welcome to my *unique* GitHub profile!
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-- Bachelor's in Computer Engineering at [Uludag University][uni]. Expected graduation June 2025. -- founder of [arbeit studio][as], a start-up developing turnkey IT solutions and websites. -- interned at Turkiye's leading companies, Turkcell and TOFAS +- Graduated with the highest GPA of 2021 intake in BSc CompEng from [Uludag University][uni] in Sept'25. +- Founded of a startup-turned-nonprofit collective: [ArbeitCollective][ac]. +- Hired by [Turkcell][llturkcell], Turkiye's leading telecommunications firm after graduating. I'm an associate researcher at the Network Assurance & R&D department. -**Main areas of focus:** software development, system architecture & design, project management +⚘ **Main areas of focus:** system architecture & design, software development, and project management -**Academic research domains:** programming language theory, systems programming, cryptography, telecommunications +⚘ **Academic research domains:** cryptography, telecommunications, software-defined networks, and signal intelligence + ++ ⚘⚘⚘ +
Programming languages are nothing but tools, therefore I have varying degrees of expertise in different languages. Here's a few of the ones I've used: @@ -18,20 +24,22 @@ Programming languages are nothing but tools, therefore I have varying degrees of - JavaScript and TypeScript: [ukeysuite](https://github.com/fybx/ukeysuite), a package for scraping and managing the course materials sharing platform of my university, [Uludag UKEY](https://ukey.uludag.edu.tr/); and also [the genesis framework](https://github.com/arbeitstudio/genesis). - LaTeX: math notes, reports, letters, ... :^) -I can efficiently utilize Git, Mattermost, ClickUp, Trello, GitHub Projects and several other tools for team coordination, project management & business analysis. I'm experienced with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop Lightroom, and Figma for image manipulation, raster and vector graphic design. I prefer Figma for most of my planning and design workflows because I've completely transitioned from Windows to [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org). +I can efficiently utilize Git, Mattermost, ClickUp, Trello, GitHub Projects and several other tools for team coordination, project management & business analysis. I'm experienced with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop Lightroom, and Figma for image manipulation, raster and vector graphic design. I've built and/or managed [React](https://react.dev/), [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/), [Svelte](https://svelte.dev/), [Flutter](https://flutter.dev/), [WinForms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Forms) projects. -##
let's connect
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-You can directly reach me from my [Twitter/X][llx], [Instagram][llinstagram] or [LinkedIn][lllinkedin] profile. Don't hesitate to DM me! For business or privacy-related reasons, e-mail me at [fyb@fybx.dev][llmail]. My PGP key (`244CB7EB`) is available on [my website][llwebsite]. Find me on other platforms with [Bento](https://bento.me/balaban). +I prefer emails over everything: `balaban [at] yigid [dot] dev` + +[X/Twitter][llx] ⚘ [LinkedIn][lllinkedin] ⚘ [Instagram][llinstagram] [uni]: http://uludag.edu.tr "Website of my university" -[as]: https://arbeit.studio +[ac]: https://github.com/arbeitcollective -[llmail]: mailto:fyb@fybx.dev "Send me an email!" -[llwebsite]: https://fybx.dev "My personal website" -[llbento]: https://bento.me/balaban [llx]: https://x.com/fybalaban "My Twitter/X profile" [lllinkedin]: https://linkedin.com/in/fybx "My LinkedIn profile" [llinstagram]: https://instagram.com/ferityigitbalaban "My Instagram profile" +[llturkcell]: https://www.turkcell.com.tr