Today we will meet with Dosbol Alpamys, who is quite famous as an ICT teacher at Astana IT University.
- Hello, could you tell us a
little about yourself?
- Hello, my name is Alpamys.I am
a teacher at Astana IT University.Also, I work for the same company as an iOS
developer.
-How can you describe yourself in
two words?
- Pragmatism and honesty.
-What
were your first steps in the field of IT?
-
Since my school days, I have been engaged in programming in information
technology classes. Fortunately, our information technology was going as
expected, we studied Pascal, Visual Basic, tried to do different types of
animation, etc. I was very interested in all this, and the first step I would
consider was that I organized the "Leader of the 21st Century" game
at school and made a fully animated presentation with different sounds. It took
a lot of time, of course, but in principle the result was worth it. I got the
same interface as in the real game " Leader of the 21st Century” and
actually this was my first step.
-Did you come to this
activity yourself?
- Yes, the choice was quite
deliberate. In the 11th grade, I already knew for sure that I would go to study
as a programmer. I didn't know what universities there were, but I had a clear
understanding that I wanted to be a programmer.
-Describe your biggest
achievement and most impressive failure?
- I can't say about the
biggest achievement. I think that was enough, because I view any success from a
positive perspective. There is no such thing as the biggest or smallest
success. For me, any success is in any case the progress of my personality and
because of this, I view it in a positive way. But probably from such great achievements,
I can note many victories at startup competitions and admission to the master's
program on a grant. I enrolled in Project Management, studied information
systems, passed an oral exam, and received a grant. For me, this was definitely
a success, as it was considered impossible at the time. Because, in the whole
country, about 20-30 grants were allocated. Also, I appreciate the victory in
one of the main startup competition. We reached the “Technation” final and won
the STEP Kazakhstan competition. The remaining achievements are the development
of the first application, especially when it is used by a considerable number
of people.
If we talk about failure, I remember only one. I took the project, but
for certain reasons, including the workload at work, I could not finish it, and
also let people down.In the end, we explained ourselves in front of each other
and everything ended well.
-Where should a beginner
start if he wants to follow in your footsteps?
- I don't think you should
follow in my footsteps. Because, initially, when I entered IT, it was my
conscious choice. But I went to university with absolutely no knowledge of
English at that time, and programming in C++ seemed very difficult to me. Of
course, I did not fail programming, but I came to the conclusion that I would
not want to do this, and I began to look for other options. The second semester
comes and a new teacher comes who really interested me in programming and then
it turns out that I fell in love with programming due to the work of this teacher
and finally decided to become a programmer.
Although about a year and a half ago I thought that I was no programmer,
but it all depends on the teachers. Maybe it was up to me, but sometimes there
are situations when you want to give up everything and stop doing it. So I
wouldn't advise people to follow in my footsteps. It is better to approach the
university with serious preparation. If it is an English-speaking university in
any case, actively study English , if it is programming, then certainly know
the basics of programming. Because, without such training, at some point a
person may lose motivation and because of this, I think that it will be harder
to follow in my footsteps.
I am more self-taught, because I studied very poorly at the university
(at least at the bachelor's degree).I think my GPA is proof that I studied very
poorly. If I studied well, some knowledge would not have to be acquired along
the way, namely in development. In the end, it turned out quite well for me. In
principle, everything is good that ends well.
So, everyone is free to choose their own path and it should be
individual for them. No one is like anyone else, situations are similar in many
ways, even if they are similar in abstraction, but they are still individual
and each has its own way. It is very important to do what a person really wants
in the soul.
-What brought you to the
field of education ?
- First, it is a move from
Almaty to Astana due to certain circumstances. At that time, Astana IT University
was opened and this was the best option. Before that, of course, I always had a
desire to teach, but we could not agree with the university on the time of
teaching. Because I had a job at the time. I asked for evening teaching time,
namely elective subjects with development, but somehow it did not work out. In
the end, everything turned out in Astana IT University. Teaching is
interesting, it gives a lot as a professional. But there are naturally pros and
cons. Let's say that there is less stress in the work of a programmer, a
smaller person gets tired and, as it were, more free time, I would say more. In
this case, there are also certain pros and cons in teaching and they need to be
evaluated adequately. The academic environment has its own peculiarities, which
is radically different from the usual IT environment for me, but in principle,
so far everything is going well.
-What was the most difficult
part of your journey?
- Admit your mistakes and
disadvantages in everything. From a technical point of view, nothing was mega
difficult, but from the point of view of the relationship with people it was
quite difficult. That is, to understand the very edge with whom and how to
talk.
-What are you interested in
besides iOS development and teaching?
-For example, I have been
practicing jiu-jitsu for more than 3 years. It allows me to stay in shape and it really interests
me. In general, I like to watch and observe martial arts and practice it
myself.
Turamiyeva Aruzhan
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