Hi everyone, nice to meet you! 😀
My name is Rúben André Letra Barreiro. And I'm Computer Science Engineer and IT/IS Programmer & Technician! 👨💻 💻
I'm 26 years old. The 90's are the best generation ever, believe it! 🎂 🎈
Myself's Portrait at 1996
I was born in Lisbon, Portugal, at November 19, 1992. 👶 🚼
Yes, I'm Scorpio. Usually, this is something about me that scares the people because Scorpio have a huge bad reputation, it seems we are the villains, following the horoscope! 😂 🔮
But it's same Zodiac Sign of Bill Gates, Pelé, Diego Maradona, Marco van Basten, Luís Figo and Pablo Picasso. And all of them accomplished a lot in life! So, it's a good omen, right?! 🦂 ♏
My grandfather was Brazilian, so I'm a Portuguese Soul with Brazilian Roots! 🇵🇹 🇧🇷
I lived in Loures, in Portugal, when I was baby, for my very first year of life. After that, I moved to Almada, Portugal. I lived, most preciselly, in a small neighborhood called Barrocas, where I spent my entire childhood and part of my adolescence (The same neighborhood where Luís Figo grew up too and started playing futsal, before play soccer!). When I'm 20 years old, I moved to Monte de Caparica, also in Almada, Portugal, where I'm currently living today. 📍 🌍
I did a lot of sports in my life because it's something that I'm addicted to. I did swimming, when I was kid, between 1998 and 2002, at S. F. U. A. P. (Sociedade Filarmónica União Artística Piedense), in Barrocas/Cova da Piedade, Almada. I did soccer at Monte de Caparica Atlético Clube, in Monte de Caparica, Almada, in 2010, where I played as goalkeeper. I did weight training at some gyms, like Girassus Club, in Barrocas/Cova da Piedade, Almada, in 2008, Ginásio Transformers, in the center of Almada, in 2011 and Ginásio Super Olímpia, in Laranjeiro, Almada, in 2015. 🏋️ ⚽
Related to my education, I attended a Professional Course of Technician of Programming and Management of Computer Systems at High School of Monte de Caparica, in Almada, between 2009 and 2012 (projects' screenshots, final project's screenshots, certification, diploma). After that, I decided to keep learning and got enter into the universities/colleges' world! 🤓 📚
My current academic journey at universities/colleges, until the moment, is: 👨🎓 🎓
Bachelor - 1st Cycle of Integrated Master - BSc. and MSc. (3+2 years) Bologna Degree in
Computer Sciences and Engineering at Faculty of Science and Technology of New University of Lisbon
(Caparica/Almada Campus, FCT NOVA - FCT/UNL),
between 2013 and 2018; ✔️
Master - 2nd Cycle of Integrated Master - BSc. and MSc. (3+2 years) Bologna Degree in
Computer Engineering at Faculty of Science and Technology of New University of Lisbon
(Caparica/Almada Campus, FCT NOVA - FCT/UNL),
between 2019 and 2021;️
"Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no applause." - Charlie Chaplin
Notes:
Hard skills:
1) IT/IS & Computer Engineering:
Subjects and areas domained:
Programming languages:
Robotics middleware:
APIs:
Run-time environments:
Frameworks:
Mobile application development frameworks:
IDEs & programming tools:
Assemblers & Compilers:
Text editors:
PL/SQL editors:
Database development environment:
Software platforms:
Software stacks:
Administration tools:
Version-control systems:
Others:
Computer operating systems:
2) Arts:
Graphic design and photography:
Video editing:
Web development:
3) Basics:
Databases:
Documents:
Presentations:
Spreadsheets:
Soft skills:
Communication skills:
Able to listen, listening, nonverbal communication, persuation, reading body language, storytelling, visual communication, writing reports & proposals and writing skills;
Critical thinking:
Adaptable, artistic sense, creativity, critical observer, design sense, desire to learn, flexible, innovative, logical thinking, problem solving, research, resourceful, thinking outside the box, tolerant of change & uncertainty, troubleshooting, value education and willingness to learn;
Leadership:
Deal-making, decision making, delegation, inspiring, management, mentoring, motivating, successful coaching, supervising and talent management;
Positive attitude:
Confident, cooperative, courteous, energetic, enthusiastic, friendly, high energy, honest, patient, respectable, respectful and sense of humor;
Teamwork:
Accept feedback, collaborative, customer service, dealing with difficult situations, empathetic, dealing with difficult personalities, intercultural competence, interpersonal skills, influential, networking, social skills and team player;
Work ethic:
Attentive, competitive, dedicated, dependable, following direction, independent, making deadlines, motivated, multitasking, perseverant, persistent, planning, reliable, resilient, results-oriented, self-directed, self-monitoring, self-supervising, strategic planning, time management, trainable and working well under pressure;
I'm addicted to technologies and informatics! I consider myself a high-tech lover! 🤓
I love to programming and coding! 👨💻
In Computer Science and Engineering, IT/IS and Informatics area, I personally, have a huge interest in:
I love to improve myself constantly! I love to study and learn more and more, everyday! I think it's never late to learn something new and I also think that, I will always feel a little like a student, no matter how much time passes! 😊
I also have a big interest in design, photography, multimedia, fashion, business, enterprise's management, marketing, drawing and poetry. 😍
To Do List:
Create/Start:
My own business/enterprise
My portfolio/personal blog ✔️
(in 2018)
My first Research and Development scientific project ✔️
(Hyrax - DiCE at NOVA LINCS in FCT NOVA - Faculty of Sciences and Technology of New University of Lisbon) (in 2017)
Computer programming ✔️
(at High School of Monte de Caparica) (in 2009)
Learn:
To play piano
Japanese
Spanish
German
French
English ✔️
(at Middle/Preparatory School 2.3 of Comandante Conceição e Silva) (in 2002)
