SKILLS CAN BE TAUGHT, BUT ATTITUDE CAN'T!
How It Started
- In 2019 I've started to learn Front-end engineering fundamentals and built my very first simple website in a week!
- In 2020 January I finished full-stack studies at the Baltic Institute of Technology - was one of the most driven students. I was a self-taught front-end enthusiast, so I mentored my classmates and other students at coding school with our daily tasks and homework during scrum classes in the front-end development module. During the studies, we also got familiar with OOP and Java fundamentals. My final project was a web CRUD app , built with Spring Boot and MySQL. I enjoyed working on the front-end part and I already was self-taught in some front-tend technologies, so I decided to focus on it after getting my diploma.
How It's Going
- August 2020 – Landed my first front-end developer job, spending six months working with Vue.js.
- March 2021 – March 2025 – Joined another company to deepen my experience in React.js, TypeScript, and front-end testing (Jest & Cypress). While working on a last-mile delivery solution, I led UI performance research, improved Cypress testing, and made critical technical decisions to support my team.
- March 2025 – Present – Working full-time as a Next.js engineer on a large-scale e-commerce project, I build smooth, efficient user experiences by connecting Salesforce and Sanity through GraphQL. I also take on technical leadership, shaping solutions and architecture, while mentoring teammates and supporting developers around me to help the team grow.
Tech content creator, mentor and speaker.
Since 2020 mentoring and having fun on Social networks (Instagram/Linkedin). Just after finishing my studies, Covid happened. Everything got closed. No coding academies, no workshops, no meeting similar-minded people, nothing (!). I had to find ways to keep moving toward my software engineering career. After some investigation, I decided to join Instagram and do some networking with software developers outhere. I've shared my daily goals and losses when building my projects portfolio. Today there is a community of over 100k people. I enjoy sharing my developer's journey and helping and motivating others because I know how much support is needed to become a self-taught software engineer.
During 2021-2022 in partnership with Lithuania Junior Achievement (LJA) organization, I had the opportunity to visit schools in Lithuania. During these visits, I spoke to students about the tech world, software engineering, and startups, with the aim of encouraging them to be brave, creative, and curious.
In 2023, for the half of the year, I had the opportunity to be a mentor at The Kaunas University of Technology for the Product Development Project module. This module brings together researchers, lecturers, social partners, and student teams to collaborate on developing a product or service from idea to prototype. As a mentor, I provided guidance and advice to the student teams, along with other company representatives involved in the program.