About

Hello, world!

My name is Kostas Akrivos; I’m a Software Engineer from Thessaloniki, Greece; currently based in London, UK.

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I’m passionate about technology, and always curious about new tools that help you build a piece of software. I attended a BSc Computer Science in University of Bangor, Wales which I didn’t finish in the end. I had other things in mind that time; things I still hold on to in order to keep my creativity juices up. After some time, trying to learn about the world, doing different things – work, hobbies – I decided to catch up on software development once again. Ideas of small apps never left my mind unoccupied. So I started a Full-Stack Software Developer Coding Bootcamp in Athens, Greece, which made me thinking even more about software development. And up to this point, I still work professionally as a Software Engineer in London, UK.

Although the coding bootcamp I took part in involved around both front-end and back-end, I’m way more experienced in the back-end; but that’s not an excuse to not teach yourself about front-end technologies! (I’ve done some basic React tutorials and built some small apps). The ecosystem in which I’m more comfortable with is the JVM. Lately I find myself digging more into Kotlin as I believe that, because it offers multiple coding paradigms, you can be more flexible when it comes to implementing a solution.

Aside from software development; I enjoy taking pictures with a trusty point-and-shoot fujifilm camera; some other times I might pick up my heavier Canon camera to shoot some short videos, which I edit on various of software; I love sailing when I find the time; oh, and I used to play the drums for about 7 years, but it’s been a long time that last time I played.

That’s me 😄