About

Hi, my name is Raoul Felix.
I’m a 23 year old code junkie, and you should follow me on Twitter here.

About Me

Other than being a programmer and geek, I’m also a wannabe blogger, (was) a kung fu instructor, a krav maga student, and a software engineer. I have a MSc in Computer and IT Engineering from one of the best engineering universities in Portugal and Europe: Instituto Superior Técnico.

Basically, I’m just a keyboard wizard capable of invoking methods, creating objects, raising exceptions, and telekinetically transforming ideas into programs in a number of known magics such as Java, PHP, C/C++, and others. Although, as of late, I’ve been spending a lot of my time dabbling with a magic that comes from a special gem called Ruby.

I just completed my Master’s in Computer and IT Engineering (November 2010) where I was a Junior Researcher in the Distributed Systems Group and worked on my dissertation Scalable and Efficient Discovery of Resources, Applications, and Services in P2P Grids with my advisor Professor Luís Veiga.

During the first year of my MSc, I did a one year internship at NWC Network Concept where I worked as lead developer for the online registration system I @m in! and helped around in other projects.

Currently (November 2010), I’m working as a Software Engineering Consultant for BOLD International.

Take a look at my CV (Updated November 2010) or my profile on LinkedIn for a more detailed list of my accomplishments.

About My Blog

This is my attempt at a weblog and has two main purposes:

• To improve my writing
• To learn by blogging

As a young software developer, I still have a long way to go. Therefore, this blog will annotate that journey and whatever is on my mind at the present time. So think of this place as a journal of my quest to become a better programmer and everything else in between.

Contact Information

If you would like to get in touch with me send an email to: rf AT rfelix.com