The Path from University to the IT Industry: Personal Experience and Lessons Learned
📅 Date: 20.01.2026
🎙️ Speaker: Angel Tsvetkov – Product Manager at Progress Software, Bulgaria
🔐 About the event:
This event is part of the FMI Club user group https://dev.bg/groups/fmi-club/.
PROGRAM:
- First steps as a student and motivation to start working at a prestigious IT company
- Challenges at the beginning – uncertainty, nervousness, and fear of communication
- How to learn through people and teamwork, not just from books?
- Product-based vs service company
- The role of friendships
- The importance of communication, dedication, and leadership without formal role
- Q&A session
Event is free but requires mandatory registration.
SPONSORS OF THE EVENT:
About the Speaker:
Angel Tsvetkov is a product manager with extensive practical experience in the IT industry. Currently, he works at Progress Software, contributing to the development of AI-based features and modern web architectures used by clients worldwide. His professional path started during his university years and has passed through various roles and environments – from service companies working on diverse projects to product teams building large-scale software solutions.
Angel emphasizes practical learning, teamwork, and communication as key factors for successful career development. He believes that university provides a solid foundation, but real skills are built through people, projects, and environment.
He is an active member in the professional community at Progress Software and the initiator of Leadership Talks – an internal company initiative aimed at sharing real experience, developing leadership skills, and leading by example.
Additional information:
- User Group: FMI Club (link)
- Organizer: DEV.BG – specialized Job Board for IT vacancies
- Junior/Intern Positions: If you are looking for a Junior specialist position, check the open vacancies here.
- When: 20.01.2026 at 19:30
We are looking forward to seeing you!
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