"I am not happy unless I'm bathed in a constant stream of extraneous RF radiation."
Hi. I'm a software architect and engineer based in Littleton, CO. I emigrated from Brazil to the US as an eighteen-year-old with $2,000 in a pocket my Great Aunt sewed onto my underwear. I strive to be a skeptic, humanist, and pragmatist. You can reach me at gustavo-web@duartes.org.
I first wrote software for money at the tender age of 12, writing TSR programs for MS-DOS in C and TASM as well as Clipper database apps. In high school a cousin and I developed and sold stock market analysis software, which was a lot of fun and made good money at the time. But then a stroke of luck got me involved in the early (Brazilian) stages of this new thing called 'the Internet'. I couldn't get enough of it as I programmed and read RFCs late into the nights. I started doing a lot of work with networking, kernel-mode programming, and security in Unix. In userland I wrote my first CGI bin scripts in C, then Perl.
I thought I would never write Windows software again, but when Microsoft came out with .NET I reconsidered. I've been hooked on .NET since Beta 1 in late 2000. Since that time I've led a double-agent life in the Windows and Unix camps.
Besides computers my passions are science, business, art, and above all friends and family. Which reminds me: if you are looking for schools in Littleton/South Denver I strongly recommend that you check out the Community School for the Gifted. They are an awesome school, albeit cash-strapped. They have a great atmosphere, passionate teachers, and happy kids. No testing is required for pre-kindergarten. On the other hand, if you're looking for food, try Wild Ginger (Thai), Kai (sushi/sashimi), or Kiki's (hot Japanese food, sashimi).
What if Coding Horror is a gateway to Phrack?
Here in the US I've had senior roles architecting, building, and securing computer systems. Meanwhile I completed an undergrad degree and some grad work in Math at the University of Colorado. I recommend that you do not simultaneously work full time, study full time, and procreate. That was hard! The results of procreation are seen below.
Thanks for reading.
Gustavo, 6 January 2008
Hard but sweet