My name is Alexandra, I am half French 🇫🇷 and half Bulgarian 🇧🇬. I was born in France and grew up bilingual.

I am currently based in Nice 📍 on the sunny French Riviera seaside and close to the Sophia-Antipolis tech park.

After graduating with honours from a high school 🏫 specialising in mathematics and informatics (my first programming languages were C++ and Visual Basic) in Plovdiv, Bulgaria 🇧🇬 I enrolled at the University of Plovdiv 🏛️ and completed my 4-year Bachelor's degree in Software Technology and Design, also with honours. During my final year 👩🏼‍🎓 I had the pleasure of teaching students design patterns in C#. At the same university, I continued my studies by attending a one-year Master's program in Software Technology with Specialization in Mobile Systems and Applications.

GitHub projects from this curriculum

• Alliance Française (HTML & CSS)
• Bookstore (PHP)
• Users Management Mobile App (Xamarin.Android)
• Hangman Mobile Game (Android)

Towards the end of my second year, I started an internship at Prime Holding 🇧🇬. This first experience taught me a lot, including working in a team, using the Scrum methodology and version control (Git). I became familiar with the MacOS operating system when I worked on a Mac for a short time.

GitHub projects from this work experience

• Phonebook (ASP.NET MVC + EF)
• Task Manager (Console + Text Files)
• Task Manager (ASP.NET MVC + Text Files)
• Task Manager (ASP.NET MVC + EF)
• Patients Registry (ASP.NET MVC + EF)
• Task Manager (Xamarin.Android)

My next professional experience was at ScaleFocus 🇧🇬 where I worked on several different projects, most of them in English. I had the opportunity to further my knowledge in .NET, TypeScript and SQL. I also learned how to write unit tests.

My first job in France was at ALTEN 🇫🇷 where I had the chance to work with a French team for the first time. I was able to practice my French like never before, complete a .NET Core course and dive deeper into SQL.

I am most fluent in C# and the .NET platform. My skill set is mainly focused on the back end, but I'm open to expanding my front-end skills as well. I'm also interested in developing mobile apps and have some experience with cross-platform development such as Xamarin. You can check my full stack at StackShare:

My main objectives are to deepen my knowledge, gain more relevant experience, develop my skills and increase my autonomy.

In addition to this, I am curious about Green IT. I am interested in applying the principles of sustainable software development in my work, or being part of a team that does. For this reason, I have started this journey by completing the Green Software for Practitioners course from The Green Software Foundation and becoming certified 🏅 by The Linux Foundation. I am eager to learn more and obtain additional certifications in the future, such as the ones issued by the INR and CNUMR. I have also shelved some books about sustainable IT on Goodreads 📚 and have started adding relevant repositories to my GitHub list