The Orlov Book
Contents
  1. Chapter I
  2. Chapter II
  3. Chapter III
  4. Chapter IV
  5. Chapter V
  6. Chapter VI
  7. Chapter VII
  8. Chapter VIII
  9. Chronicle
  10. Psychological portrait
  11. Abilities
  12. Achievements
  13. Goals
  14. Beyond IT
  15. What the photos say
  16. Film
  17. Publications
  18. In progress
  19. Links
  20. Afterword

Chapter III of VIII · around 2008

Chapter III. Windows XP and the Work of My Dreams

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At 18 he enrolled in BSUIR part-time and moved to Minsk to work. He got a job at a company that sold computers and sent technicians to customers' homes all over the city.

You arrive at a stranger's flat, insert a disc and wait an hour while Windows XP sorts everything out by itself. He was taught by Trofim: a bit heavy-set, not one for unnecessary walking, but a brilliant mentor.

He repaired computers and assembled new ones from fresh parts. It was the Windows XP era, the best in the history of personal computers. At least it still seems so to him.

I did the work of my dreams.Dmitry Orlov, Instagram autobiography