry about it! Just learn C/C++ and you're set!" They said.
- Birthday: 21 June 1993
- Phone: +38160 5 21 06 93
- Country: Serbia
- Age: 29
- Email: radicnikola93@hotmail.com
- Freelance: If you really need that "Hello world".
Aside from the humorous note, I enjoy learning C/C++ and it has been a very fun and satisfying journey so far. My first exposure to anything programming related was years back, when Basic inspired both fear and awe. However, I wanted to be a rock star - no joke. Regardless, I am adamant about developing a valuable and scalable skillset that allows for a seamless transition (wishfull thinking) into the tech industry.
Fun Facts
Blackboxing is a thing. * You gotta stay properly hydrated. * I like shiny things! * The Earth isn't flat, it's a pyramid. * Code makes stuff do stuff.
Skills
To be quite fair, almost 12 years in professional environments (8 in teaching) net you some pretty lit skills. Sadly, most of them are irrelevant for this field. I can use Google with high proficiency tho', and I've noticed significant improvement since I permanently rebound Copy and Paste to MW4 and MW5. Psst, an internship could tilt some of these scales. Just putting it out there.
Resume
To my great dismay, it would seem I haven't just popped into existence at 29 years of age with no exp farmed, yet great interest in programming! But I do wish plugging boring LinkedIn records was easier.
Education
Nikola Radic
Yeah, I've been to school and stuff... promise. Just don't ask me if I wrapped things up with everything.
- Gymnasium "Bora Stankovic" Socio-linguistics
- DOBA Faculty of Applied Business Science and Social Studies Maribor, Slovenia
- Do online courses count for coding? I got some in C and C++, among bunch of other stuff. That's fire.
Special place in my <3
Private music tutoring
June 2014 - present (on hold because... well plague)
'Casovi Gitare Nis'
An absolute marvel of an attribute for naming, and my first entrepreneurial effort. 'When you don't have a job - invent it!' But in all honesty an amazing experience. Taught locally, and even outside the country! Teaching guitar and singing was mighty fine before all this Resident Evill stuff.
Customer Support agent
Feb 2019 - May 2019
5CA
One could really question my sanity upon noticing how highly regarded this position is in my eyes. However, it was for a MASSIVE gaming company. And given that I myself enjoy gaming (was even streaming ayyy), seeing all of that 'behind-the-scenes' clockwork was actually exciting. A short lived experience, but a very fine one. Damn the NDA, I'd speak volumes otherwise.
The boring ones
Sales Manager
May 2011 - Sep 2012
Zepter International, Serbia, Nis
- Acquiring and maintaining strong and mutually beneficial business relationships. In translation: "Wanna buy more of our stuff?"
Online ESL English Teacher; English Language Consultant
July 2016 - March 2022
Offering quality synchronous distance learning services. And quite a fair few so let's list some:
- iTutorGroup/TutorABC, 2016 - 2018
- Waijiaoyi, 2017
- Likeshuo/Meten, 2018
- Yiyi English, 2019
- NiceKid, 2019
- First Future, 2018- 2020
- Talk915, 2020 - 2022
Portfolio
Or rather - my contributions to society? Huh, I guess we can't skip that. Well, for now I am a console warrior! Needless to say I'll do my best to StackOve... stack more, but there is slight insight into how I (don't) think.
- Web
