“Software developer by day, crime fighting magic astronaut by night”

My favorite teacher once told me that I should embrace the university years because once you start, the job of a software developer is never over.

I must admit, he is right. Between the fact that you’ll never get to build all the wonderful application ideas you have and that you’ll never lack books to read in the field, there’s something very addictive to being a developer. Every project you’ll pick up ends up charming you, making you want to solve more and more and with every line of code, you’ll give a bit of yourself to the matrix. But I am not all about coding.

While I believe that creativity, curiosity, intuition, and perseverance are the most important qualities that help me be great at my job, I tend to cultivate them outside of it. I have a large variety of hobbies and I continue to pick up new ones as a challenge. In my spare time I enjoy playing video games and boardgames, clay sculpting, drawing, cycling and by far, the activity that helps me disconnect the most from thinking about work, is reading crime, Sci Fi and Fantasy books. But just like a good book, a good project will keep you hooked. Hobbies help me see problems from different perspectives.

As a developer, to deliver the best product, most times you need to think like the customer, like the manager, and ultimately, like the builder. In my search for new challenges, I joined BlueRock TMS, a place where I found a group of highly enthusiastic people, creative in their solutions that think of all the sides of a story. A team so international and with great talents can only smother you with their contagious excitement for solving problems.