It has been a long time since I first sat down at a PC at the age of four, smaller IT companies have become multinational corporations, start-up communities have been formed, cryptocurrencies have been created, but my enthusiasm for information technology has not left me, quite the opposite. Although I considered becoming an IT analyst or a system architect during my studies, I decided on the legal profession. So I now look at IT and overall client business from a legal perspective. In my free time I try to devote myself to sports, travel and cooking.
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