Hey everyone! My name is Volodymyr, and I’m one of those developers who didn’t just switch careers—I converted my entire past experience into code. Today, I work as a Java Backend Developer. But my degree says "Civil Engineer," and the years I spent hunching over drawings on traditional drafting tables ( kulmans ) and in AutoCAD eventually sparked my own passion project: Kulman . From Civil Engineering to a DIY CNC Machine My journey into IT started when I realized that civil engineering was becoming an endless routine of repetitive tasks that carried a massive amount of liability. And the financial compensation? Well, that's a whole different story. During my final year of university, I started learning Java, and about a year later, I landed my first job as a backend developer. But that engineering itch never really went away. I fell down the rabbit hole of CNC machines and even ended up building my own custom laser cutter from scratch based on a Ruida controller.…