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Legacy: A Little Bit about Me

My name is Pablo de Souza, I’m 37 years old and I consider myself very lucky. I was born to a middle-class family in Brazil with enough health, resources and education to live a comfortable life. Even though I lived life on my terms, having a lot of fun and never having any major problems, I feel like at this point there’s something missing. I could write many paragraphs of self-psychoanalysis to try and find the reasons for my current restlessness, but I just feel I have the capacity to tailor the rest of my existence on earth in a better way than I’ve done so far.

Why The Hell Am I Creating a Blog Again?

Because I love writing! It’s just what the world bloody needs, right? 😒Another wanky blog. I’ve had a few blogs before, mostly dedicated to football (aka soccer). The latest one documented my attempt to become a software developer. I loved that blog. I’ll try to bring some of those old posts back to life. But what matters is that I’m back to it. I miss it so much!

How Can I Possibly do All of These Things?

This Monday I’m adding extra weight to my already heavy schedule by starting my second semester at university. If I tell you I have started a blog, an Instagram and a Threads account you’ll have a solid case for taking me to a sanatorium. Besides having a demanding full-time software developer job, these are some of my other current activities: Gym almost every day, sometimes twice; running The C# Academy; creating content for my paid courses; teaching dance once a week; studying at least 1h a day, currently focusing on Git and IOT. Oh and trying to learn several languages at the same time (what a fool 😆). And that’s just the tip of my iceberg to-do list. All of that while, of course, spending time with my beautiful wife so she doesn’t divorce me.

The Best Book About Self-Discipline I’ve Ever Read

Last week a friend recommended a fantastic book: 365 Days With Self-Discipline: 365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success. I find self-control a fascinating topic and I had a spare Audible credit so after finishing my previous book I quickly grabbed it. I’m absolutely hooked. To the point of considering it my new bible.

Three Years as a Software Engineer (Part 1)

The 6th of July was the third anniversary of my professional career as a software developer. This is the first of a series of posts with reflections on these three years. In this initial post I’ll talk about some of the circumstances that allowed me to get into the industry in the first place.