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Hi everyone,

I'm Nick, 25, from Saint-Petersburg, Russia. At 16, after finishing high school, I left my home country and tried my luck in Canada where I had been invited by a Columbia International College, Hamilton, Ontario. Frankly speaking, I wanted to leave Canada as soon as possible - such factors like homesickness and getting together with a girl I had been running after for 4 years were dragging me back home like a magnet. Even though both of these factors were very distractive, I still managed to pass my exams with flying colors and graduate in one year.

After receiving my secondary school diploma I decided to move closer to Russia and enrolled to the University of Hertfordshire, England. This helped me to visit my hometown 3 times a year (UK unis have 3 holidays a year) and still be more or less a good student.

3 years later, I received my Bachelor's degree in Maths and at the very exact moment I became a graduate I couldn't imagine that 1 year later I would have been offered a place at one of the largest Russian IT companies. This is how I came back to Russia after I had been vagabonding abroad for more than 4 years.

Oh, by the way, I now work as a business development manager at Travelpayouts.com, the largest travel affiliate network. But that's another story :)