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What I'm good at

I'm a horizontal thinker, big fan of Gunpei Yokoi's philosophy of "lateral thinking of withered technology". My natural predispositions tilt towards the marriage of commercial strategy and technical implementation.

My nieche is knowing how to effectively translate between the language of devs and the language of business-oriented professionals.

In my 7-year career, I have:

• risen through the ranks of a Fortune-200 company called Jacobs, saved over $1million in automations, been the "get stuff done guy" for several SVPs and VPs,
• kickstarted my software career by learning nights and weekends, organising courses that I would then attend as a student, as well as attending bootcamps and 10 hackathons to date.

What drives me

I’m driven by the unwavering belief that blockchain is the one paradigm-shifting technology which, in a world where macro trends flirt with dystopian risk (AI, climate, biotech, geopolitical divide...), can rein in all the rest. Its approach to “proof, not trust” fundamentally changes the rules of game theory wherever its architecture is applied, through financial incentive alignment.

My goal, simply put, is to achieve a net-positive impact on the world, working on stimulating problems, aiming for ambitios goals, obtaining abundant financial security and enjoying the journey while I'm at it. Is that so hard? Maybe so, but one can still dream right?

I also want a front row seat for the unfolding events of the 21st century, and play my humble part in it. I want to be one of the crazies developing websites in the '90s.

What projects I've built

Since August 2024 I've been an intern at Nethermind, where I:

• conducted security audits for major companies and started finding issues in the code since my second week at the company.
• I'm now working with real-time smart contract verification, specifically Forta bots.

In April 2024 I quit my job with Jacobs to fully focus on blockchain and software engineering. This thread tells my story, transitioning into the web3 sector as a self-taught software engineer, with plenty of links and details of the projects I developed.

At Jacobs my most notable projects were:

• a mentor matching tool, which made its way into the company's global HR platform (60k employees),
• a pricing tool for client communication that was also used by colleagues worldwide,
• a programming course that was attended by 200+ people over 16 weeks,
• business cases for cities, airports, train stations...

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