A very long time ago, when I was about 10 years old, I clearly decided that I would either be a doctor or a programmer. After I started studying chemistry at school, I realized that I wouldn’t be a doctor, thanks to chemistry for that. Then I began to be interested in programming languages, first I started with C++, then C#, but then my “program” consisted of copy-pasting code from sites, and I was very happy when the window of “my” program appeared on the screen. About 2-3 years ago, when I got my first Android smartphone, I had a very strong desire to become an Android programmer. Then I had no knowledge of programming at all, I was in school then, and I kept hoping that a college or university would give me the necessary knowledge. But still, I decided to try to do something based on lessons on various sites and books, Android in 24 hours, etc. But nothing good came of it, for me then simply switching from one activity (screen) to another seemed like something crazy magic. Then I read that first you need to know at least a little Java, and I started reading books. But they didn’t seem interesting to me, and I quickly gave up on them; they were very boring. But still, sometimes I forced myself to read a couple of dozen pages of a book, I also read interesting posts on habrahabr, and my desire to become a programmer did not subside. I watched a video from another resource, there were courses for obtaining a Java Junior certificate from Oracle. I watched all the videos, they were interesting, and at the end of the course the author of the course had an idea for his “students” to do one big project together. We decided that it would be a tic-tac-toe game on Android. My role in participating in this project was not large, but I also gained very useful experience, for example, learning to work with git. In October, I accidentally came across this wonderful resource and began my training. The first levels seemed very easy, because... I knew all this from books, but then the lessons became more complex and very interesting. I sat in boring classes in college and thought about how to solve this or that problem. A long time ago I realized that I needed to gain experience in programming, and college would not give me anything at all in this regard, and when I reached lvl 10, I already started monitoring the sites hh.ru, rabota.ru, etc.. When I reached 15 lvl wrote my “resume” and started applying for vacancies. I was invited to the first interview quite quickly, there was a “dude” sitting there who I immediately didn’t like and started asking me about Java: what is a class, an object, an instance of a class, collections, multi-threading, OOP, etc. , I don’t remember everything, the interview lasted 1.5 hours. I didn’t answer very well, but they were ready to hire me, but I refused. I needed to do a large project from scratch in 3 months, and I didn’t have technical specifications yet, so I decided that I’d better look for something else. Then there was another interview, the questions were difficult, I answered poorly, they didn’t call me back. Then one company responded to my response, after a short correspondence, they gave me a test task, it sounded like this: “Make a client-server, which allows you to receive large files from the server. Client: select a location and file on the server. Server: list of files. Action: transfer a large file in pieces, provide for loss of connection, the possibility of resuming. Language: Java "This test task caused me to panic, because I didn’t know how to do it at all, or even where to start. I started googling hard, looking for someone who could help (special thanks to hubert for not helping, I learned a lot then). A couple of days later I made some application, it transferred the file, but did not fit any of the points in the specification. I sent it, they refused. Then I began to improve my application, and sent it 2 more times, but They also answered 2 times that such an application was not suitable. In the end, I did everything as it should, it worked well, but then they didn’t even look at my application, they told me to improve my skills and write it in half a year or a year. While writing this application, I received very much experience, who wants to look here is the link https://github.com/Vlad161/FileSender, the code is not perfect, but it doesn’t matter, the main thing is it works :) After that, in another company, for the vacancy of an Android developer, they gave a test task, to make an application - a library of books , the data is taken from the site in JSON format. I never finished the application, but I also gained experience working with JSON. One day they called me at 11 o’clock in the morning, I was at school, they invited me to an interview at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, I did not have time to prepare. But at this interview, they didn’t ask me about Java, Android, etc., they asked me to show my projects and tell me what I can do. Here everything was useful to me, including the game tic-tac-toe, working with git, working with JSON, etc. The interview lasted about an hour, they told me they would call me back. And so they called me and told me to come work for them. There was so much joy then :). They weren’t even bothered by the fact that I was only 17 years old. And now I’ve been working in this company for a week, of course it’s hard, but rather it’s not the work itself that’s hard, it’s hard to combine work + study + training, leaving home at 7 in the morning and arriving at 10, but who said it would be easy? We will rest in retirement :) There are no people in this company who know java and android well who could help me with something, but I google it, look for different ways of implementation, and little by little it turns out, although some things still remain not entirely clear. I was very lucky with the company, not only did they hire me even though I’m only 17 years old, I have no work experience, I have a flexible schedule, the company doesn’t have a manager (who would demand a daily report from me and stand “over my head”, not I would even allow you to go and make some coffee (from the stories of my friends it sounded like this)), and they also pay me money, not much, but enough for travel :). The story turned out to be quite long, I will be very glad if someone reads to the end and takes away something useful for themselves. The