Arseny began his programming journey with Scratch in second grade, and today he already has the prestigious Oracle certification in Java. In parallel with his studies at school, he is working on his own Classroom Testing Platform — an educational project with REST API, user roles, and a security system for school testing.
Arseny began his programming journey with Scratch in second grade, and today he already has the prestigious Oracle certification in Java. In parallel with his studies at school, he is working on his own Classroom Testing Platform — an educational project with REST API, user roles, and a security system for school testing.
During a meeting with Sigma Software Group CEO Valeriy Krasovsky, young programmer Arseniy Golovanov told dev.ua that his path to programming began with computer science lessons in second grade, where he was introduced to Scratch.
The guy enjoyed the process of creating code so much that he began to study programming on his own, sometimes seeking advice from a teacher, although he acquired the bulk of his knowledge on his own.
“I was nine years old at the time and in second grade. I started to study on my own and ask my programming teacher for useful information,” Arseny said.
Before diving into the world of Java, Arseny tried his hand at Python. The transition to Java was a serious challenge for him, especially in terms of object-oriented programming (OOP). While loops and basic constructs came easily, OOP required detailed study, which the guy was helped by his mentor, Serhiy Mikhailovich.
The path to the prestigious Oracle certificate began almost by accident. After moving to a rural school, she received a letter from Sergey Mikhailovich with an offer to join the "Java Week" course. It was a private club, not connected to the official school program, but it was he who became the launching pad for the future record.
“I transferred to another school in the city of Sumy, because my native village was a few kilometers from the border with Russia and it became too dangerous there. Then a letter came to the school from Sergey Mikhailovich, who suggested that I take his personal course on Java, where he taught me OOP, which I really liked,” Arseny shared.
Thanks to perseverance and deep study of OOP, which later became his favorite skill, Arseny was able to pass a difficult certification and receive recognition at the European level.
Today, Arseny is not stopping there and, together with his mentor, is working on a serious educational project - a platform for testing in classrooms. This is not just a startup idea, but a full-fledged software product, where the guy acts as a developer.
The project has a rather complex architecture:
Despite his phenomenal success in IT, Arseny remains an ordinary teenager. He is in the 7th grade and, like many of his peers, loves to spend time playing video games, particularly Minecraft.
Recall that in December, a young programmer successfully passed the Oracle certification exam with a score of 89%, with a minimum required score of 65%.
