Ekaterina Leksina

W(o/a)ndering a(b/r)ou(t/nd) the world with curiosity

My 2025

Every December, when I look back at the year that passed I become confused whether I am proud of the year or not. So now I decided to document my year somewhere to have some reference of my journey.


  • Books: "A Mathematician's Apology" by G. H. Hardy, "The Big Green Tent" by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, "Children of the Arbat" by Anatoly Rybakov.
  • Places: Barcelona - Spain; Coventry, London, Oxford - UK; Florence, Pisa - Italy; Berkley - USA.
  • New skills of various proficiencies: Haskell, guitar.
  • Non-work experiences: throwing a birthday party for the first time in 8 years, finding a house to rent, going to WARP.
  • Work experiences: tutoring Computer Science, organising social events for MathSoc, FTTP at Jane Street, Trading Insight at Maven.