Everything will depend on your own willingness to be better than you were yesterday.

Here’s why.

The first thing I’ll do for you is help you go through an aptitude test to see whether it makes sense for us to take this journey together — and whether we actually have a real shot at success.

It’s completely free and takes just a few dozen minutes of your time.

I’ve personally refined this process based on experience with over 4,000 applicants and have tested it daily with dozens of colleagues in real practice.

(After nearly 18 years of doing this kind of work, I’ve gotten pretty good at predicting outcomes.)

* 4,107 as of today — to be exact.

At the end of this initial effort, one of three things will happen:

1.

You’ll fall in love with the idea of becoming a developer and decide to pursue it on your own. In that case, I’ll wish you the best of luck — and kindly ask you to stay in touch and let me know how it goes.

2.

You’ll fall in love with the dream and ask me to become colleagues, so I can personally help you bring it to life, maximize it, and start getting results as quickly as possible.

In that case, we’ll go all in — and that’s a promise.

Every single one of my colleagues gets results. Literally. Every. Single. One. Every day.

3.

In the worst case, you’ll realize that the dream of becoming a developer just isn’t for you — that it didn’t match your expectations, and the job turns out to be something very different from what you imagined.

It really is that simple — and there’s no catch.
 
Think about it. 
 
The “worst” thing that can happen is you’ll gain some clarity and realize this path just isn’t the right fit for you or your future career. 
 
The best thing that can happen? 
Together, we’ll exponentially grow your skills, your salary, and your joy at work. 

So this is the closest thing to a new professional life you’ve ever seen.

First, I’ll send you a talent test.
 
We took inspiration from top companies overseas and combined it with our own experience. We’ve been refining it continuously since 2018 — and it’s now been taken by over 4,000 people.
 
It’s not about programming or software development at all.
 
What it tells us is whether we’re compatible in how we think — whether we’ll be able to work together on your professional and personal growth. (In my 18 years of experience, one without the other simply doesn’t work.)
 
Once we have this “starting material,” you’ll move on to the second part. This task will be practical. You’ll need to roll up your sleeves and build something small.
 
There are many ways to approach it.
 
You might use AI. You might skip thinking altogether and still get it done in a few hours — by the next day at the latest.
 
If you already have some hands-on experience with programming, there’s a good chance you’ll complete the task straight from your head in under 90 minutes — and even have fun doing it.
 
I also guarantee you’ll constantly be thinking: “Is this really how it’s done? Or is there another way?”
 
Once you finish the task and let me know, we’ll meet in person.
 
You’ll meet with me directly. No HR people. No assistants.
 
A developer with nearly two decades of experience, the owner of many software companies — and a father of three little troublemakers.
 
Together, we’ll find out if we click — if we understand each other.
 
If we do, I’ll offer you my hand… and start paying you to take it.

So why would I offer something like this?

Two reasons:

1.

First, I enjoy it. This is the kind of thing I do best — and it brings me great, great joy to see someone achieve unexpected success (and everything that comes with it) as a result of the help I’m able to give.

2.

Second, it’s the way I attract the best colleagues and future top performers.

This is how it works:

Assuming we click and it makes sense for both of us, we’ll start working together. I’ll guide you, offer advice, and point out the wrong paths — the ones I’ve walked myself many times before. You won’t have to — I’ll do my best to pass on 15 years of experience in just a few months.
 
It won’t be easy. Quite the opposite. Brutal, even? Maybe (im)possible?
 
But the facts say otherwise: Almost 100 of my amazing colleagues in 2025 prove that it is possible — it just takes a serious dose of courage and commitment.
 
I’m surrounded by great people who’ve grown — professionally, personally, and financially — by multiples over just a few years.
 
Some I speak with daily, some weekly, some only a few times a year.
 
But all of them keep proving (and many even tell me outright) the old rule our first teachers — and often our parents or grandparents — used to drill into us:
“The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.”

Why?

Because I’m afraid. 
 
I’m afraid that one day I’ll look around and see walking IT zombies —
sitting in dark rooms, somewhere in a basement, hammering out emails like “fire fire fire”, surrounded by disconnected printers.
…
Allow me to get a little nostalgic for a moment.
…
Many years ago, there was such a thing as a “website developer”.
 
I counted myself among the lucky few of the new millennium — chosen to bring order to messy HTML tables and save the world by delivering fast and affordable websites for just a few thousand Czech crowns (like ~5M VND).
 
Day and night, we coded — mountains and mountains of beautiful (and honestly, some not-so-beautiful) websites.
We worked with designers from the next village and top-tier professionals from all over the world.
 
We did this for almost ten years. Thousands of websites.
 
In 2023, I hired someone to build the website for one of our apps.
 
The main reason? I wanted to see how the pros — the ones who started 18 years ago on the same starting line as us — are doing it now.
 
The result was great. It should’ve been — it cost as much as a small car and took nearly half a year.
 
But next time? I’ll build it myself. With one of the many tools available today, it’ll take just a few days.
 
That profession is nearly extinct. Like the Przewalski’s horse.
 
And I don’t want that to happen to my colleagues.
 
