A developer moving to management after a few years of experience is a pretty common scenario. That’s how many c-level positions in the industry are filled, and that’s the natural order of things. Compared to it, Paweł’s origin story is pretty fascinating.
Before working in software development, he already had significant experience as an organizer, dating back to his high school days.
The student council at XIV Staszica High School in Warsaw that I attended has always been a pretty serious organ. We had a lot to say regarding many aspects of school life. Looking at it now, it was a wonderful experience that showed me what a group of people is capable of if they work together well. Still, it was all fun, more or less.
Then, it went to a completely different level at the Warsaw University of Technology. As a council, we organized the yearly student carnival, for which we got a budget of over $300K. What’s more, we had to manage it all from the ground up, including all the logistics, finances, technicalities, and arts. Most importantly, that’s how I met other co-founders, Karol and Filip, who were also on the team of organizers.
At the same time, our work on the council directly translated into getting our first commercial client, and the rest is history.
