Ruslan Dosanov was born in the village of Tugyl, Tarbagatai district of East Kazakhstan region. He graduated from the East Kazakhstan Law College in Ust-Kamenogorsk, and then entered the Border Academy of the National Security Committee and moved to Almaty. After 10 years of working in law enforcement, he rose to the rank of major, but at the age of 35 he changed his usual lifestyle to try himself in IT. As a result, everything turned out well: now the man has two startups.

Especially for Digital Business, Ruslan told why he left the National Security Committee, how long he had been trying to get a job at an IT company, and what projects he was currently working on.

– After the seventh grade, I went to the mathematical lyceum in Ust-Kamenogorsk. He moved alone without parents, lived in a boarding school. After 2 years he entered the East Kazakhstan Law College. He was an excellent student and actively engaged in sports. In 2004, he even won the Kazakhstan Arm wrestling Championship and received the KMS rank (candidate for Master of Sports – approx. Digital Business). He won a ticket to the Asian Championship, but could not participate due to university admission.

He graduated from college and became a cadet at the KNB Border Academy. He moved from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Almaty, where he changed his dormitory to a barracks. I chose the university for admission on my own. My parents supported all my decisions and never tried to change my mind. They always said: "You know everything yourself. You can do it."He graduated from the Academy with honors and began serving in the operational units of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He worked there for 10 years and became a major. He resigned of his own accord. I understood that I wanted to test myself in other areas.

– In 2021, I decided to start developing mobile applications. First of all, since childhood I have enjoyed solving logical problems. At school, he often participated in Olympiads in mathematics and physics, and won prizes. Secondly, I wanted to implement my idea and create a mobile planning application. I was 35 years old at the time.

I started learning the Dart programming language and the Flutter framework. I did not take any paid courses, I searched for information on my own in open sources and watched educational videos on YouTube.

After 8 months of training, I started looking for a job. I was lucky – I managed to get an offer after the first interview. That's how I became a junior developer at the company. SimpleCode. I worked there for a little over a year. I got a good team, the team leaders are almost my age. I still appreciate the experience I gained there.

– In 2018, when I worked in the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee, I actively used planning applications: I recorded tasks, goals, monitored the formation of habits and kept detailed records of expenses and income. I had to do all this in 3-4 services, because there was no platform that combined all my needs. It took a lot of time. Then I decided to create a similar application on my own. I turned to IT specialists, but it turned out that the development is very expensive.

After 3 years, I returned to my idea, began to study programming and decided to create such an application. A year later, he launched the first test version of Listok, a digitized daily planner and habit tracker that helps people keep track of their goals, set reminders, manage finances, and take notes in one place.

During the year, I modified the design and functionality of the application. Listok is now available on the App Store and Google Play, and more than 100,000 people have already downloaded it, mostly from CIS countries. There are plans to attract investments and enter the US and EU markets.

In the near future, I plan to develop my own projects and improve my skills, because I really like IT. In this area, it is necessary to constantly improve and explore new technologies, and the products we create really help users. It motivates and does not let you get bored. Another advantage of working in IT is the opportunity to go "remotely". I used to go to work every day, but now I can work from anywhere in the world. It makes me feel much more free. the original article: https://digitalbusiness.kz/2024-06-24/bil-mayorom-knb-stal-razrabotchikom-kazahstanets-v-35-let-voshel-v-it-i-osnoval-dva-startapa/