Alina Bazavan

Well... I heard a few things about programming that made me 'erroneous' thinking that this might not be for me. They said: "It's hard to code. Maybe in 5 years you will succeed to write your first line of code!" or "It's like taking an engine of a car, disassembling it and then trying to reassemble it again and make it work brand new!"... Bad decisions made me leave this behind at that time BUT in back of my mind, I have always been curious and wanted to code! - In 2021, applying for some SEO jobs I was surprised to be invited directly to a 5 hour Tech Interview for a Low Code Programmer role. During the interview we had teams and worked together to develop an Web Application from scratch. Clearly, this experience showed me that my existing skills could be applied also in Programming. - I started my way with a HTML and CSS course, then a JavaScript course and a Python vs Java introductory course. Wow. It was a little bit difficult to choose what language should I go deeper in first. - Python seemed to be a good choice for a beginner. I started to learn all courses from PythonInstitute.org from beginner to advanced level and other few more good courses on LinkedIn Learning, Udemy... about Python, Django, Git, SQL, MySQL ORMs, Design Patterns, App Deployment and more from other good sources. - Django Framework come to me naturally when I started creating complete real world applications that can help. I now build small, medium or larger apps and started to offer my services.

Working again in an Online field, I had as type of activity: Search Engine Optimization, Content Creation, Digital Marketing and Branding Promotion Strategies, Results Tracking, Remarketing and Retargeting as well as other Internal Management tasks.

I discovered the IT field and start to work on computer daily when I first tried to create a HTML website in 2005 and also find the website in Google. Seeing that the website don't appear in searches at all , I found out about SEO. After I tested what I learned on more websites I noticed I like to work in this field. - From that moment until 2018 I worked with clients all over the world and helped them to develop their businesses online using English every day as communication language and manipulating their websites source code. - The projects I worked on covered all type of domains: IT, Health, Financial, Entertainment, Law, Fashion, Education and a lot more. I worked either alone, with one client from the start of the project until the collaboration ended, either in collaboration with the team of other SEO Specialists, Web Designers, Web Developers. - Activity: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Social Media Optimization (SMO), Link Building, Reputation Management, Web Analytics, Keywords Research, SEO Auditing, Technical SEO. I used tools as: IBP (Internet Business Promoter), SeNuke, Google Search Console, Google AdWords, Google Analytics, Sitemap Generators, SEMrush, Moz, Ahrefs, other Ranking Trackers and SERP Crawlers and Checkers. - Web and Host Platforms used: WordPress, BigCommerce, Wix, Magento, Shopify, Joomla, Drupal, Weebly, Blogger, Squarespace, GoDaddy.INC, Hostgator, BlueHost, Hostinger . I also utilized Hosting CPanels, FTP protocols , Total Commander File Manager to access FTP Servers. - Other tools as : Mailchimp, Skedit, Asana, Slack, Zoho... were used in my day to day work.

As a full time French teacher the main tasks and responsibilities for me were teaching French Language, organizing classes, evaluating High school and Evening High school students, preparing students to pass the Baccalaureate Exam in French Language.