Kristina's Story
A Maps and Android GDE shares her professional journey and how she stays involved with the developer community
Maps GDE Kristina Simakova works as an independent consultant and spends 60% of her time as an Android manager for a consulting firm in Norway. In that role, she helps Android consultants on their projects.
“It has been a new experience,” Kristina says. “I’m suddenly responsible for 14 people and have switched from coding to being a manager. It has been very helpful in our current COVID situation, because if you’re a developer sitting at home coding, that could be a bit lonely and monotonous, but when you have to be more interactive with people, even online, it’s different.” Read more.
“It’s so easy, and with Google Cloud, you can add a simple ID to your app without doing anything extra. You can use brand colors and even remove features your app doesn’t need, so the map isn’t cluttered with other information.”
-- Kristina Simakova
GDE, Android, Google Maps Platform, & Google Play
GDE, Android, Google Maps Platform, & Google Play
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