Moča, Nitra Region, Slovakia
I was raised in a small Hungarian minority village in Slovakia. My parents always told me to be a doctor. Or a priest. But from a very young age I was really into electronics and computers. They made my brain work hard, and that was something I loved (and still do). When it was time to pick a university, I ended up choosing two majors, Information Technology (because it was my passion) and English Language and Literature (because this language opened the world to me). After I got my bachelor’s degree I started working as an IT guy (in 2012) at a small company dealing with the distribution of nutritional supplements and fitness protocols, but I also continued my studies at the university. When I received my master’s with honors, I was offered a position at the English department (in 2013). They told me to get a PhD and I can become a full-time university teacher, so I got a PhD and became a university teacher. I soon realized that I really like teaching and I enjoy doing scientific research. Receiving positive feedback from students and a Rector's prize for academic achievements was good enough proof to myself that I was doing my job properly. But I love computers and solving complex problems which require analytical skill sets and I really don’t like rigid systems with outdated frameworks and methods, where either you do what everyone else is doing (and has done for decades) or you quit – so after 8 years of teaching I decided to resign as a university teacher and fully devote myself to my passion: spinning the cogwheels of my cognitive faculties in the filed of IT. That small company I mentioned previously, it grew rapidly over the years and all this growth has supplied me with an endless amount of IT related problems, ranging from full network redesigns and deployments on the physical layer, to the implementation, management and maintenance of various computer systems and software solutions. Working as an IT generalist at a company specializing in product distribution I soon realized that many things I learned during my PhD studies (I did my PhD in Translation Studies, Applied Linguistics) and my career as a university teacher can be applied to my IT workflow, too, so instead of forgetting about those skills or using them exclusively at their own fields, I implemented them into my IT work and expanded the range of my abilities. All in all, if you are interested in a freelancer with a hybrid skill set of an IT generalist and an educator, don’t hesitate to contact me.
- migrating the company’s online conferences and webinars into new platforms - organizing and overseeing the conferences and webinars as a sysadmin - redesigning the company’s office network due to continuous expansion - deploying additional layers of network security (dedicated firewall appliances) - designing and implementing the company’s storage and printer servers - doing regular system maintenance - keeping all IT related systems up to date (both hardware and software level) - working with multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS) - designing and implementing cloud solutions for storage and office work - being responsible for system security (managing sign-ins and passwords) - being responsible for network security (firewall rules, regular checks) - troubleshooting and doing systems health checks both locally and remotely - designing and realizing lectures and seminars during software migrations - creating video tutorials about how to use various software solutions - creating teaching and marketing materials in forms of short videos - creating subtitles and voice-overs
- creating and implementing course syllabi and curricula for accredited subjects - organizing and teaching seminars - organizing and giving lectures - compiling quizzes and tests - creating lesson plans - organizing, realizing and overseeing written and oral exams - upgrading written anonymous feedback systems for students - providing consultations for students regarding course and subject related issues - supervising the writing of bachelor’s and diploma theses - working on academic publications (research, translation, editing, writing) - conducting scientific research on various subjects related to the courses I taught - helping in the organization of symposiums and conferences - participating as lecturer on symposiums and conferences - organizing and participating on workshops as lecturer - being responsible for overseeing the pedagogical practice of students - being a member of conference panels - being a member of examination committees - being a member of state exams committees both for bachelor’s and master’s degrees - designing academic research projects - being members of the solution teams in academic research projects