# Nick Chapsas

> Nick Chapsas is a London-based software engineer, .NET educator and founder of Dometrain. He turned practical lessons from his engineering career into a YouTube channel, then a global course platform taught by working developers.

- **Role:** Founder, Dometrain
- **Organizations:** Dometrain, ASOS, Microsoft MVP program
- **Education:** Software engineering studies; Second Class First Division, University of Greenwich
- **Known for:** Microsoft MVP recognition in Data Platform (2018) and Developer Technologies (2020, 2021)., Reported more than 500 YouTube videos and 40 million views across six years in an early 2025 post., Founded Dometrain in 2023; a company case study reported sales to 144 countries.

## Career timeline

- **2011-2014** — Studied at the University of Greenwich in London.
- **2015** — Took his first .NET job, working with Web Forms, according to his account in an AWS interview.
- **2018** — Received a Microsoft MVP award in Data Platform, according to LinkedIn.
- **2019** — Began publishing software engineering videos, based on his six-year reflection in early 2025.
- **2023** — Founded Dometrain after selling courses on nickchapsas.com.
- **2024** — Revived his technical writing as the .NET Knowledge Drops newsletter.
- **2025** — Reported 500-plus videos, 40 million views, 38,000 Dometrain students, 20 authors and 80 courses.
- **2026** — Expanded Dometrain with hands-on courses, browser-based exercises and an AI agent.

## Achievements

- Microsoft MVP recognition in Data Platform (2018) and Developer Technologies (2020, 2021).
- Reported more than 500 YouTube videos and 40 million views across six years in an early 2025 post.
- Founded Dometrain in 2023; a company case study reported sales to 144 countries.
- Has spoken at NDC and dotnetdays conferences.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Described a browser-based Linux course integrated with Dometrain's AI agent on LinkedIn.
- **2026-07** — Announced SkillScore, hands-on Git, an MCP server and a platform AI agent on LinkedIn.
- **2026-05** — Published a comparison article about Dometrain and Udemy.

## Links

- Website: https://nickchapsas.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-chapsas/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/nickchapsas
- GitHub: https://github.com/Elfocrash
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nickchapsas
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nickchapsas.com

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Last updated: 2026-09-29