O mundo pessoal de Gustavo Pinto

Hi. My name is Gustavo Pinto, a software engineer passionate from Brazil, who is trying to understand how software can improve people’s lives.

It is difficult to make a self-description, but I consider myself a simple and open-minded guy that loves his family, his friends, his country and also technology, rock n' roll, and travel so much. Like any good Brazilian guy, I love football, and others adventure sports like drink an ice beer on a hot summer day.

I’m also Master in Computer Science [Software Engineering] by Federal University of Parana [UFPR], at GrES Group and currently a PhD candidate by Federal University of Pernambuco [UFPE], at SPG Group during the next four years or less. I am particularly interested in the construction and evaluation of automated techniques and tools to software engineering process.

Here I put my thoughts, and you can found general stuffs like photos, talks, sports, code, and so on. So, if you want, feel free to drop me a line. I've also a twitter account, and you can follow me at @gustavopinto. In there, primarily, I write in portuguese.

Algorithms, programming languages and software engineering. They are my main interest. Learning new languages is my eternal challenge. I’m Java and Python expert, but I also have knowledge in other procedural, object oriented, and functional languages. Tip: If you wanna improve your programming skills, a good background in algorithms is mandatory. Introduction to Algorithms is the true nerd's book, you must read it if you want to understand and create complex algorithms or data structure.

In general I like so much the 70's, 80’s songs, rock, blues, but also bossa nova and old samba. A list of bands that you should listen a lot before you die are: Bealtes, Ramones, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Bob Dylan, (and for whom knows Portuguese) Rita Lee, Novos Baianos, Gabriel o Pensador, Gilberto Gil. Raul Seixas is the best singer and songwriter ever for me.

Asimov and Stephen Hawing are crazy and unique minds, and I have the pleasure to read they books, but not all of them (I’ll fix this :) ). There a list of books I’ve read, although I have not documented all of them. For movies and books, I prefer fiction or comedy storylines.

Some places there I have been. Travel is the best way to spend money when there is enough time. If you have a crazy travel in mind, please let me know :)

• One step forward and you are not in the same place (Chico Science)
• Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it (Swedish Proverb)
• Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand (Homer Simpson)