"There are two types of programmers: good programmers, and those that are not Jon Skeet."
My "tech persona" for the last 14 years...
Appeared at:
Work In Progress 2 - A Documentary by KOM and Samuel Durand exploring the Future of Work within companies
"Pedro Vicente takes us down memory lane from the early days of Android app development all the way up to 2020 and the modern application development strategies and frameworks."
2020
Invited to create coding tests for Android and Java candidates.
2016
Online
I've been active on StackOverflow for a while. It's kind of fun sharing knowledge and helping. It ended up gaining me ~17k rep so far.
I guess from sharing at StackOverflow I jumped to sharing more in-depth articles at Medium
Been a teacher at:
Been a teacher/tutor from Mindera School's get go on 2018.
Teaching basic programming, Java and Mobile.
2018 to 2020
What I really have to show for:
Waitrose - Scan Pay Go Admin App (Internal App)
Delivery Lead
2021
FeedForward - Android, iOS and Web Feedback Platform
Internship Oversight
2021
Mindera People - Android App
Internship Tutor
2019
Not On The High Street App
Tech Oversight- Android App
2016
TUI Travel & WYSIWYG
Android App Dev & Lead App Dev
2016
PORTER Magazine by NET-A-PORTER Android App
Android App Dev
2016
The Edit Magazine by NET-A-PORTER Android App
Android App Dev
2016
Joyn - RCS Android App
Android App Dev
2014
My Vodafone: Android App, SOS Mobile App, BlackBerry App and Mobile Website
Lead Android & Blackberry App also Lead Front End Dev
2010 - 2013
Vodafone 360 Mobile JS Widgets
Front-End Dev
2009
Vodafone TV Net Voz BackOffice
Backend Dev
2009
Vodacom BackOffice
Backend Dev
2009
...what now?
I could introduce myself, speak about my learning degree or experience but you can see all that above ... so lets skip that and get to the point.
What you can't see is that I'm a driven software engineer with a deep interest in Software Development that really puts a focus on architecture. I really have pleasure in building happy teams, talking to customers and provide them with the best solution for their needs while delivering good code.
I've seen that Software Developing Teams can enjoy the process of developing a solution by using good agile software development methodologies.
For this to happen developers, team leaders, product owners/project manager should work closely together towards better solution. As such, I'm always interested in learning more:
about people and how teams can work better together
agile software development methodologies to improve the development process.
Creating top-notch software isn't just done by getting together a bunch of people and tell them to start hitting the keyboard in a crazy nerd movie style (wink to the Matrix image above).
I value a strong human-first company culture. I believe it can either push a company towards innovation and excellence (if it's good)... OR push it off the cliff, if it's not.
I also value procedures and freedom (yes, agile, procedure and freedom in the same sentence are possible). When things get tricky each team should be able to opt to maintain their current way of doing things or change to a better one (but they should have a "current way of doing things")
I really like:
- Being an account manager throughout the process (pre-sales, requirements, development, roadmap and acceptance)
- Leading Mobile Projects from Architecture to day-to-day
- Coaching teams (development process, feedback, etc)