main thing is to believe in yourself, and you will definitely succeed. we transfer a large file in pieces, provide for loss of connection, the possibility of resuming. Language: Java "This test task caused me to panic, because I didn’t know how to do it at all, or even where to start. I started googling hard, looking for someone who could help (special thanks to hubert for not helping, I learned a lot then). A couple of days later I made some application, it transferred the file, but did not fit any of the points in the specification. I sent it, they refused. Then I began to improve my application, and sent it 2 more times, but They also answered 2 times that such an application was not suitable. In the end, I did everything as it should, it worked well, but then they didn’t even look at my application, they told me to improve my skills and write it in half a year or a year. While writing this application, I received very much experience, who wants to look here is the link https://github.com/Vlad161/FileSender, the code is not perfect, but it doesn’t matter, the main thing is it works :) After that, in another company, for the vacancy of an Android developer, they gave a test task, to make an application - a library of books , the data is taken from the site in JSON format. I never finished the application, but I also gained experience working with JSON. One day they called me at 11 o’clock in the morning, I was at school, they invited me to an interview at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, I did not have time to prepare. But at this interview, they didn’t ask me about Java, Android, etc., they asked me to show my projects and tell me what I can do. Here everything was useful to me, including the game tic-tac-toe, working with git, working with JSON, etc. The interview lasted about an hour, they told me they would call me back. And so they called me and told me to come work for them. There was so much joy then :). They weren’t even bothered by the fact that I was only 17 years old. And now I’ve been working in this company for a week, of course it’s hard, but rather it’s not the work itself that’s hard, it’s hard to combine work + study + training, leaving home at 7 in the morning and arriving at 10, but who said it would be easy? We will rest in retirement :) There are no people in this company who know java and android well who could help me with something, but I google it, look for different ways of implementation, and little by little it turns out, although some things still remain not entirely clear. I was very lucky with the company, not only did they hire me even though I’m only 17 years old, I have no work experience, I have a flexible schedule, the company doesn’t have a manager (who would demand a daily report from me and stand “over my head”, not I would even allow you to go and make some coffee (from the stories of my friends it sounded like this)), and they also pay me money, not much, but enough for travel :). The story turned out to be quite long, I will be very glad if someone reads to the end and takes away something useful for themselves. The main thing is to believe in yourself, and you will definitely succeed. we transfer a large file in pieces, provide for loss of connection, the possibility of resuming. Language: Java "This test task caused me to panic, because I didn’t know how to do it at all, or even where to start. I started googling hard, looking for someone who could help (special thanks to hubert for not helping, I learned a lot then). A couple of days later I made some application, it transferred the file, but did not fit any of the points in the specification. I sent it, they refused. Then I began to improve my application, and sent it 2 more times, but They also answered 2 times that such an application was not suitable. In the end, I did everything as it should, it worked well, but then they didn’t even look at my application, they told me to improve my skills and write it in half a year or a year. While writing this application, I received very much experience, who wants to look here is the link https://github.com/Vlad161/FileSender, the code is not perfect, but it doesn’t matter, the main thing is it works :) After that, in another company, for the vacancy of an Android developer, they gave a test task, to make an application - a library of books , the data is taken from the site in JSON format. I never finished the application, but I also gained experience working with JSON. One day they called me at 11 o’clock in the morning, I was at school, they invited me to an interview at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, I did not have time to prepare. But at this interview, they didn’t ask me about Java, Android, etc., they asked me to show my projects and tell me what I can do. Here everything was useful to me, including the game tic-tac-toe, working with git, working with JSON, etc. The interview lasted about an hour, they told me they would call me back. And so they called me and told me to come work for them. There was so much joy then :). They weren’t even bothered by the fact that I was only 17 years old. And now I’ve been working in this company for a week, of course it’s hard, but rather it’s not the work itself that’s hard, it’s hard to combine work + study + training, leaving home at 7 in the morning and arriving at 10, but who said it would be easy? We will rest in retirement :) There are no people in this company who know java and android well who could help me with something, but I google it, look for different ways of implementation, and little by little it turns out, although some things still remain not entirely clear. I was very lucky with the company, not only did they hire me even though I’m only 17 years old, I have no work experience, I have a flexible schedule, the company doesn’t have a manager (who would demand a daily report from me and stand “over my head”, not I would even allow you to go and make some coffee (from the stories of my friends it sounded like this)), and they also pay me money, not much, but enough for travel :). The story turned out to be quite long, I will be very glad if someone reads to the end and takes away something useful for themselves. The main thing is to believe in yourself, and you will definitely succeed. look for someone who could help (special thanks to hubert for not helping, I