Spider

On the left (the dude in a suit)

• University professor.
• Ex-software analyst/developer.
• Born in 1981 in Russia.
• Started learning English in 1990, using it professionally since 1996. Certified at C2.
• Started learning French in 1993, gave up in 1995, started again in 2016, gave up again in 2018.
• Started learning Dutch in 2001, using it professionally since 2005.
• Started learning German in 2008, never succeeded in making it first priority. Certified at TDN 5/4/3/3 in 2010.
• Lived in 2002–2008, in 2010–2016 and again since 2020 in different regions of the Netherlands.
• Lived in 2016–2020 in Belgium.
• On Wikimedia projects since 2004.