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M Y P R O F I L E Bruno Xavier

BACKGROUND

ABOUT

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Hello, I’m Bruno, was born in Andorra (no, no parlo català), but came to Portugal from a young age and lived in Braga up until now.

I’m a laid back guy, very talkative when I feel confortable, usually patient and with a natural curiosity about things. I love nature and animals, so aside from work related stuff you can find me taking a stroll in the nearest woods and trying to pet any animal that crosses my path (except spiders, their size is proportional to my running speed). I usually carry a more serious face if I’m focused, but don’t worry and feel free to approach me anytime, I’ll be smiling in no time!

Here are some curiosities about me: • Every Sunday morning I’ll walk from Maximinos to Bom Jesus and back.

• I’ll say yes to pizza anytime.

• If by any chance you give me any apple & cinnammon dessert you’ll have a very good friend!

• I enjoy cold and rainy days, and absolutely hate hot days.

• I’m a keyboard guy.

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Growing up I would spend a lot of time reading and building stuff with Legos/K’nex, so I naturally had more affinity with areas where I could let my natural curiosity go a bit check free.

I started with sciences, studying Biochemistry to be precise, taking every opportunity to frequent python workshops. Eventually I did my Master’s in Molecular Biology and had some jobs along the way, where I had my first contact with Issuu to share science articles. The itch about web development was ever-growing and Funny bungalows at Pedras Salgadas due to some unfortunate events I Natural Park. Own original Image. decided to pull the switch and that a career change was in order.

So, I stuck to it and started learning web development. After I had had my first breakthrough in the area and while looking for a job, my sister, currently in a bakery course, wanted me (the tech guy you know?...) to help her with a blog and something to share some of her fancy recipes. Issuu came to mind from the old science days, I liked the platform and the flipbook feature, and upon visiting the website I was thrilled to know there were vacancies for software engineering, so... here I am, excited to start and to give my contribution to the team!

MUSIC

I’m not bound to any specific music genre and, truth be told, I listen to almost anything. I like more energetic music genres, however when relaxing or in the need of focus, I’ll often go with more calm melodies, be it slow jazz, lofi or even just a crackling fireplace. Check out below some of my most listened genres and bands:

This can go from Pendulum, to Prodigy, Daft Punk, Infected Mushroom, Knife Party, Scandroid...

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Here I mainly go through youtube and listen to one of the main lofi channels. One that I listen to many times is the Chillhop Music channel, you can check it here: https://www. youtube.com/@ChillhopMusic

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One of my absolute favourites are Korn, but I’ll also listen to Iron Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Rammstein, Slipknot, System of a Down, Lamb of God, Avenged Sevenfold, Beast in Black, Korpiklaani...

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HOBBIES

SNOOPY

Here is my doggo, Mr. Snoopy, he is currently 16 years old! Yes, he is very old by now and extremely spoiled as such.

He is a mix of Dachshund and Terrier Cairn, hence the somewhat exotic fur.

He’s also very lazy and his favourite activities include eating (veal is his favourite treat), sleeping and requesting petting/attention until my ears bleed. All in all, he is just a cutie to look at and extremely sweet, always looking for the next hot spot (yes, even in plain summer) because he hates the cold.

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Even though I play video games, mostly indie games during Sunday afternoon, that is not my main hobby.

One of my main hobbies is exercising. I like to practice calisthenics, literally on my bedroom’s door frame and, as I said before, going for long walks (while listening to music) or jump rope.

Apart from that I read a lot, and as such I got an e-reader, since buying so many books can take a toll on your wallet. I usually like to read horror (especially those on Eldritch Horror) and sci-fi books, but can always appreciate a good thriller or adventure book.

When I feel like doing some manual stuff, I either do some pleasure cooking or start folding the closest paper into origami. I’m more of a savory cooker, I like to cook pizzas (obviously), any kind of bread or savory pastry.

However, I also do some desserts, especially If i have apples at the ready. As for the origami, it can go from a simple one made from the piece of paper of any candy to full-on marathons where I fold thousands of pieces to build any 3D animal I can think of.

Feel free to ask me anything!

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