I grew up in Tomsk, Russia;
spent 2 amazing years in South Korea and have been living in Seattle for 10+ years.

Currently I am travelling around the world.
I visited about 20 countries - but there are so many interesting places I'd like to visit!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It is fun to meet people and to help each other. Win-Win!

Interests

• running
• swimming
• travelling
• bicycle
• software development
• zouk dancing
• baduk
• mafia game
• swimming in the sea

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:
* Interstate 60
* Matrix
* Sliding doors
* Monsters Inc (and other Pixar animations).

Books:
I read lots of books on computers and programming.
also I like to read self-development books (like "4-hour work week", "500 inventions that made modern economy).
Some classics books I'd like to recommend:
* La Peau de Chagrin - by Honoré de Balzac
* Faust - by Goethe is great too
* Brave new world - by Aldous Huxley
* White Fang - by Jack London

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ran Half Marathon
Won Mafia tournament
Went hiking to "Colchuk lake" near Seattle
... oh... just one?

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you to dance Brazilian zouk,
or we can play Go game (also known as Baduk ot Weichi) - it is ancient oriental game like chess.

If you want to know a little bit about programming, I can share my ideas on - is it a good idea to become a developer. Or, we can write short fun program in Python together.

I spent some time in conducting coding interviews while working in Microsoft and Facebook - so - I can do a mock interview.
And... certainly... I can talk for ages about traveling and the places I've visited.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, China, Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation, South Korea, United States