Академия за тийм лидери и стажанти: един успешен експеримент

February 5, 2024
Наскоро завърши успешно първата експериментална академия за тийм лидер и стажанти по софтуерна разработка, организирана от д-р Светлин Наков с подкрепата на СофтУни. Целта на начинанието беше да се срещнат топ студенти, завършващи СофтУни с опитни програмисти, които правят първите си стъпки като проектни ръководители (team leaders), за да разработят в екип реален софтуерен проект

Какво да очакваме в света на технологиите през 2023?

December 31, 2022
В края на годината реших да споделя някои наблюдения, размисли и анализи относно напредъка в технологичния свят, новостите в ИТ и дигиталната индустрия и какво да очакваме през 2023 г. Аз лично напоследък съм най-силно впечатлен от напредъка в AI технологиите и по-конкретно от OpenAI и GTP-3 алгоритъма за генериране на текстове и човешка реч,

IT Professions, Digitalization and The Future

December 16, 2022
I had a talk about the IT professions and their future and I explained why the IT and tech jobs will dominate in the next few decades and how the digital transformation will make all industries smarter and more efficient. I share with you my slides: The Professions in the IT Industry The landscape of

How to Start Your First Developer Job?

March 19, 2022
A guideline about starting your first job as a software developer: learn coding, develop tech skills, create a GitHub portfolio of projects, carefully apply for a job with CV, cover letter and portfolio, take the tech interview and get hired.
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My Free Java Foundations Full Course: 30 Hours Video Tutorial + 55 Hands-On Exercises

January 3, 2022
I am happy to publish my Free Java Foundations Full Course (30 hours video tutorial + 74 hands-on exercises). This course is designed as next step after the “Java Basics” free course. It will help you learn the core of programming with Java, using a practical, hands-on approach. In this free Java programming course I

My Java Basics Full Course: Free 13 Hours Java Video Tutorial + 74 Hands-On Exercises

October 26, 2021
I am happy to publish my free Java coding basics course for absolute beginners in computer programming (13 hours video tutorial + 74 hands-on exercises). This is an excellent Java coding video tutorial, which gets deep into basic programming concepts, such as coding techniques, algorithmic thinking, problem solving and debugging. Access the free Java coding

SoftUni Global Learn to Code Community @ softuni.org

October 14, 2021
I am very happy to announce that SoftUni is now global. We are building a global learn-to-code community, which provides a free mentorship help for code learners, along with weekly code lessons with hands-on exercises, video tutorials, events for developers and other free learning resources. Come and join for free, learn coding, get help from

Cryptography for Absolute Beginners – Nakov @ Sofia Science Festival (May 2019)

May 13, 2019
I was invited speaker at the Sofia Science Festival (May 2019). My talk was about cryptography, but for non-technical people, absolute beginners, without any math or programming background. Slides: Cryptography for Absolute Beginners These are my presentation slides about hash functions, MAC codes, key derivation functions, symmetric encryption and AES, asymmetric encryption and ECIES, digital