Collaboration in development

October 28, 2008, 11:39 pm | No Comments »

I usually write after something big approaches me. This could be no bigger: collaboration is not considered when developing. Well, at least not lately. Here’s what happened:
Roger Byrne asked me to check a plugin and help him in a submission form. Roger said to me that the Javascript inside the wordpress instalation he already had was [...]

The balance of my trip to the USA

July 26, 2008, 12:15 am | 1 Comment »

Tomorrow will be a week since I left Portugal on my first attempt to live alone and begin a new life on my own at the United States. Apparently it went wrong and for all of you guys that actually think that, this is my final statement on this week full of adventure, risk and [...]

What I think about leadership and work

May 14, 2008, 12:18 pm | No Comments »

This goes to my dear friend FS who has helped me a lot today. Thank you for your example.
I have (re)discovered that not everyone is meant to be a leader. The worst thing I have concluded is that the actual leaders shouldn’t be leaders at all because they just don’t know how to lead people [...]

I got my first (bitchy) job!

March 18, 2008, 11:41 am | No Comments »

So the day has come… I’m not that excited because the whole day sucked like hell. If you’re a guy who’s hoping to get a decent job on your first try, forget it.
For a start off, I arrived at 9h30 at the office so I would start being taught the all-fancy Microsoft’s SharePoint… yet the [...]