André Silva
32 y/old workaholic from Edinburgh.
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My name is AndrĂ© Silva and I’m a 32 y/old Portuguese Software Engineer that lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
# A bit about me
I wasn’t always focused on the development world.
During high school I got the chance to intern at a consulting firm in my hometown, mainly working with setting up data centers and configuring network systems.
After high school, I went to college to take a Computer Science Bachelor’s degree. During that first few months, I participated in a couple of hackathons and startup projects, primarily just for fun, but always with the goal in mind to build a curriculum and some professional experience.
During that time I started to discover the growing startup scene in Lisbon and during those summer vacations, I got myself an internship at one of those startups (which end up failing, as most of them do).
Going back to my 2nd year of college, I was offered to be part of Unbabel, one of the first Portuguese startups to enter Y-Combinator, which I have been working there ever since.
# What I care about
I consider myself to be a Backend Software Engineer, that dabbles in Frontend and is invested in the DevOps world. I like to understand complex problems and turn them into simple ones, figuring out the architecture of the whole system, from the user’s point of view to the underlying stack.
I mostly develop web base applications or internal tools, but I’m also interested in the operational side of things like:
- automating manual tasks,
- building easy processes for people to follow,
- writing maintainable, modular software,
- and creating pleasant and clear documentation.
# Hobbies?
When I’m not working, I’m probably either cooking, watching tv shows, reading, writing on my blog or surfing.