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I went to watch Batman vs Superman (contains a few spoilers)
No, I didn't go to watch it today! Probably it isn't even on the movies anymore. I went on March 29th, 5 days after it was released. Usually I wait a few more days to go watch a movie after its release but a couple factors forced me to rush: First of all, I was concerned about spoilers. It's nearly impossible to avoid them nowadays. And I also needed some break from work and studies, so the idea of spending some more time with my wife and relaxing my mind a little bit didn't sound so bad.
I was really excited about this movie, since the trailer was very promising and I'm a huge fan of comics. I left work one hour earlier - that's the bright side of having extra hours on the credit database - got my wife and we went to our favorite movie theater. It was a 50 minutes drive, since it's located far from the more populated area and, consequently, my house - did I mention I don't like crowded places?
When we got there I remembered I had two free tickets so it made me even happier: All the advantages I mentioned before and saving R$ 40... What a day! Of course our not so smart decision was to buy a huge size popcorn and an even bigger cup of coke, so a R$ 50 bill had to say good bye to my wallet.
The movie began with a nice rhythm but then they led it to the same boringness all the recent Superman movies get - I miss you Christopher Reeve. They added some action on the second half that made watching it worthwhile. Still, I don't know why they can't keep the same quality of Batman movies while making Superman ones.
Anyway, they told the story they wanted to tell, introduced Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and Flash - why a different actor? Just Why? - and they were able to prepare the field for Justice League's assembling. The crazy Lex was also a special thing that may represent something in the future.
They also showed that it's possible for Batman to beat Superman in some occasions, even though they could have explored with better arguments. That kind of discussion moves all of us, the fans, so why not use it?
In the end it was an OK movie. Not great but also not bad. It only left me a little bit disappointed because they can tell a better story. They invest millions to come up with a "I won't kill you because my mother is also Martha" solution? Maybe we can let it go if they write a better story for the next movie. Maybe.
Ironically, the best thing that I saw on that day was Civil War's trailer that they showed before the movie. Am I being fooled again?
14 เมษายน 2016
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Motivation factors
Today's assignment was to write to a new employee about my organization, talking about the motivation factors applied in our company.
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April 06, 2016
Dear Mr. Smith,
I am addressing you in order to tell you a little bit more about our team, since you are about to join us.
I must begin by saying that at SoftCon Inc. you will be given opportunities to develop a career. We believe is important for the employees to see how far they get. And the answer to this question is "As far as you want to".
In addiction to that, since you made into the team, we already know you are totally capable of making important decisions, and you will have the liberty to make them. After you go through the adjusting period, you will realize the work itself is not as hard as it seems.
We celebrate the goals we achieve, since we recognize the amount of effort put into it. Actually, we even have monthly reunions where the Head of IT Solutions points out the great things we accomplished.
And probably the most important thing we care about is helping you to learn things you will you use in your life. Your personal growth is as important to us as the tasks you go through on daily bases.
So, welcome to SoftCon Inc. and get ready, because your new life is about to start.
Best regards.
Plínio Almeida
Lead Software Engineer
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Encouraging new ideas
Today's activity was to write a memo to the head of the organization I work for, suggesting ways to encourage initiative among employees.
Here we go!
To: Zander Cobain, Head of IT Solutions
From: Plínio Almeida, Senior Software Engineer
Date: April 5, 2016
Subject: Encouraging new ideas
Dear Mr. Cobain,
I have been thinking about it for some time and I decided to bring this subject to you, once I realized we are losing greats opportunities to improve our methodology and our productivity.
Our team is composed by a lot of experienced professionals and our current framework is slowing us down. Through some informal conversations during our lunch breaks I noticed that everyone is disposed to help, everybody has excellent ideas and we don't have a way to discuss and implement them. In addiction to that, there's too much bureaucracy in our communication system. Because of this, even small decisions have to be made by you.
Of course our methodology allows you to have the full control of the decisions but I believe we can find a way to balance some productivity with it.
My proposal is for the company to encourage the employees to take small decisions. In that case, we could have monthly meetings to discuss them and see which mistakes were made. We should also schedule some hours a week to brainstorm about bigger decisions. In that case, the final word in the subjects that matter would still be yours but you could start from something we already have thought though. I willing to discuss this subject with you, at your convenience.
Best regards.
Plínio Almeida
Senior Software Engineer
SoftCon Inc.
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Hurry up and become a programmer
Hi. This is the first text I decided to publish. I'm practicing my writing skills and even though I know there's still a long way for me to become a decent writer, I must start somewhere, right?
So here I go:
Software development is the art of solving real life problems by writing lines of code in a computer. You can go from delivering a time sensitive program to your government to releasing that catchy game downloaded by a lot of people or even publishing that simple website to your uncle as fast as you can, in order to get rid of him.
I should confess that I really love my job. I can work for long hours in a row without feeling tired at all. It's exciting to see your thoughts gaining life as you are typing in your PC. And it's even more exciting to fix a bug after spending a hole day fighting against it. The salary is also usually good, depending of your experience.
Of course we have our cloudy days too. Sometimes no matter how hard you try to gather all the requirements from your client, in the end he will always have that little detail he thought it wasn't important to mention that will make you rewrite a great part of your code. And sometimes it's hard to explain to your boss that good software takes time to be done and adding more people to the project may not help as much as he thinks: Nine pregnant women cannot deliver one baby in one month, right?
But if you like to think and enjoy the innovation you should really consider becoming a programmer. Of course you must also love to face challenges and it's important to have good team players skills - unless you are good enough to be the hole team. Anyway, listen to me, take a look into this career and you will realize that either you are a programmer or you are extremely wrong. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating - but maybe I'm not.
Thanks for reading it.
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4 เมษายน 2016
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