WAYU Korea x UzCosmos x me at the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Seoul on December 6 🇺🇿

I’ll be sharing how to grow faster than the majority, the common mistakes our expats make in Korea, and some of the obstacles I had to overcome on my own journey.

The talk will be either in English or Uzbek, depending on the audience 🚀

Registration link: https://forms.gle/EY22NHZpQK9QHyDa6

@seouldev

See you at the event 🔥

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#recap

My year-end recap.
2025 has been one of the most intense and successful years of my life 🔥

Here’s what happened this year:

- Participated in 100+ developer meetups 👥
- Worked with IBM and used their Watson X AI platform
- Joined 4 hackathons and won 1st place twice 🥇
- Received the highest offer from a Korean company 💰 (120mln KRW), and rejected it 🚫
- Switched to 100% remote work 💼
- Moved into a new 140+㎡ apartment
- Took 17 international flights ✈️
- Got promoted within 6 months at Salmon 🚀
- Switched from Kia K5 to Genesis G80 🚗
- Got married (most importantly 😁)
- Gave 6 interviews in Uzbek 📱
- Presented twice at the Embassy of Uzbekistan
- Met hundreds of talented/successful people 🤝
- Grew my annual income to 150mln+ KRW 💲
- Won the Incheon Startup Challenge 🏆
- Co-founded a medical AI startup
- Pitched to VCs for the first time (and learned a huge amount of new things along the way) 📚
- Started mentoring students at Habsida
- and more smaller stuff like witnessing Hans Zimmer’s work/music in real life, Ludovico Einaudi, attending 📱TEDx, etc.

I achieved things I didn’t even imagine a year ago, and I’m truly grateful to my friends, family, and network for all the support 🙌

For the first time ever, I’m ending the year with zero unfinished goals on my list.

Definitely, I’m a bit tired now, so I want a short break. Yet, thinking about everything I accomplished makes me excited for what’s coming next.

More cool stuff coming soon 🚀

@seouldev

Code freeze ❄️

One interesting thing about product companies is code freeze.

In my current company, code freeze starts this week and lasts until January.
During this period, we don’t push any code to production ⛔️💻

The end of the year is the most profitable time. People spend more money, and banks (and other businesses) don’t want to risk losing revenue because of bugs or changes.

So in December, 3 good things are happening at Salmon 🚀

1. No work from December 24 till January 4 🎄
2. No code releases. Calm and stable life 🦦
3. December salary comes this week 💸

Not bad 😁

This is also another good reason to improve your skills and aim for remote work.
Yes, finding a remote role is harder, but it’s very possible 💪

This is another topic for another post 😉

@seouldev

Work in progress…⚙️
Recording videos for students🔥

I hate staying up late 😴
From my experience, it slowly leads to burnout.

But sometimes, it’s the price you pay for a better life.
I’m okay sacrificing a couple of years if I get 10× in return 🚀

Already have plans to fix my sleeping schedule…somewhere around April 2026 😅😴

@seouldev