Sasha Yakovlev at Demant — before leaving corporate engineering

I Finally Became an Engineer

A year of being ‘unemployed’ taught me more than any corporate job ever did. Here’s the full, unfiltered story — Demant, idiocracy, and why I’m done apologizing for telling people to fuck off.

June 17, 2026 · 8 min
Decision making at a crossroads

Learning to Say No: Why I Walked Away from a European Job Offer in 2026

2026 turned out to be a year of harsh realizations. From bureaucratic nightmares in Spain to the cold math of relocation, here is why walking away from a €60k offer was the only logical choice for a senior engineer.

February 5, 2026 · 6 min · Sasha

The Great Danish Engineering Mirage: A 2025 Reality Check

After 18 months in the ‘cesspool’ of corporate idiocy, I went hunting for a Lead Microelectronics role in Copenhagen. What I found was a circus of ghost jobs, incompetent HR, and a vanishing technical landscape.

January 24, 2026 · 3 min · Sasha

Europe Doesn’t Build Anymore

🎙️ Audio Version I don’t think I’m the only one who can’t find a job right now. By the time my search passed the two-year mark, I had already realized how broken the system feels. Tools like LinkedIn turned out to be little more than noise—endless scrolling, false hopes, and disappointment. ...

August 26, 2025 · 5 min · Sasha