For Nazar, programming isn’t just problem-solving; it’s an act of creation, driven by careful planning and building from scratch. With his competing years behind him, Nazar is now focused on creating opportunities for others, discussing how he helped organize one of the few ACM-style team competitions for high schoolers. He’s also interested in hardware, which he sees as an important yet often overlooked part of computer science. Nazar shares his favorite martial art and how he wants to learn about culture while at Oxford, showing that his curiosity reaches far beyond the screen.

We caught up before he started university (interview edited for length and clarity):