Senior Software Engineer with over 15 years of experience, teaches how to build personal websites, how to work with advanced front-end technologies, accessibility, CSS & styling and using AWS.

At the start of my career as a developer I was tasked with creating a dashboard that showed whether an API was up or down. Sounds simple enough except I knew nothing about creating dashboards or even where to start. Luckily, Smilyan was one of my new coworkers and he took the time to teach me how to build this using JavaScript, Node.js, and React. I had little to no knowledge of these technologies, and Smilyan was very patient when explaining the core concepts of them to me, such as callbacks and promises, as well as making sure I had a strong understanding of programming fundamentals. It can feel quite overwhelming sometimes when you think about just how much there is to learn, but Smilyan is great at breaking information down and making things as simple as possible.

Smilyan is a very kind, knowledgeable and encouraging person with a vast amount of valuable experience. He has a genuine passion for helping others and is a fantastic mentor.

I've worked closely with Smilyan for more than a year. I have constantly been surprised by his wide knowledge related to programming and any other general subjects. He is constantly in search of new information that is adding to his growth in job skills and personal development. Very easy to communicate with him; always patient and happy to provide detailed explication.
Without a doubt, I confidently recommend Smilyan as a tutor; I strongly believe in his technical skills and interpersonal skills.

I have known Smilyan for close to 10 years now and he has continuously amazed me with his dedication for personal improvement. This has been reflected in his work too, having every place that he worked at value him for his impact on the business and the team. The software he writes is always thoroughly thought out and delivered to a the highest quality.

Smilyan had been helping me in the start of my development career for just over 2 years now.

His skills with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, testing, patterns, concepts and everything else I have struggled with are absolutely outstanding.

I have been working in the tech industry now, and can honestly say I have never had anyone explain concepts in such a clear way as he does.
He’s super patient, makes everything understandable with clear examples and breaks down everything into small digestible pieces to make sure I understand everything.

Hand on heart, I would 100% recommend him for anything to do with software development, training, mentoring etc! He’s an absolute joy to work with, a pleasure to be around.