When passion meets discipline, limits don’t exist. For Bobomurod Muminov, a Level 6 Business Information Systems student, university life is not just about lectures and exams, it’s about building real-world skills, contributing to the tech community, and growing as an engineer while working full-time.

Bobomurod works as a software engineer at Ipak Yuli Bank. His interest in IT sparked back in high school, where he was always drawn to digital technology and computers, volunteering for school projects that involved website creation, automation, and even video editing. When it came to the time to choose a university, he knew that he wanted more than just classes, he wanted a place rich with academic environment and active social life. The BIS programme at WIUT turned out to be exactly what he was looking for. The programme covers all major fields of modern software engineering and gives a solid foundation and opportunities to become an outstanding professional.

Combining full-time work with university studies isn’t easy and one does not have to pretend it is.

I like how the University mostly focuses on results and actual knowledge a student has rather than purely on attendance or any other formalities. My degree programme forces me to have a wider skillset, and my job helps me to map acquired knowledge to real business scenarios.

The bottleneck here is the physical resources of a human body’, he shares. ‘Sometimes it becomes pretty hard. Just ‘waiting for a deadline to come and then start’ is not going to work. You need a solid and realistic plan for each teaching week, and you need to stick to it. This is the only way you can avoid situations when you need to choose between a good mark or a good performance at work. Distribute the work evenly.

Overall, I’m very satisfied with my academic experience. I especially enjoyed the Network Operations module with Vasiliy Kuznetsov. It allows a student to unwrap hidden abstractions of the internet and understand how computers communicate in general. Also, I loved how Vasiliy Kuznetsov conducted lectures. Not only was he able to answer all the questions students can come up with, but he was also coming up with interesting questions for the audience himself in almost every lecture.

Out of pure curiosity, he once decided to explore how programming languages work internally. That curiosity turned into kocha-lang.uz, a toy programming language he built just for fun. He even used funny Uzbek slang as part of the syntax.

When he shared snippets online, people reacted positively and started suggesting ideas. That experience taught him something important: community feedback even if playful can make a project grow. With time, dedication, and curiosity, you can build almost anything.

He is deeply passionate about open-source software. Much of today’s digital world is built on open-source tools, where people share what they’re best at with the global community. This openness makes software more reliable and innovative. That’s why he maintains the GitHub list “Awesome Open-Source Projects in Uzbekistan”. We have many talented developers who deserve recognition. Open-source contributions show genuine interest in the field and help raise the overall quality of developers in the local market, making them more competitive globally.

Outside of work and studies, he enjoys hiking and spending time in nature. He also composes music from time to time and plays musical instruments a creative balance to his technical work. After completing his BIS degree, he plans to go deeper into engineering. ‘There’s still so much I don’t know and that’s exactly what excites me’, he shares.

Don’t be afraid of failing or being criticized. Do what you’re truly passionate about. Stay positive, stay curious, and work hard.