• Settling expectations of what it is to be an “engineering manager” based on what’s really needed by my current context (i.e. more of a “manager of engineers” rather than an “engineer who manages”)
• Gearing up for the turmoil that is the “holiday season”, where routines and balance then to go out the window
• Exploring Obsidian Web Clipper as a way to revive the Clippings section
• Currently reading: nothing (using my “walk the dog” time for letting thoughts run free rather than concentrating in any audiobook)

(profile in The /now page movement | Derek Sivers)

Over the years I’ve worked with many different technologies, languages, and tools, in several different companies…

A quick infographic is worth a thousand words 😉

In short, I’m a…

• Pragmatic software engineer
• Relaxed perfectionist
• Treble dad, with twins in the mix
• Recovering tv addict

Unfortunately, hobbies tend to not survive a house full of kids 🙂

• Amateur guitar player
• Ludic water polo player
• Occasional snowboarder

For the traditional more formal bio written in the 3^rd person…

Hugo Ferreira is a software engineer with over 20 years of Information Technology practice and wide international experience in the European market, currently working at Equal Experts in product development, jumping back and forth between Scala and Kubernetes.

A generalist at heart, has worked in the past in several roles ranging from technical architect to senior developer and startup founder, on a multitude of development projects with responsibilities going from those more business oriented (e.g. pre-sales, project management, team lead, requirements analysis, documentation) to more technical ones (e.g. R&D, prototyping, development).