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Who I am

Well, I am 31 year old, living in Jacarei, SP, Brazil and currently working for Visanet in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Visanet is a company owned by 28 banks and partner to Visa International. Visa takes care of card holders and we take care of card processing and establishments relationship, supply and maintanance. I am senior system analyst in charge of some sensitive systems developed using tools/technologies like Microsoft Visual Basic 6, SQL server 6 and 2k, Microsoft Office automation and mainframe emulation (Attachment Extra!).

I graduated in Data Processing Technology in the Methodist University of Piracicaba in 1993 and post-graduated in system analysis in Universidade Mackenzie in 1995. I have been involved in projects since I graduated in 1993 and prior working for Visanet, I worked for American Express, Jornal Folha de São Paulo, Lloyds Bank PLC, Construções e Comércio Camargo Correa e Mineiração Rio do Norte, part of Vale do Rio Doce holding. In the beginning I used to use Clipper Summer 97, but when I left Construções e Comércio Camargo Correa and went to Lloyds Bank PLC, I never dared to use it again.

Recentely, I have attended a introductory Java course, which introduced me to the OOP world. To be honest, I did know much of was taught, but an important part of OOP I did not understand was presented in the course and I manage to learn it: INTERFACES. Java is an interesting technology/language, but the learning curve is longer, so I am postponing my entrance in the Java world...

As I am a VB 6 programmer I intend to learn VB .NET and due to the Java course I attended, I also want to learn C# and J#. Hope some day I be proficient in these tools.

5 Comments

  • very cool - thanks!

  • I hear Brazil is predominantly Java country. Do you see this is well?

  • senkwe,



    Before .Net was release, I believe so (kidding). Actually, Brazil is a big country, so it is hard to have a picture at glance. To answer your question I would have to look for information on some research companies like Gartner. Speaking of the environment I work in, we have teams developing Visual Basic 6 windows applications, teams developing Visual Interdev 6 web applications and teams developing Java web applications using Oracle technology, to name, Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle AS. I do not know of any team developing .Net applications so far. For me, that is very sad, since I have been programming using Microsoft Visual Basic since 1996 (VB 3) and I would prefer programming in .Net tools than in Java ones, since I feel the learning curve for Java is longer.



    The problem is we use what the company we work for dictates and it seems my way some day might be Java.



    Well, I will try to find further information to answer your question. If I find it I send it to you.

  • Excellent BLOG...



    You really took a lot of time to set up your side menu and you have very carefully group each personality into their own category of expertise.



    Very good and my hats off to you for a detailed job well done !



    Regards,

    ~WT

  • Dear William Tay,



    Thanks for your compliments! By the way, how are things going over there in Singapore? Hope everything is going well...

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