Sebastian Aigner, a passionate education-focused developer advocate at JetBrains, talks about working with students as well as his path from university to JetBrains, and he offers inspiration for those who are ready for frustration. To help you study and improve your programming skills JetBrains offers: Free licenses to students and faculty members. Educational Products for interactive learning. Internship opportunities for students. What does it mean to be an education-focused developer advocate at JetBrains? I am part of the developer advocacy team, where my focus is on

Hello Gary and welcome to the JetBrains team! For those who don't know you, can you tell us a bit about yourself and your background? Hi, thanks for the warm welcome. My name (as you can see) is Gary Hockin, and I've been a web developer for more than 15 years. I'm an active member in the PHP community, a conference speaker, and keen blogger. I'm completely engrossed in the PHP community - in particular I love contributing to open source where I can. Outside of work, I'm married and have two beautiful little girls. When I'm not coding I love playing competitive pool (and the pub). How did