Travel to:
Brazil
Austria
Switzerland ✔️
(Visited Zurich, Schwyz, Luzern and Basel) (in 2009)
Italy
Germany
France
Spain
Porto ✔️
(in 2018)
Complete the following degrees:
Ph.D (Doctor of Philosophy) in Computer Science and Engineering
MBA (Master of Business Administration)
MSc. (Master) in Computer Science and Engineering
BSc. (Bachelor) in Computer Science and Engineering ✔️
(at FCT NOVA - Faculty of Sciences and Technology of New University of Lisbon) (in 2018)
Buy:
Canon 1300D
Others:
Do volunteering in Africa
Do a college's semester/year in a foreign european country, using the ERASMUS' exchange program
Get the drive license for cars and bikes
Get a tattoo ✔️
(at Flavius Tattoos - Almada, Setúbal, Portugal) (in 2014)
Goals/Accomplishments Done:
I started my Master degree in Computer Engineering at Faculty of Sciences and Technology of New University of Lisbon - FCT NOVA! After a short time in Porto, I decided to return to Lisbon and Almada, to start the Master degree in Computer Engineering, to try to achieve another of my personal and academic goals. 👨🎓
I started working as app designer and developer at U.Porto Media Innovation Labs! I worked in designing and development the interface of an app for mobile devices' Android and iOS operative systems called "Everyone Is a Hero". This mobile app was designed in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, and was developed in Unity 3D. The "Everyone Is a Hero" app was developed with the collaboration of Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP), U.Porto Media Innovation Labs and Bright Digital. This app aims to offer interactive and appellative support and information to families, educators and volunteers of children who suffer of cancer diseases. Other goal of this app, it's to, in a near future, be linked to the video game app for these same children, called "Hope", that's being also developed by Bright Digital. 🧒
I finished my Bachelor degree in Computer Sciences and Engineering at FCT NOVA (Faculty of Sciences and Technology of New University of Lisbon)! After so much hardwork, effort and a ton of hours studying, I achieved one of my greatest ambitions of all time! I finally, finished my Bachelor degree in Computer Sciences and Engineering at FCT NOVA (Faculty of Sciences and Engineering of New University of Lisbon) with a final average grade of 15 of 20. I finished this Bachelor degree with 180 ECTSs completed, 1 R&D project made and many other personal/professional achievements. 👨🎓
I started my first Research and Development Scientific Project at NOVA LINCS (FCT NOVA), during my Bachelor degree! In the 3rd year of my Bachelor degree, it was proposed to work in a Department's Research and Development Scientific Project. I choosed to work in R&D project called Hyrax, that was related with Computer and Mobile (3G and 4G) Networks, Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing Systems, most specifically in Edge Computing. This R&D project, in addition to the participation of FCT NOVA, also had the main participations of FCUP (Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto) and CS-CMU (Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science), among many other scientific/industrial collaborations. My project was a smaller part/section of the Hyrax project, called DiCE (Distributed Computing at the Edge). My project was supervised by Hervé Paulino and I finished my participation on this R&D project with a 17 of 20 final grade. 🔍
I entered to the college (Faculty of Sciences and Technology of New University of Lisbon - FCT NOVA) to start my Bachelor degree in Computer Sciences and Engineering! After so much work and study to pass through the Math's Exam (what was horrible for me at the time) and get a good final average grade that allows me to enter the Academic World for the first time, I did it, surprising and shocking everybody! 💪
I finished my Professional Course of Technician of Programming and Management of Computer Systems in High School of Monte de Caparica! After 3 years, since I started computer programming for the first time in my life, I could say at the time, and thereafter, that I was officialy an IT/IS Programmer & Technician! 🖱️
I started my Professional Course of Technician of Programming and Management of Computer Systems in High School of Monte de Caparica! How I always had a huge interest in Informatics and IT/IS area. So, I decided to enter to this course to complete high school and, at the same time, start to learn about computer programming! 👨💻
I lost my first milk-tooth, as happens to every child! When I was 6 year old, I started to say goodbye to my child dentition. I asked a wish to the tooth fairy and put my lost tooth under the cushion in my bed hoping she would make it come true but she never did, for my sadness at the time! 🧚
I started my 1st grade at Elementary School Nº. 1 of Cova da Piedade! Was here, where I learn to count numbers and met the alphabet, among other many basic and elementary things, for the first time in my life! 🧒
I started to walk to the whole society and world watch! After many tries and falls, I achieved what seemed impossible at the time, and started to walk alone without anyone's help, for my mother's shock again. 👏
I spoke my first word to the whole society and world listen! The spoken word was "Coca-Cola" when I asking my mother for one obviously, for her amazement and joy! This happened while I was hitting the window of drinks and beverages of a local caffe, to getting her attention. 👩👦
I was born to be posteriorly, presented to the whole society and world under the name Rúben André Letra Barreiro at 9:10 am of November 19, 1992 in Maternidade Alfredo da Costa in São Sebastião da Pedreira (Avenidas Novas, Lisbon, Portugal)! 👶
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