learned a lot then). A couple of days later I made some application, it transferred the file, but did not fit any of the points in the specification. I sent it and they refused. Then I began to improve my application, and sent it 2 more times, but they also answered 2 times that such an application was not suitable. In the end, I did everything as it should, it worked well, but then they didn’t even look at my application, they told me to improve my skills and write it in half a year or a year. When writing this application, I gained a lot of experience, who wants to look here is the link https://github.com/Vlad161/FileSender, the code is not perfect, but it doesn’t matter, the main thing is it works :) After that, another company gave a test task for the vacancy of an Android developer , make an application - a library of books, data is taken from the site in JSON format. I never finished the application, but I also gained experience working with JSON. One day they called me at 11 o’clock in the morning, I was at school, they invited me to an interview at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, I did not have time to prepare. But at this interview, they didn’t ask me about Java, Android, etc., they asked me to show my projects and tell me what I can do. Here everything was useful to me, including the game tic-tac-toe, working with git, working with JSON, etc. The interview lasted about an hour, they told me they would call me back. And so they called me and told me to come work for them. There was so much joy then :). They weren’t even bothered by the fact that I was only 17 years old. And now I’ve been working in this company for a week, of course it’s hard, but rather it’s not the work itself that’s hard, it’s hard to combine work + study + training, leaving home at 7 in the morning and arriving at 10, but who said it would be easy? We will rest in retirement :) There are no people in this company who know java and android well who could help me with something, but I google it, look for different ways of implementation, and little by little it turns out, although some things still remain not entirely clear. I was very lucky with the company, not only did they hire me even though I’m only 17 years old, I have no work experience, I have a flexible schedule, the company doesn’t have a manager (who would demand a daily report from me and stand “over my head”, not I would even allow you to go and make some coffee (from the stories of my friends it sounded like this)), and they also pay me money, not much, but enough for travel :). The story turned out to be quite long, I will be very glad if someone reads to the end and takes away something useful for themselves. The main thing is to believe in yourself, and you will definitely succeed. look for someone who could help (special thanks to hubert for not helping, I learned a lot then). A couple of days later I made some application, it transferred the file, but did not fit any of the points in the specification. I sent it and they refused. Then I began to improve my application, and sent it 2 more times, but they also answered 2 times that such an application was not suitable. In the end, I did everything as it should, it worked well, but then they didn’t even look at my application, they told me to improve my skills and write it in half a year or a year. When writing this application, I gained a lot of experience, who wants to look here is the link https://github.com/Vlad161/FileSender, the code is not perfect, but it doesn’t matter, the main thing is it works :) After that, another company gave a test task for the vacancy of an Android developer , make an application - a library of books, data is taken from the site in JSON format. I never finished the application, but I also gained experience working with JSON. One day they called me at 11 o’clock in the morning, I was at school, they invited me to an interview at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, I did not have time to prepare. But at this interview, they didn’t ask me about Java, Android, etc., they asked me to show my projects and tell me what I can do. Here everything was useful to me, including the game tic-tac-toe, working with git, working with JSON, etc. The interview lasted about an hour, they told me they would call me back. And so they called me and told me to come work for them. There was so much joy then :). They weren’t even bothered by the fact that I was only 17 years old. And now I’ve been working in this company for a week, of course it’s hard, but rather it’s not the work itself that’s hard, it’s hard to combine work + study + training, leaving home at 7 in the morning and arriving at 10, but who said it would be easy? We will rest in retirement :) There are no people in this company who know java and android well who could help me with something, but I google it, look for different ways of implementation, and little by little it turns out, although some things still remain not entirely clear. I was very lucky with the company, not only did they hire me even though I’m only 17 years old, I have no work experience, I have a flexible schedule, the company doesn’t have a manager (who would demand a daily report from me and stand “over my head”, not I would even allow you to go and make some coffee (from the stories of my friends it sounded like this)), and they also pay me money, not much, but enough for travel :). The story turned out to be quite long, I will be very glad if someone reads to the end and takes away something useful for themselves. The main thing is to believe in yourself, and you will definitely succeed. They told me to improve my skills and write in half a year or a year. When writing this application, I gained a lot of experience, who wants to look here is the link https://github.com/Vlad161/FileSender, the code is not perfect, but it doesn’t matter, the main thing is it works :) After that, another company gave a test task for the vacancy of an Android developer , make an application - a library of books, data is taken from the site in JSON format. I never finished the application, but I also gained experience working with JSON. One day they called me at 11 o’clock in the morning, I was at school, they invited me to an interview at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, I did not have time to prepare. But at this interview, they