A few years after her graduation from AUCA, Maria Gudova decided to change her career path from business administration to IT. After completing intensive programming courses, Maria started her new professional journey as a front-end developer at IT Attractor in 2015. In 2019, she was employed as a junior front-end developer at ChocoFood, a leading e-commerce company in Almaty. In her current position as a front-end developer at Elixirator in Dubai, Maria creates web and mobile applications and websites for startups. She finds this work particularly fulfilling because it allows her to combine both of her passions: business and technology.
Maria started an educational blog on Instagram, where she motivates people to do programming. Concurrently, she supports her family business, Attractor School, the first bootcamp for programmers in Kyrgyzstan that has graduated over 500 developers. Maria created the school’s grading system, educational models, motivation system, and developed two courses for front-end developers. Recently, she was involved in opening the school’s new branch in Almaty.
Maria uses every opportunity to promote technology and innovation in Central Asia. She helped organize FrontendConf, the first Central Asian conference in Bishkek introducing local talents to the world market, and DjangoGirls Bishkek, a one-day event designed to teach 50 girls programming from zero to a final IT product. Maria was also among alumni investors of the U.S.-CAEF Idea Pitch competition.