In 2006, he graduated from National University of Water Management and Natural Resources Use in Rivine, Ukraine with a Master of Science in Engineering.[3] In university, Kidruk worked as a programmer for ASCON, a Russian software company. After graduating, Kidruk moved to Kyiv and became a postgraduate student at the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.[6][7]
In 2007, Kidruk obtained a Swedish Institute scholarship and moved to Stockholm, where he studied Sustainable Development at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan — KTH). KTH was one of the leading technical universities in Europe at the time.[6] For the next two years, Kidruk lived in Europe, where his interests gradually moved from science toward literature.[5]
In the summer of 2008, Kidruk traveled across Mexico, journeying from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea.[2] He documented his experience in his debut book, Mexican Chronicles, which became an immediate hit in Ukraine, selling out within six months. By 2009, Kidruk decided to leave both graduate programs to focus on a career in professional writing.[3]
Between 2010 and 2012, Kidruk visited nearly 30 countries, including Chile, Brazil, China, Turkey, Norway, and Syria. In 2010, Kidruk published Journey to the Navel of the World that described his trip to South America and Easter Island. The book was also successful with a second edition appearing in 2012.
In 2011, he witnessed the Egyptian uprising, staying two weeks on Tahrir square surrounded by Arabs protesting against President Mubarak. Later that year, Kidruk organized a response to the "Win a Ukrainian Wife" competition by The Rock Fm, a radio station in New Zealand. He later described the incident in an autobiography titled To New Zealand!.[5][7][8]
In 2012, Kidruk published Bot, a techno-thriller story based on programming, nanotechnologies, and mysteries of the human brain. It entered the Knyharnya Ye book chart at number sixteen, reaching number two in two weeks and staying in the top ten for twelve weeks.[citation needed] The first edition of Bot sold out in three months. Bot is being translated into Russian, Polish, and German.[5] In 2013, Kidruk released The Stronghold, another techno-thriller.[9] Later, in 2014, he published Ruthless Sky, a thriller.
