Daffa Naufal Akbar is ready for certifcate
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Greetings to Mr. Rodion and to whoever is reading this. I have a pretty similar story to this guy, perhaps it's because we're from the same university.
I'm a math student at the State University of Jakarta, currently in my 2nd year. I was introduced to programming in my 1st year and I found it interesting. My lecturer recommended this website to self-practice and I really enjoy it. Turns out this website is great for me to practice some English, doing math, learn programming, and improve problem solving skills-all in one! That's when I decided to set a goal to earn CodeAbbey's certificate before I graduate.
Apparently with great motivation I could get it in 1 year. It felt incredibly satisfying when you solve a problem after countless of tries or even on the first attempt. Another great motivation also comes from the friendly competition (ranking system), I can't believe that I made it to the top 100.
Funfact: I did all of these problems with my android phone using an app called Pydroid 3. It's been a really useful app for me as I grew up without any PC/laptop. It's so flexible to code whenever and wherever you want with your little mobile phone. Anyway, that's all I wanted to say. Thanks to Mr. Rodion for developing this website-huge respect.
Hi Friend! Sorry for I'm not well acquainted with Indonesian personal names and feel a bit confused how properly address you :)
Excuse me for delay please, but now your certificate is ready and attached to your profile! Please check and tell if anything needs to be corrected!
Thanks for your persistence - and your story! You probably know here are sometimes a lot of your countrymates (even university-mates) - though most of them are far not as devoted :)
As for the ranking - if I look at the table and filter by Indonesia - it seems you are #1 here. Impressive :) I know
it takes a lot of patience to solve that many tasks (I still am not sure I can solve that many even despite I wrote
many of them, ha-ha).
It was interesting to learn you are math student (I thought all people from University of Jakarta are programming students or something like this). For one who just recently started coding this is great progress!
Really curious about this "Pydroid" - by coincidence I myself started learning Python perhaps dozen years ago when I got my first android tablet and wanted to spend travelling time on something useful, while commutting to work and back by subway. But I always thought it is quite inconvenient to type in anything except the smallest code snippets. Seemingly the app is far better now compared to what I used :)
with best wishes, Rodion
P.S. As a sidenote - while saying "Mr. Someone" is formally correct to address person whom you don't yet know - I rarely (or never) seen this in IT industry in European/American teams - even when talking to big bosses. So just "Rodion" is quite enough. Moreover addressing with "Sir" should be avoided - people could be really alarmed :) various cultures have various way to expressing respect - and, well, it looks Europeans suppose we respect each other "by default". My native language also uses some form of respectful address - with "patronymics" and "T/V-distinction" - but we follow suit and at work normally don't use anything like this. :)
Hi!
I'm not well acquainted with Indonesian personal names and feel a bit confused how properly address you :)
It is indeed confusing, my username actually comes from my first real name. It's how all of my friends pronounce it and it was another motivation to reach the bishop rank to get the 4-letter username :)
I thought all people from University of Jakarta are programming students or something like this
Not really, It used to be a Teacher and Education Institute. There were no major such as CS, pure math, etc., until it became a university.
well, it looks Europeans suppose we respect each other "by default".
Alright, noted! I will be very careful next time. It seems I lack cultural knowledge—thanks for sharing.
Lastly, my certificate is perfect. Again, thank you Rodion.