About

Artem sees programming as a game—one where winning looks like victory over a technical problem. As a child he never imagined he’d pursue this as a career. Rather, he had his sights set on becoming a scientist, which he figured would be the most effective route to changing the world. But the summers he spent in Stuttgart left Artem with buckets of free time, which he filled quite naturally with mathematics. His interest grew into full-fledged love, and he went on to study at the faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Moscow State University. There, Artem became more deeply acquainted with programming. It stood out to him as strikingly different from other disciplines, seeming more like a game than a job. By the time Artem graduated, it was clear he would become a developer. Today, his childhood dream of becoming a scientist is long forgotten, but one key element remains: his work sparks cultural impact and indeed helps change the world.