by Olgica | Apr 3, 2026 | blog
People still debate whether the Polgar sisters were their father’s experiment. The truth is both simpler and far more profound. Chess is usually associated with strategy, tactics, memory, logic, and intense competition. Yet the real story of Judit Polgar transcends...
by Olgica Đurić | Nov 23, 2025 | blog
I gave an interview in Serbian to a local newspaper Dnevnik: DNEVNIK’S MONTH OF WOMEN’S CHESS, where we talked about coaching methods, working with children, the position of women in chess and other topics. I am publishing the full version in English on my...
by Olgica Đurić | Nov 9, 2023 | blog, programming
Open Space 🌻Last week of September 2023 marked a significant event in the tech industry – the first (Un)Conference on the topic of the Future of Tech was held in Belgrade, Serbia. As a woman with over 10 years of experience in the IT industry, I had the pleasure...
by Olgica Đurić | Jun 14, 2023 | blog
Why do I resist the test-first approach? 👋 Hey colleagues, 👐 Let me share with you how I finally achieved start and write every single project using a test-first approach, and how you can too. I feel that the number 1 belief which occurs about the idea of adopting a...
by Olgica Đurić | Aug 29, 2020 | blog, bookreviews
Ask and it will be given After I got my first full-time position, everything seemed to go well in life. But after a short while, I didn’t get as much satisfaction from my job as I did at the start. I soon realized that the main problem for me was that being a...
