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Makefile

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+dev:
+	cd blog; hugo server; cd ..

README.md

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 **Pre-requisites**
 - [Go Hugo](https://gohugo.io/)
+
+## Development
+### Run
+#### Locally
+```bash
+make dev
+```

blog/content/posts/its-a-me-mario/index.md

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 > *Note: This is a work in progress post.*
 
-## 1990-2007: childhood > adolescence < adulthood
-### 1990: My first video game appearance (Donkey Kong)
+## 1990: Hello, World!
 
-![Mario Baby](mario-baby.png#center)
+![Caico](caico.jpg#center)
 
 I was born in [Caicó](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caic%C3%B3), a city in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The name Caicó originates from the [indigenous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Brazil) word *'Queicuó'*, which means *'Cuó river and mountain'*. The region is also known for constant **droughts and extreme poverty**.
 
-### 1992: The debut appearance of Wario (Super Mario Land 2)
+![Caico Drought](caico-drought.jpg#center)
 
-![Mario Baby in Poverty](mario-baby-poverty.png#center)
+In the early 1990s, Brazil faced [significant economic challenges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Brazil#1990%E2%80%931993) in less developed areas, such as Caicó. [São Paulo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo) - being the industrial and financial center - attracted my Mama's family, which were seeking better living conditions and economic prospects. We moved to São Paulo in 1992.
 
-In the early 1990s, Brazil faced [significant economic challenges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_Brazil#1990%E2%80%931993) in less developed areas, such as Caicó. [São Paulo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo) - being the industrial and financial center - attracted my Mama's family, which were seeking better living conditions and economic prospects. We moved in 1992.
+## 2010: How I discovered Computer Science
+Back in 2010, I was working as a SEO consultant at [Red Bricks Media](https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-bricks-media/) and getting really good at it... so good I started looking at what others were doing around the company, so that I could make my work more efficient.
 
-### 1993-2006: Black Box (The Perfect Run Bowser)
-I will write more about this once I feel ready to share publicly. For now, let's just say I *lived in a bubble* - or more specifically, in a **Resilience Bootcamp**.
+That's when I met [Diogo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/diogotozzi/) - a Software Engineer so passionate about Computer Science, that he would easily spend all his lunch break answering my newbie questions about how computer works, create a course to teach me programming with PHP and become a friend. I was so blown away by what Diogo told me about computers back then, that I couldn't stop thinking about what I would be able to do, if I became a Computer Scientist like himself. So I dove deep into the topic and started learning about how to build websites.
 
-## 2008-2011: Failing fast; REALLY fast (Hotel Mario)
-### 2012: My first computer (Famicom)
+## 2012: University (first trial)
+After a year or so studying [how to think like a Computer Scientist](https://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/) ~~on my employers computers~~, I decided it was the career I wanted to pursue. So I enrolled into [Computer Science at Universidade Anhembi Morumbi](https://portal.anhembi.br/graduacao/ciencia-da-computacao/).
 
-![Mario First Computer](mario-first-computer.png#center)
-
-Investing in a computer as a 23 year old me was... challenging. I was married, living in a 1-bedroom house with my in-law and 3 dogs. I didn’t have the money to buy it, so I took out a loan from a financial institution and hoped I'd be able to pay it fully. Turns out I never did, but it was the best investment I did back then. It allowed me to have access to free education, other cultures and, more importantly, it **empowered me to be my best self**.
+### My first computer
+Investing in a computer as a 22 year old me was... challenging. I was married, living in a 1-bedroom house with my in-law and 3 dogs. I didn’t have the money to buy it, so I took out a loan from a financial institution and hoped I'd be able to pay it fully. Turns out I never did, but it was the best investment I did back then. It allowed me to have access to free education, other cultures and, more importantly, it **empowered me to be my best self**.
 
 ![Mario First Laptop](mario-first-laptop.jpg#center)
 
-It was a Samsung Laptop running ~~Windows~~ **Linux** (thanks to [Luigi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikhenrique/)) - which was the perfect fit for me, given I was hungry to learn more on [how to think like a computer scientist](https://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/).
+It was a Samsung Laptop running ~~Windows~~ **Linux** (thanks to [Erik](https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikhenrique/) for the *influence*) - which was the perfect fit for me, given I was hungry to learn everything about computers.
+
+### Finding an internship
+#### First Attempt: Failed
+Back then, I didn't know how to build connections with people, so I always used a direct approach. First I asked the course coordinator for instructions on how to find a internship.
+> Hey Mario. You're here only for 4 months. It's your first semester. You need to wait at least until your 4th semester to apply for internships. You won't find anything until then. Have patience.
+
+This is probably true for "most people" that ask this question, but we're talking about me, and when I want something, I get it done.
+
+#### Second Attempt: Skipped
+After that terrible conversation, I pulled a list of ALL tech startups in São Paulo and sent an email to them introducing myself and asking for an internship. In return, they would have a chance to pay me less than what the market pays, because I'd be forever grateful for the opportunity.
 
-A few months later, I borrowed a monitor from Mama. Below is a snapshot of my setup back then: **functional and terribly uncomfortable** is how I would describe it.
+A lot of them replied. Some of them didn't have an open role, but they still wanted to let me know my behavior was awesome. I did get into few interviews, but declined the ones I passed, simply because they were not aligned with what I wanted to do (ie. not .NET, not banks, etc.).
 
-![Mario Terribly Uncomfortable](mario-office-setup.jpg#center)
+#### Third Attempt: Succeeded!
+I said I didn't know how to build connections with everyone, but I knew how to make them laugh, and I made [Daniel](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielfilho/) laugh hard many times. So I asked him to recommend me to [iG](https://www.linkedin.com/company/portalig/) for an internship.
 
-## 2013-2024: Plumbing Software Engineering
-### 2013-2016: from newbie to a hyper-focused engineer
-### 2017-2019: always day 1
-### 2020-2022: always day 2-1
-### 2023-2024: always day 3-2
-## present...
+## 2013: Internship