We want to keep getting better.
 
We want to keep learning new things and overcoming new challenges.
 
We don’t want to be woken up by the thought of AI replacing the copy-pasters — because it very well might, and soon.

You’ll consider even our very first conversation incredibly valuable — or I’ll pay for a dinner for two, on me.

By now, this is clearly an amazing offer — one you’ll probably never get from any other “interviewer” in the world.
 
Think about it.
 
I’ll personally prepare your growth plan in advance — and then I’ll let you decide whether it matches what you hoped to get out of our meeting, and whether you want help making it real and changing your future.
 
Or I’ll compensate you. Just say the word.

Who else would do that?

NO ONE. (I’ve checked.)
 
But I’m happy to offer it this way — because my long-time colleagues always deliver great results that continue to impress our clients. Whether here at home, across Europe, or for the past sice 2014 in Canada.

Period.
 
After all, our dev companies didn’t grow from a few dozen customers to hundreds of thousands of users in just a few years for no reason.
 
My approach works.
 
And I know that if we work together, you won’t just earn great money for your work — you’ll gain something more important:
 
Pride.
 
Pride in yourself and in your journey.
 
When you look back, you won’t believe how far you’ve come.

Consider this:

Over the past few years, I’ve successfully doubled the number of amazing developers across our companies.
 
We build software for several of our own projects (used by tens of thousands of users) and for a handful of select clients — the kind who value our work so much, they’re willing to wait months for us to take on their projects.
 
That’s why I need new colleagues. But not just any colleagues.
 
These days, we even have the resources to buy entire companies* — just to get access to experienced developers.
 
But we’ve learned that this isn’t the right path for us.
 
Our obsession with constantly chasing something better simply doesn’t align with the culture of most companies out there.

*Yes, we’ve tried. More than once. The stats are starting to speak for themselves.

When I was a kid, I used to hear:
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”
 
My daily work with 19–23-year-old teammates reminds me of that saying all the time.
 
And that’s exactly why I need you to read the next part carefully:

This isn’t for everyone. Here’s who I can actually help:

I’m VERY selective about who I talk to, and I have strict (but reasonable) criteria that must be met before we can move forward. Here they are:

1. We’ll be compatible in how we think

The first part — the talent test — will reveal this. I’ve already talked about it earlier, so let’s move on.

2. You need to be really hungry to learn

The prospect of above-average income can help — but on its own, it’s not enough.
 
You need to feel a deep, almost instinctive drive — the kind of urge that wakes every great programmer up at night and pushes them to submit a better merge request.

3. 100% je minimum

Maybe we’ll find out that you have incredible talent, and everything comes to you effortlessly.
 
Maybe I’ll be the one sweating, struggling to come up with a challenge big enough for you to overcome.
 
I’d honestly love for that to happen.
 
But usually, it’s the other way around.
 
The market is ruthless. Just like houses in the real estate world, each of us is constantly being judged — by our partners, spouses, teachers, parents, or siblings.
In my case — by the one who pays.

And it would be naive (and unfair) to think that catching up on years of experience — while also growing in salary and as a person — could be done in 8 hours a day, with no extra learning.
 
Nothing comes free. But whatever is fair — I’ll pay it.
 
A handshake, to me, is sacred.

4. We must tell each other the truth — no matter what.

Everything we do together will not only bring you knowledge and experience — it will also come with responsibility.
Responsibility for your work. Responsibility to me, to your new colleagues, and to your teammates on the projects.
And above all — responsibility to yourself.

And in order to do that — to truly accept that responsibility — we must always keep the table clean.

In other words: we must always be honest with each other. No sugarcoating. Just the plain, unfiltered truth.

Even when it hurts. And trust me — it will, often.

Statistics tell me I’m ready. Are you?

5. You MUST follow instructions. (Don’t worry — I won’t ask you to do anything weird.)

After all, if you don’t apply the things I’ll be teaching you in practice, it won’t lead anywhere.
 
This isn’t university — parroting theory isn’t enough.
 
We’re here to help people by DELIVERING great software.
And (for now) — software doesn’t build itself.
 
That’s it! Those are all my requirements.

Here’s what I want you to do next.

If you meet the criteria above and want to speak with me personally about how to achieve incredible results, I’ll be happy to make time for you.
 
Here’s the process: 
1) Start with the talent test so we can see whether we’re compatible in how we think.

2) Complete the practical part to the best of your ability and integrity.

Here’s what happens next.

Once I hear from you, I’ll review everything you’ve submitted — within 24 hours at the latest (90% of the time, even on weekends) — and invite you to an on-line meeting.
 
Our initial call will take 30 to 45 minutes.
 
That’s when we’ll actually start working on figuring out what exactly we want — and how to make it happen:
1. If we both see the value in you becoming the next “dream” colleague — awesome. We’ll dive deeper (and that part may take longer).
2. If you decide not to grab the rope I’m throwing your way — that’s perfectly fine too.
3. And if you tell me I’ve wasted your time with the meeting, I’ll immediately reimburse your travel expenses — just like I promised.
 
So, literally — you can’t lose.