The non-coder who taught himself to build.
I didn't study Computer Science. I studied Chartered Accountancy. Everything I know about technology, I taught myself — one frustration at a time.
Pranav PT
Finance Technologist · Educator · Builder
I became a CA in 2019. I thought I was good at Excel. I was wrong — and that humbling was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Over the next two years, I taught myself VBA, then Python, then Git, then AI — entirely on my own, while working full-time in government finance. Not because it was required. Because I was curious.
In 2021, I made my first GitHub commit and posted my first YouTube video. I wanted to tell the Finance world that building technology is not a skill reserved for Computer Science graduates. It's a skill anyone can learn.
Today, I teach Finance professionals and students how to automate their work, build their own tools, and understand technology from the inside out.
110+
YouTube Videos
20+
Apps & Tools Built
6,000+
Community Members
4 yrs
Teaching Automation
Areas of Expertise
From CA to Finance Technologist.
Six years. One realization: coders are not a different breed.
Jan 2019
Qualified CA — All India Rank 5
Finished the CA journey. Entered the professional world full of confidence. Thought I was good at Excel.
Apr 2019
Left EY with false confidence
Walked out of EY thinking I knew everything about spreadsheets. I did not.
Jun 2019
Joined IOCL — Financial Reporting
Started working at Indian Oil Corporation in Bihar & Jharkhand Finance Operations. Giant company. Massive numbers. Massive amounts of repetitive work.
Oct 2019
Attended trainings. Realized how little I knew.
Sat through Excel training sessions and discovered capabilities of the tool I had been using daily but barely scratched the surface of. The humbling began.
Jan 2020
Decided to learn VBA Macro
Too much repetitive work. There had to be a better way. Started learning VBA — the first step into automation.
Aug 2020
Hit a wall in VBA. Found Python.
VBA had limits. Someone mentioned Python. Downloaded it. Started learning. The world opened up.
Dec 2020
Realized coders are not a different breed.
Months of self-teaching made something click: this is just logic. Anyone can learn this. Coders are not born — they just started earlier.
21 Feb 2021
Made my life's first GitHub commit
Built an Office Assistant — a tool to prevent uploading files to third-party websites, keeping sensitive data in-house. Felt like discovering the future of Finance.
See the GitHub repo →Mar 2021
Presented the idea at IOCL. Crickets.
Presented the concept of an in-house Office Assistant to the company. The idea didn't get much attention. That was okay. The learning mattered more.
Apr 2021
Posted my first YouTube video
Decided to tell the Finance world: making apps is possible, and coding is a learnable skill — even if you're not a developer.
Watch the first video →May 2021
Posted my first 'AI for Finance' video
One line. One submission: AI in 2021 is the same as the internet in 1995. Most people dismissed it. A few got it.
Watch the video →2021 — 2025
Building. Teaching. Growing.
What followed was four years of consistent work.
- 110+ videos published on YouTube
- 20+ apps built for Finance — covering GST, document management, automation workflows
- Numerous corporate training sessions on Finance Automation, Python & AI
- Built the first DPDP Act Compliant Document Management System for a CA Firm
- Working on a Client Portal for CA Students
- Running Weekend + Weekday batches: Automation with Python + AI
- Building a community of 'Unconventional CAs' who want to pursue technology as a parallel career
Today
Still learning. Still building. Still teaching.
6,000+ community members. The mission is the same: prove that technology is learnable — and worth learning.
Join the Discord community →Let's explore the tech world together.
Start with the resources. Or jump into a batch. Or just browse what I've built.