Side quests / Professional

The work around the work.

Programs, certifications, research, organizing, and the communities that shaped how I build.

  1. 2026

    AI-assisted development survey

    A longitudinal survey exploring how software professionals use AI tools, with attention to productivity, mental effort, focus, trust, and coding-agent adoption.

    • Survey
    • Research
  2. April 2025

    AWS Certified Developer – Associate

    Earned the AWS developer certification covering the development, deployment, and debugging of cloud-based applications.

    • Certification
    • AWS
  3. March–November 2024

    Miloš Biković Foundation · Young Talents

    Selected as one of 30 students from five Serbian universities for a nine-month multidisciplinary program. The experience combined workshops, study visits, new professional connections, and student-led projects-including work on a health education podcast.

    • Fellowship
    • Education
    • Community
  4. May–October 2024

    Social Impact Award · Audience Choice winner

    Developed a social entrepreneurship idea through workshops and mentorship, pitched it to a jury in Belgrade, and won the Audience Choice Award. The program concluded at the international SIA Summit in Mannheim, hosted at SAP headquarters.

    • Social entrepreneurship
    • Award
    • Incubation
  5. August 2024

    ParkUP! student startup camp

    Joined a multidisciplinary team at Science Technology Park Belgrade to move from a problem to a startup concept and final pitch through intensive workshops, mentoring, and collaborative product work.

    • Startup camp
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Teamwork
  6. February 2024

    BOLD Serbia regional workshop

    Participated in the regional entrepreneurship workshop in Niš, working through business ideas, team collaboration, and practical venture-building sessions.

    • Entrepreneurship
    • Workshop
  7. 2023

    INO.30NA · Young Innovators Program

    Completed ICT Hub’s five-week education program in innovation and innovation management, covering customer problems, solution development, and sustainable business models.

    • Innovation
    • Education
    • Entrepreneurship
  8. August 2022

    BEST Novi Sad regional course

    Worked as part of the organizing team for a regional BEST course, helping deliver the participant experience and coordinate an international student event.

    • Organizing
    • Community
    • BEST
  9. March 2022

    Artificial Intelligence BattleGround v2.0

    Served on the topic team and helped build the competition application used by participants to create and test bots against one another in a prepared game environment.

    • AI
    • Organizing
    • Competition