People often asked me how a linguist became a programmer. At first I didn't know how to answer. I studied linguistics because I love languages - little did I know how much languages have to do with computing.
I started as a Java programmer with a strong Webflux reactive background, until I touched the domains of search, where language is indispensable. Today the new craze is AI, which follows the same pattern. My background has always been refactoring legacy systems and building distributed systems in the cloud, and later moving toward a team leader role - building strong, dedicated, effective cross-functional teams.
For me, programming languages are just another language. And so it happens that languages and people are my true passion.
Small fun fact - wordfreq stopped maintaining in 2022 because there's barely any human-only corpora left.
