Andrii Podanenko (podarok)

Andrii Podanenko (podarok)

About

I'm from Ukraine - #standwithukraine
Do not trust propaganda - Russia invaded Ukraine and the Russian army is killing our, Ukrainian citizens.
I had to relocate my family(3months baby girl, 4.5yo twins, and a wife) from the place where I lived in my house to the west of Ukraine.

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This account is maintained by Ukrainian developer.
Please consider supporting Ukraine in a fight for their freedom and safety of Europe.

Father of twins(2017) and a baby girl(2021), loving and beloved husband.

Personal beliefs
I want to be remembered as a man who was determined to overcome the circumstances and to exercise perseverance.

To mentor people mentoring myself back from them. I believe people and good ideas are way more important than any mercantile interest.

I'm interested in helping people grow to achieve common goals.

I honestly believe technology makes no sense if it is not connected to human needs

Investment in self-education shows better benefits than anything else in my life.

Community of individuals is a preferable way of making business.

Professional summary
IT geek, excited about how automation can make human lives better and interesting.
Certified psychotherapist, provocative and controversial but warm and devoted

I did commits via podarok_auto profile
As an OpenY Lead Technical Architect I helped a bunch of modules and maintainers to get upgraded to Drupal 9. See below full list.

Current Roles

Interview with Andrii Podanenko (podarok)