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Co-founder and programming teacher

Dominik Kościelak

Illustrated portrait of Dominik Kościelak
Role in the project
Co-founder and programming teacher
Based in
Kalisz, Poland
Project period
2016 — 2017

Software engineer and co-initiator of Hacking Heroes, who taught the Polish participant group in Kalisz.

Contribution to Hacking Heroes

Together with João Matos, Dominik developed the project's central educational idea: to use practical programming as a way of teaching independence, experimentation, teamwork and participation in the digital world. During the project he taught the Polish participant group in Kalisz and contributed to the curriculum, the online learning environment and the international hackathon.

During Hacking Heroes

Biography as recorded in 2016 project documents

Dominik Kościelak is a software engineer specialising in web technologies. He began his software career in London in 2007 and joined IDG UK in 2010. At the time of Hacking Heroes, he was living in Kalisz and working remotely for the company, now known as Foundry. Largely self-taught as a software engineer, he developed his technical knowledge through professional practice, books, conferences and workshops. His background before technology was in a very different field: he studied ethnology and cultural anthropology and worked on theatre, ethnomusicological and documentary film projects, including fieldwork in Georgia, Bulgaria and the Western Himalayas.

Today

For current work, projects and ways to connect with Dominik, use his LinkedIn profile.