About
By Saulo, 2 years ago in . No Comments
My name is Saulo Silva. I was born and raised in Brazil, but I’ve been living in Montreal, Canada since 1996. I’m 28 years old and married.
My interests include:
- computers—software engineering and technology in general.
- books—I’m always reading one; I’m a slow reader though.
- gastronomy—Brazilian, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, Thai are my favourite cuisines.
- guitars—I’ve had a classical guitar for a while but I’m still learning. For some reason I’m only able to play Bossa Nova. I think it’s because I see music as one of the ways of keeping my Brazilian roots.
- languages—I speak Portuguese (my mother tongue), English and French. I can understand Spanish to a certain extent. I like to compare languages and to learn about their origins.
I can enjoy pretty much every music genre, but at the moment I listen mostly to Bossa Nova (yes, that’s elevator music).
Some of my favourite books:
- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
- Paulo e Estevão
- The Spirits’ Book
Some of my favourite movies:
- The Lord of the Rings triology
- The Shawshank Redemption
- History of the World Part I
- Ben Hur
- The Name of the Rose
Career
From 2000 to 2003, I worked as a webmaster/web developer for a small marketing company.
Starting in 2005, for three consecutive summers, I had an internship as a Sarbanes-Oxley IT auditor at Rio Tinto Alcan.
In 2008 I helped design and implement an enterprise web application for a water treatment company.
In April 2009 I graduated with a BEng in Software Engineering from Concordia University. I’m currently working as a Software Engineer for Nuance Communications.
Contact
Contact me at pensador1982 at yahoo dot ca. On the web, I use the nicknames Pensador and Silvast.
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Last updated on the 23rd of April, 2010.