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 our coope

People get into programming in different ways. Some begin learning it in school, some go to university to study Computer Science, while others get started with online courses – like Zina Smirnova, now a member of the Educational Products development team at JetBrains. We talked with Zina to find out more about her professional path. Can you tell us about your background and how you decided to become a developer? It didn't happen overnight, but like all worthy things in life, it took a lot of time and effort. It all began when I was on maternity leave as a junior researcher at the Institute of