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Current software skills

 Hello! In this post I want to tell about my current software skills and plans for the future.

I started my IT journey from Paint. At the age of 4 when I wasn't able to read I could spend hours just sitting and drawing some shapes on the screen. It seemed to me as such a powerful tool. 

Then I started my school. Schools in Belarus don't require any IT skills. Some children can even see the mouse for first time at the age of 14. But I was lucky because I had a really cool English teacher who encouraged us to create something like small projects on the topic that we had during class. I always wanted to create something specific, therefore, I started to use computer for my projects. I learned Microsoft Office quite good.

I got interested in programming at the age of 12 and I learned Pascal ABC. Then I got a bit of knowledge in Java, Python, C++. Also I have some skills in using linux. I tried myself in 3d max,  I know a little of photoshop and I am able to create small videos in Adobe Premier Pro and Adobe After Effects.

I am open and ready for any knowledge and skills I can get during IYZ Computing in DMUIC. I hope I will expand my knowledge this year and become ready for Cyber Security course next year!

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  1. Carrie MansfieldOctober 12, 2021 at 1:39 AM

    You have a fair range of skills there Ilya, it will be interesting to see how you develop them over your foundation and which area of cyber security you explore in your project theme.

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