Just wanted to say hello to everyone! My name is Serge, I live in Oxford, UK and I’ve been following Ivan on his Youtube channel for quite some time. I’m interested in learning programming and blockchain development and switching my career to this field. Excited to be here!
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Hello guys, my name is Alex and I got closer to crypto around 1,5 years ago for investing reasons but the more I read and know about the technology the more I’m interested to understand how it really works. I’m italian but living in Dublin. I came from different background but all of them very different from the blockchain.
Happy to be here to learn more and more.
I’ll see you around 
Ciaoo
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Hi there guys, I’m Del and I guess I’ve been just really intrigued by all of this for the past 3 years reading articles here and there and telling myself that now is not the time to invest my time and money…well it was the time and because that time was yesterday I’m so eager to learn more and hopefully further myself and maximize my future hopes and dreams. I think that dream is motivated by money (not currency 
) but I’m not too naïve to understand this wont fall at my feet so I’ve come here to enhance my abilities and knowledge in an industry I truly believe (without fully understanding yet). My background is in Engineering, specifically quality engineering for a biomedical multinational. I enjoy it for sure but I would like to break free from the chains to currency in its current state. Sorry that I’ve made you read for this long and I wont even finish up with a witty joke.
Hello everyone!
I’m Yasmeen and I’m excited to be joining this academy. I started on June 8, 2020! I first began watching Ivan’s YT channel back in 2017, and became fascinated with the content. I’m currently an Executive English Language Coach & Instructor, so I’ve taught English to business professionals from all over the world. As a result of my work, I have also lived in 4 countries: Japan, Turkey, Germany and Spain. I am originally from New York, which is where I currently live.
My initial interest lies in learning all I can about trading and how crypto works in general- to really understand the market. However, I am actually not quite sure what I’d like to do in this space, only that I’m super interested in it and open to the new professional paths it might take me on!
Interests: Yoga, salsa dance, meditation, personal development hacks, avid podcast listener, making awesome vegetarian and sometimes pescatarian meals!
Thanks for reading!!
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Hello all,
I’m Nigel and I’ve been following the DeFi 101 & 201 courses in the academy. I’ve been a software developer for a few years and am looking to start a project in the DeFi space shortly. Very excited to be part of the community! 
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Hello, My name is Channing. I am passionate about Science, Technology, and the Natural world!
I live in South Florida United States 
and I am so excited for my Blockchain education journey. I am starting this with basically no Programming knowledge at all. I have just completed the Javascript and HTML basics course which was pretty sweet ! I am now going through the Blockchain & Bitcoin 101!
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Hello!
My name is Gunnar and I’ve just finished my undergraduate with a B.S. in Physics. My dad started talking to me about blockchain and cryptocurrency in general and I became very intrigued. I am very excited to learn ALL the courses.
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Welcome Gunnar!
You must be really smart! Your dad sounds pretty cool and so do you. 
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Hello! I’m David from Portugal, I’m here to learn blockchain!
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Hello, my name is Gretchen. I am from the US. I am new to crypto and to the academy. I am very excited to be here and eager to learn! I am grateful for the opportunity 
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Hi Ivan and fellow students. I am Claudio.
Thank you for making this content available to the public.
I am from Italy, currently living in Australia.
Back home I qualified as a chef to then move with my partner to Australia, on a working holiday visa.
I found myself wanting to change my career after a while, not liking anymore the commercial kitchen environment and wanting to take a break from the continuous stress.
We travelled around Australia and I enrolled in a 2 year carpentry course in Brisbane.
I initially liked it but ended up disliking the training institution. Around 1 year into this course I found out about Bitcoin and blockchain at a local convention.
It all looked so hard to understand and abstract to me.
After a while I decided to dive deeper into blockchain and cryptocurrencies and bought my first coins. I soon after was hooked and been more than a year now researching about cryptocurrencies, learning, investing etc.
I realised that’s what I wanna do as a career and found you thanks to a message on telegram.
I am motivated and believe that thanks to this course I will be able to work in blockchain companies I so much admire and follow and be able to disrupt the traditional banking system.
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Ciao Alex, another Italian here 
Good luck on your digital journey
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Ehy Claudio it’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m very excited about this academy. Let’s keep in touch.
Good luck on your digital journey too
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Hello!
I’m French living between Paris and Saint Petersburg in Russia.
I discovered cryptocurrencies in May 2017 and surfed the wave until I left it at the right time at the end of the same year. Then, last year took positions in hodl. Waiting for the break out launching the next bull run!
I’ve been watching Ivan’s YouTube videos every day for several months, I appreciate his long-term vision, and he convinced me that the blockchain universe was not only useful for investing and trading…
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Tomek here. I come from Poland but live in USA for 20 years.
I am hoping for a new career thanks to the academy.
I am in hotel/restaurant business right now. This industry is suffering…
I am entrepreneurial kind of guy.
Happy to have joined.
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Welcome, I am from US too.
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Tampa Bay here. I am zero prior knowledge. Hoping to get a career.
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Hi Ya’ll, I wen’t back to school recently in pursuit of a new career path. During this lock-down, I started investing in the stock market and bought one bitcoin at $6,000, as a speculative investment. As, it went to $9,000, I was hooked. I’m investing in a few other cryptos, and speculating on others. Meanwhile, I’ve grown intrigued by the technology, and the opportunity. Now, I’m ready to learn it by heart, and become an awesome developer
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Hi,
My name is Meng. I have been following blockchain news for a while now, and I decided now is the time to jump on the boat. I love playing the keyboard. Let’s make some blockchain music.
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Hi my name is Geoff, I live in Port Macquarie, a coastal community in New South Wales Australia. I enjoy gardening, surfing, bush walking and I ride to keep fit. I’m excited to join this community and to learn as much as I can about blockchain technology. I look forward to witnessing it’s global implementation and success in creating a fairer system for all.
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