{"id":78,"date":"2021-12-22T21:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T21:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ardabaydak.com\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:03:44","slug":"whoami","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ardabaydak.com\/index.php\/whoami\/","title":{"rendered":"WHOAMI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am a <strong>System Engineer and Team Lead<\/strong> with <strong>5 years of hands-on experience<\/strong> in computer technologies, specializing in <strong>Linux systems, DevOps practices, and SAS platforms<\/strong>. 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