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+title: Last year in a nutshell
+tags: [ personal improvement ]
+published: true
+---
+Today is my 22nd birthday. Yay, you say. Actually, it was a lousy day if I must
+say, it rained all day, my degree ain't done yet and I have work to do.
+
+This post is more like an introspection to my progress throughout 2007/2008,
+regarding web design, development and self development. It has been by far the
+year that I have learned the most. It has been the year where I have put myself
+to test the most. It has been the year where I've finally met the USA, their
+culture, their "different" food. There were just so many things that happened!
+I can't even remember them all.
+
+This was the last year (until further notice) on my degree.
+
+* I experienced the challenge of being a leader of a pseudo-company. It's a
+  wonderful experience yet tough if you don't know how to do it correctly or if
+  you go soft. I met wonderful people, grew on open-source and developed my
+  _standardismo_ during that time.
+* In 2008, I had a two month training in one of the biggest banks in Portugal.
+  My first true work experience... boy, was that hard. Faced a bad boss, worked
+  with awful .NET Framework 1.1, coded in Visual Basic and commuted between
+  home, work and college.
+* In July, I went to the USA, met lovely people and a lousy house. Won my first
+  true job and my first true money. Learned a lot on web design, web tools and
+  frameworks, productivity, self development and subsistance... everything that
+  turns you into an adult. It really felt like I've taken lots of hormones to
+  grow up faster. Try and picture it.
+
+It's September now and I feel wonderful. I know a lot more people, a lot more
+of my skills, a lot more of how my future should change from now. Well... I
+know it'll change a lot!
+
+Thanks for everyone that's helped me to become a better person, a better
+designer, a better developer, a better friend. I'm not going to name everybody
+because I have people I learned from ... for what I should do and what I
+shouldn't.
+
+I believe this year to come will bring me a lot of knowledge, experience and
+income so I can fulfill my dreams. Wish me luck!