Imagine someone sitting in front of his CRT monitor and writing some green words on a black screen. And then, boom, a new thing comes to the world. That's how I imagined programming in my teenage years. And that's why I became a programmer. more 👇
I started programming by web development when I was 16. My friend and I created a website named "Shek". We were creating free templates and sometimes, we were selling templates to people. Making money and creating things? That was a dream.
There were many excitements in Web development back then: Let's not use tables and instead create layouts with the Twitter bootstrap. And there was a (somehow) new thing that everyone talked about that: jQuery!
There was a lot of fun and learning. After that, when I finished High school, I went to the "Khallagh" company as a front-end developer. I had to leave there soon for going to University, But that was my first serious experience.
I always wanted more. So, I moved from a simple front-end developer to a full-stack one. I've tried to create a start-up with my friend, But we decided to not lunching that.
After getting my BS degree in Computer engineering from the Iran University of Science and Technology (Yes, that's a long name), I went to PEP company.
I was writing C programs for embedded devices. That was fun. That was the dream of my teenage years. But I learned more and grew older, so my dreams got bigger. I decided to leave that great team for a new opportunity.
Now, I'm the Technical Leader of Cinematicket. I write lesser code than before, But I now work with people and products more. Now, I am responsible for a market-leader product, and that's GREAT.
Today, most of the time, I try to manage my team, work with other teams, and try to make people and programs better, instead of just focusing on writing better code (I do write codes now, but not most of the day).
That was my journey: wanting more and dreaming bigger.
Now, I have only three goals: better softwares, better products, and better teams.
