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Curious ever since...

Before anything else...

Years ago I started my first blog, more precisely in 2008, where the main topic was Accounting. Ah yes, funnily enough, I studied Accounting at UFSM. Well, you read that right, I'm an "accountant". And why Information Systems now? Because I've always been fascinated by it and since 2004 I've been studying web development mostly. For 12 years I've learned only from content available online, from HTML, CSS, JavaScript to ASP, PHP, Java, etc. That shows that all it takes is wanting to learn. A year ago, I started the Information Systems program at AMF because of the question: College, should I go or not? (A topic for a future post) I'll go ahead and give the answer: When in doubt, do it!

#1PostPerWeek

This is the third blog I'm starting, and this time I'm taking it seriously. Most developers know how hard it is to keep a blog updated, whether because of work, personal projects, or other priorities. The idea is to create and share content at least once a week. I hope to manage even more than that. The main focus will be Front-end technologies and, of course, a bit of Back-end, Linux, quick tips, and assorted topics. Ah, about this blog, technically it was built using a framework I created with PHP and MySQL, nothing special. It's being improved gradually.

And speaking of Meritocracy...

Folks who enjoy meritocracy, there's something you may not know. (please, this is just my view/opinion) For you to earn the merit, you need to achieve something through your own effort, right? Let's imagine life is a game with a scoreboard and yours starts at 0 (zero). Over the course of life your points increase as you achieve things. But what if your neighbor starts the game with 500 points? Is that correct? Is it fair? In my opinion, no! There is no meritocracy if there aren't equal opportunities and equal evaluation. I see meritocracy as a motivational factor to make people work more, often for less, creating the expectation that what you do today will be evaluated and rewarded tomorrow (?). When implemented in a company, it basically makes people pursue their own goals, become their own "superheroes", reducing interactions between coworkers and, therefore, the collaboration that creates value and the relationships that may prove hugely important in the future, creating a jungle inside the company. Anyway, this is a rather long discussion for a first post, maybe I'll revisit the topic in the future. See you soon!