From c8b1a38fe22aaa8e4f6cf3e1dee97863b586679d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: JoseĢ Mota Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 01:06:33 +0100 Subject: Convert several old posts to markdown. --- _posts/2008-09-22-last-year-in-a-nutshell.markdown | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2008-09-22-last-year-in-a-nutshell.markdown (limited to '_posts/2008-09-22-last-year-in-a-nutshell.markdown') diff --git a/_posts/2008-09-22-last-year-in-a-nutshell.markdown b/_posts/2008-09-22-last-year-in-a-nutshell.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c418903 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2008-09-22-last-year-in-a-nutshell.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +--- +layout: post +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! -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf