Nedelcho Nikolov Nikolov
PHP Developer, Team Lead and Conference speaker
With over a decade of experience in the web development industry, I have always been deeply passionate about the development side of things. I love exploring new technologies and creating interesting software projects that push the boundaries of what's possible.
In recent years, I have had the privilege of serving as a team lead, successfully managing multiple large-scale projects and helping my team to achieve their goals.
Additionally, I am an avid conference attendee, and have recently taken to the stage to speak on a variety of topics related to web development and emerging technologies.
2003
Microprocessor engineering @ PGEHT Pleven
Started at the technical school from 8th grade with speciality Microprocessor engineering. Learned a lot of new things about computers and engineering as a whole.
2008
Computer systems and technologies @ Technical University of Gabrovo
Started learning for my bachelor's degree in Gabrovo.
March 2011 - June 2012
Web Developer @ ProHost
First job as a Web developer in a small company named ProHost in Gabrovo. I worked there for about an year and a half and learned a lot of things and gained much practical experience with building websites.
June 2012 - February 2016
Web Developer @ eTel
Started working for a digital agency in Sofia - eTel. There I worked for almost 4 years, and dealth with big projects, as well as customer communication and internal services and projects. I learned a lot of valuable things there, about dynamic interfaces with JS and how to properly integrate external APIs in our systems.
2013
Computer systems and technologies (Masters) @ Technical University of Gabrovo
Started learning for my master's degree in Gabrovo, I managed to pass all my exams, but waited too long to make my final work, so I can graduate, and they revoked my rights to graduate. Some day I might finish it again who knows.
February 2016 - Ongoing
Senior PHP Developer @ Enetpulse
Moved to a new company in Sofia called Enetpulse, where I started as a Senior PHP Developer, in about an year later I started dealing with the company AWS setup, and participating in the infrtastructure maintanance. Soon after that I was promoted to a Team Lead for one of the new company projects. I'm still working for the same company after more than 7 years.
2019
IT Project Management @ NBU
My second master degree about IT Project Management. I wanted to learn more new things and get better at managing people, so I dived into this. Successfully graduated 2023 after a long procastination on my side.
August 2021
Volunteer @ OpenFest Bulgaria
First time volunteering at a conference. I was part of the Heralds team, which were responsible for anouncing the speakers on stage and helping them with the Q&A part.
October 2021
Volunteer @ QA: Challenge Accepted
Second conference that I was volunteering at, this time I took part in everything, including moving stuff around, helping the sponsors, helping the conference guests. Opening beers at one of ours sponsors booths :)
September 2022
Volunteer @ DEV: Challenge Accepted
This was the first year the conference was organized, and I was part of the volunteers, as well as a speaker at the same time.
September 2022
Suffering from success @ DEV: Challenge Accepted
I made my first conference talk at DEV: Challenge Accepted conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was a big challenge to speak in front of so many people, but an unforgettable experience. The topic that I chose was about handling inconsistent traffic with peak usages, and our hands on experience with that thing.
September 2022
Volunteer @ QA: Challenge Accepted
I was helping with everything on the conference, like last year.
October 2022
Volunteer @ OpenFest
I joined the volunteers once again, and again I was part of the Heralds team, which was responsible for anouncing the speakers on stage.
September 2023
Volunteer @ DEV: Challenge Accepted
Second year that I'm part of the conference volunteers, as well as a speaker at the same time.
September 2023
Don't let technical debt drag you down: a guide to staying afloat @ DEV: Challenge Accepted
My second conference talk at DEV: Challenge Accepted conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. This time I talked about technical debt, what it is, how to manage it and how much is a bad thing. I was also nominated for the Dev of the year award, but didn't win it.
October 2023
Volunteer @ QA: Challenge Accepted
Once again I was helping with the conference with whatever I can.
November 2023
Volunteer @ OpenFest
Third time volunteering at this conference and I was anouncing the speakers on stage once again.
May 2024
Legacy revived: Migrating a frameworkless PHP app to Laravel with Vue.js frontend
My first time speaking on an internation stage. I'm going to talk about a project that we migrated from a frameworkless PHP app to Laravel with Vue.js frontend. I'm going to talk about the challenges that we faced, and how we overcame them.
September 2024
Volunteer @ DEV: Challenge Accepted
This will be my third time volunteering at the conference.
September 2024
Volunteer @ QA: Challenge Accepted
Once again I will be helping with the conference with whatever I can.
November 2024
Volunteer @ OpenFest
Once again I will be anouncing the speakers on stage, this time I'm also the second responsible for the Heralds team.