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Evgeny Kot is our CTO at Rarible, leading the charge as we become the<\/em> multichain marketplace, and continue to build branded marketplaces for the biggest names in the space. He\u2019s a Google Developer Expert, a master of frontend and backend, a top-notch public speaker and key player at Rarible.<\/p>\n Kot is a multi-faceted man: an engineer, a musician, a speaker and a podcast host (for all Russian speakers, check out this podcast<\/u><\/a> on beer and music, and this one <\/u><\/a>on IT). All of this makes him a dynamic individual: perfect to lead the myriad of different projects that come our way.<\/p>\n Kot has spent nearly two decades working in engineering, with a career that has spanned backend, front-end, SAAS, public speaking, and leadership. His first piece of engineering work came when he was just 12 years old.<\/p>\n When I was in sixth grade, in the early 1990s, I made my first $100 with programming. A friend\u2019s father owned a company that sold wallpapers. They had a website made in Macromedia Flash, but nobody knew how to update it. I did it and earned $100 for the work \u2014 a pretty big deal for a 12-year-old! That was my first programming income.<\/em><\/p>\n His career really took off when he joined Dell, where he worked on enterprise-grade software. It was here that he somewhat accidentally discovered a new passion for front-end development.<\/p>\n One day, our PM asked if we should hire front-end developers, and we said, “Nah, anyone can do front-end!” Of course we were very<\/strong> wrong, and we created the worst product ever because none of us knew what we were doing. But I really enjoyed it and decided to switch to front-end.<\/em><\/p>\n After Dell, Kot moved to the SaaS company Wrike<\/u><\/a>. Here, he transitioned from coding to senior management roles, steadily working his way up and learning to balance technical expertise with leadership responsibilities.<\/p>\nBecoming an Engineer<\/h2>\n