Sergey Vasilenko

Web designer · In the business since 2023

Fragments

If I were asked to describe myself, I'd say I'm serious, driven and punctual. Sometimes reserved, but only sometimes.

My favourite time is the evening, when the day has already been lived but isn't over yet.

I'm from Pyatigorsk. From the Caucasus.

I graduated from the prosecutors' institute in Saratov. Yet I'm an artist, a musician and a professional illusionist.

Creativity is my thing. I draw and play the guitar, drums and piano. Anything to do with creating is my element.

Being a web designer gives you freedom. You can travel, build your life the way you want, and you're limited only by your own will and resilience to stress.

My inner motto, which I never say out loud: "Die, but get it done." If there's a task, it has to be done. And done well.

In chaos, I have a plan of action. What's been planned will be done.

I won't hand in work until I like it myself. I'll sit from morning till night going through options, but I'll deliver an excellent result.

I bring responsibility and stability to the team. Always reachable, I send reports on time and notice the nuances.

I can take on a little more than needed so the process moves faster and the result is better.

These days I live in Pattaya, Thailand. There are none of the mountains and forests I'm used to, so I recharge in the banya and hammams; that's where I fully recover.

What annoys me in colleagues? Laziness and lack of professionalism. When a task could be done well, but the result is simplified for the sake of speed.

When a client doesn't trust a professional and pushes through their own edits, I stop being a designer. I become a tool. It devalues my expertise.

To clients I'd say: I'm not trying to do a bad job. I professionally build a website that will bring you income. You pay me for what I know how to do. Just trust me.

A letter to my future self: don't stray from the path. Follow the one you've mapped out. Never, ever forget about it.

If life forces them to, a person can do almost anything: find a way out of a dead end, master a new craft or change themselves.