didn’t ask me about Java, Android, etc., they asked me to show my projects and tell me what I can do. Here everything was useful to me, including the game tic-tac-toe, working with git, working with JSON, etc. The interview lasted about an hour, they told me they would call me back. And so they called me and told me to come work for them. There was so much joy then :). They weren’t even bothered by the fact that I was only 17 years old. And now I’ve been working in this company for a week, of course it’s hard, but rather it’s not the work itself that’s hard, it’s hard to combine work + study + training, leaving home at 7 in the morning and arriving at 10, but who said it would be easy? We will rest in retirement :) There are no people in this company who know java and android well who could help me with something, but I google it, look for different ways of implementation, and little by little it turns out, although some things still remain not entirely clear. I was very lucky with the company, not only did they hire me even though I’m only 17 years old, I have no work experience, I have a flexible schedule, the company doesn’t have a manager (who would demand a daily report from me and stand “over my head”, not I would even allow you to go and make some coffee (from the stories of my friends it sounded like this)), and they also pay me money, not much, but enough for travel :). The story turned out to be quite long, I will be very glad if someone reads to the end and takes away something useful for themselves. The main thing is to believe in yourself, and you will definitely succeed. They told me to improve my skills and write in half a year or a year. When writing this application, I gained a lot of experience, who wants to look here is the link https://github.com/Vlad161/FileSender, the code is not perfect, but it doesn’t matter, the main thing is it works :) After that, another company gave a test task for the vacancy of an Android developer , make an application - a library of books, data is taken from the site in JSON format. I never finished the application, but I also gained experience working with JSON. One day they called me at 11 o’clock in the morning, I was at school, they invited me to an interview at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, I did not have time to prepare. But at this interview, they didn’t ask me about Java, Android, etc., they asked me to show my projects and tell me what I can do. Here everything was useful to me, including the game tic-tac-toe, working with git, working with JSON, etc. The interview lasted about an hour, they told me they would call me back. And so they called me and told me to come work for them. There was so much joy then :). They weren’t even bothered by the fact that I was only 17 years old. And now I’ve been working in this company for a week, of course it’s hard, but rather it’s not the work itself that’s hard, it’s hard to combine work + study + training, leaving home at 7 in the morning and arriving at 10, but who said it would be easy? We will rest in retirement :) There are no people in this company who know java and android well who could help me with something, but I google it, look for different ways of implementation, and little by little it turns out, although some things still remain not entirely clear. I was very lucky with the company, not only did they hire me even though I’m only 17 years old, I have no work experience, I have a flexible schedule, the company doesn’t have a manager (who would demand a daily report from me and stand “over my head”, not I would even allow you to go and make some coffee (from the stories of my friends it sounded like this)), and they also pay me money, not much, but enough for travel :). The story turned out to be quite long, I will be very glad if someone reads to the end and takes away something useful for themselves. The main thing is to believe in yourself, and you will definitely succeed. that I'm only 17 years old. And now I’ve been working in this company for a week, of course it’s hard, but rather it’s not the work itself that’s hard, it’s hard to combine work + study + training, leaving home at 7 in the morning and arriving at 10, but who said it would be easy? We will rest in retirement :) There are no people in this company who know java and android well who could help me with something, but I google it, look for different ways of implementation, and little by little it turns out, although some things still remain not entirely clear. I was very lucky with the company, not only did they hire me even though I’m only 17 years old, I have no work experience, I have a flexible schedule, the company doesn’t have a manager (who would demand a daily report from me and stand “over my head”, not I would even allow you to go and make some coffee (from the stories of my friends it sounded like this)), and they also pay me money, not much, but enough for travel :). The story turned out to be quite long, I will be very glad if someone reads to the end and takes away something useful for themselves. The main thing is to believe in yourself, and you will definitely succeed. that I'm only 17 years old. And now I’ve been working in this company for a week, of course it’s hard, but rather it’s not the work itself that’s hard, it’s hard to combine work + study + training, leaving home at 7 in the morning and arriving at 10, but who said it would be easy? We will rest in retirement :) There are no people in this company who know java and android well who could help me with something, but I google it, look for different ways of implementation, and little by little it turns out, although some things still remain not entirely clear. I was very lucky with the company, not only did they hire me even though I’m only 17 years old, I have no work experience, I have a flexible schedule, the company doesn’t have a manager (who would demand a daily report from me and stand “over my head”, not I would even allow you to go and make some coffee (from the stories of my friends it sounded like this)), and they also pay me money, not much, but enough for travel :). The story turned out to be quite long, I will be very glad if someone reads to the end and takes away something useful for themselves. The main thing is to believe in yourself, and you will definitely succeed.
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