About Me
My name is Panagiotis Drakontis and I am a software engineer. I have been working as a full stack web developer since March 2012.
I graduated from the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Thessaly, Larissa Greece with a BSc in Computer Science and Telecommunications in March 2010.
Web development is one of my passions. I am a ruby enthusiast and I believe that a feature could not be considered completed without unit testing. I love to learn new patterns and new technologies and apply them to my work. I am also a big fan of the open source philosophy and I believe that it will be the future of computer science. As a student I was a co-founder of the open source community of the TEI of Thessaly.
From March 2012 until June 2018, I was working as a full stack web developer at E-travel (a.k.a pamediakopes.gr. trip.ru, trip.bg, etc), which is one of the biggest online travel agencies in Europe. At E-travel I was for 5 years a member of the team that developed the company’s CRM/ERP system, using the web framework Ruby On Rails, and for about 1 year a member of the team that is responsible for the front-end part of the company’s site.
In addition, from September 2015 until December 2019 I was the CTO and co-founder of techcareerbooster, while I was responsible for developing its platform. Techcareerbooster is an e-learning web platform offering programming courses, with the guidance of dedicated mentors.
Since July 2018 I have been working as a senior backend developer at Giaola. Giaola is a partner of OTE and it is an electronic directory and a marketplace helping users to find, contact, book, and transact with freelancers and physical businesses that offer services in Greece. At Giaola I am developing the company's booking platform using Python and the web framework Django. Finally, in August 2019 I was promoted to Technical Team Leader.
