X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=CurrentOccupation;h=f80259cb6176db48a05dd40e658062fe1f0d44b9;hb=e7f119729ee21b9ca6cbc4d00fd43cf142d0d63f;hp=844e7205efba337c6e8d9b1bda9e5a3dcf0e3edf;hpb=a306a4fef58d20217c2838ccc7572f16b3c3a438;p=wiki.git diff --git a/CurrentOccupation b/CurrentOccupation index 844e720..f80259c 100644 --- a/CurrentOccupation +++ b/CurrentOccupation @@ -1,27 +1,25 @@ -=== Quit === +**NOTE**: This content is outdated. Please check my [[AbridgedResume|resume]] and my [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/codewiz|LinkedIn profile]]. -Since early 2006, I've been actively looking into retiring from -ExecutiveRole in DevelerCompany and finding replacements for my -duties. +=== Current Occupation === -Through May 2007, I kept working to close a bunch of pending projects -in SoftwareDeveloperRole and EmbeddedDeveloperRole. I also seeded an -internal IT department to split the burden of SystemAdministratorRole -among several members of the staff. +I'm a Software Engineer at [[http://google.com|Google]]. I mainly work on a +high-performance, highly-reliability component of Google's search infrastructure. -By April 2007, I sold most of my shares to a senior manager, who is -now in charge along with my former partner. As of today, I provide -some free technical consulting and use the company IT infrastructure -for my Internet presence. To my knowledge, the company is healty -and still growing fast. +I'm also co-founder of [[http://sugarlabs.org/ | Sugar Labs]], a non-profit +developing a constructionist learning engine targeted at low-age children. +I served on the [[http://sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board | Oversight Board]] for the past 3 years +and I'm currently coordinator of the [[http://sugarlabs.org/go/InfrastructureTeam | Infrastructure Team]]. +=== Previous occupations === -=== Sabbatical === +From 2010 to 2011, I've been Senior Systems Administrator at the [[http://www.fsf.org/|Free Software Foundation]], +where I developed and maintained a hosting infrastructure comprising about 100 virtual machines FSF, the GNU project, +Savannah, Trisquel, Gnewsesne, and dozens of other projects. -Since April 2007, I'm currently taking a break from regular work -for travel and study. As of this writing, I'm currently visiting -the UnitedStates. +Before that, I've been a consultant for several [[OneLaptopPerChild|One Laptop Per Child]] deployments: [[http://olenepal.org | OLE Nepal]], [[http://paraguayeduca.org | Paraguay Educa]], +[[http://www.latu.org.uy/en/|LATU]] (Technology Laboratory of Uruguay) and Mozambique (for [[http://www.laptop.org/|OLPC Association]]). +While on site, I worked on system software, networking infrastructure, security systems, training of local engineers and communication +with upstream developers. -With enough time on my hands, I'm looking into getting back -FreeSoftware development community and actively contributing to -technically challenging projects. +In 2007, after selling my business in Italy, I did a "sabbatical" year in the Boston Greater Area, where I worked pro-bono +as a developer for [[OneLaptopPerChild]].