The day when I can breathe has come

After so much searching, after so much suffering and after so much patience, the day has come.

The day when I can say that I finished my studies, when I can say that I have something more than the high school studies, the day when I can say also that I am starting working, working in the field of my studies and in the field I feel so motivated.

After spending in Poland 2 weeks and a half (From February 17 until March 5) sitting 3 job interviews (Feb 17-Mobica.pl in Warsaw, Feb 19-Motorola technical panel in Krakow, March 2- Motorola HR Krakow) and to attend a day with Nokia Siemens Networks in Wroclaw (On Feb 25), on Monday the 8th I received a call from Motorola Krakow, telling me that they want me to work for them and to start working on March 16. I was quite excited, since looking for a job was starting to be quite stressful and everything but easy.

After the conversation I realized that I would not be easy to start on that day since I had to defend my thesis in Spain and the procedure was not one day long.
So the next date that the girl told me was 7th of April. A perfect date to have time for defending the thesis, to see some friends, to see and tell the family and to spend some time with my lovely family.

Detail: corporate building of Motorola in Krakow

So that was it, I arranged the defense for Thursday 18 March, 2010, having it at 9:00am.
One of the members of the jury was late and it was carried out with only two of them.
Anyway, and after not so much preparation I did not exceed the time (around 20 mins) and they gave me a higher mark than expected (9 out of 10), so I was more than happy after that, feeling that I was done with studies, that I achieved something big that day and all the previous work done was really really worth it.
Here you can have a look to a picture taken after the defense with the great groups of friends who came to see me at 9:00am defending my thesis:

Detail: From left to right: Lucía, Carmen, me, Alberto, David and Ángela.

I really thank them to come, you were so brave guys!! :)

About the job offer, my father was, actually, astonished and very happy for the first step I am taking in my professional career. He was so afraid of me taking a job with not good conditions and not appropriate for me. Now, he really breathes and feels the relief.
On the other hand, my mother always feels that her son is leaving home, now for good, and she was wishing to have me living at home until I don't know when...
Don't worry mom! I'll be always available when needed! ;)

My little 10 years old sister is in a similar situation, she wishes me luck with my new stage and hopes to see me soon in Krakow! (She starts very soon thinking of traveling :) )

True, I have to say goodbye to family and friends again. But a new exciting stage in life has come, a new door has been opened and I cannot miss this train, because it is sure that it comes only once...

For everyone that is reading me, please keep in mind that I am living in Krakow from April the 7th on, so if you need something or you are thinking of passing by, please let me know. You know where to find me!

A big hug for everyone and thanks for reading.

Fernando

Ever closer!

Yes, it is true.
The first completed and edited release of my thesis is done. It is a reality.
After several months of learning, testing, hitting my head against the walls and many other fruitful experiences, it is done.

I have just sent it to my teacher in Poland, who has to correct it and give me the mark. I guess I'll have to smooth some things, but I feel like some weight is already off from me.

Tomorrow I'll sleep due to the lack of hours of sleep that I have right now.
Regarding that it is 4am, I guess I'll be sleeping until the morning dies...
When does the morning die? It depends on the perception of each of us. For me tomorrow I guess it'll die at 12 or 1pm :)

Good night!

Lots of news!

Let's say that today is a good mood day, as well as a fully loaded one!

First of all, I have been interviewed by Motorola Krakow for the test engineer position that they are offering.
It was just a first-step for checking my technical knowledge in communications, protocols and some other fields related with the job that they are carrying out there.

The writing of my thesis is finished in its beta version. Only the approval of my tutor in Krakow is needed for the next step, the defense.

Yesterday I've been with the group of software development for the Nokia S60 touchscreen devices and we are pretty excited and motivated about it, with new ideas, proposals and work to perform! (Thanks to the WRT offered by Nokia team)

The next weekend my ex-flatmate in Krakow and his girlfriend will visit me in Asturias, so I am also thinking on what we will do, where we will go and how I can satisfy their expectations in the best way ever!

And after the reading of "Revolución Linkedin" by Juanma Roca, I am inside that world 100%, getting more and more excited, increasing the number of contacts and growing as a (I hope soon) professional. (If you want me as a contact, you have a badget on the right of this post! ;))

So life really goes on, it does not stops, why should we stop then? ;)

Take care guys!

Catching up with Maemo and Android

The weekend that just passed by right now was starred by Android, Maemo and Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2.

I've been reading about how to implement applications in Android, the schema that they follow and I set up the Eclipse J2EE and the Android SDK and plugins for Eclipse.
Developer day will come to Madrid on February 13. I've applied but no answer was given still...
Hope they let me go and learn from them!

Yesterday night, a GORGEOUS 47-inches HDMI PS3 experience with COD MW2 occupied my night from 23:00 till approximately 3:30. A friend and me were completely absorted by this game, which, as it is nothing that we do in our common daily life, astonished us...

And today Maemo SDK was installed again in my Macbook, of course under VM. Since I had to install the OS again I did not install the SDK again...

On February 2 I'll attend a meeting in Madrid organised by Forum Nokia, and I'll try to force myself to arrive there with more doubts and thinkings about the Qt development...

Sincerely, I am focused on finishing my thesis, hoping to have it written next week and with a good rythm of work, but I should not skip and forget these probably sources of job in the future. I like doing it, so let's give it more than a chance!

Cheers and take the Monday easy!

Fer

Trying MaStory

Here I'm trying MaStory for N900.
Great application developed by Daniel Martin Yerga.
Here you can see him and his app:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgxT-vMcDag

Congrats Daniel!

Asturias, España y el futuro de los jóvenes...

Como muchos de vosotros sabéis, España no está pasando por el mejor momento de su historia. Ello implica que nosotros, los jóvenes que estamos intentando buscar nuestro sitio en el mundo laboral y forjar los pilares de nuestras nuevas vidas, nos veamos entre la espada y la pared.

No hay muchas oportunidades y nos vemos obligados a emigrar.

Sí, a emigrar, como en tiempos de guerra, como en tiempos de hambre, como en tiempos de epidemias, pero al contrario:

No hay guerra, ni hambre, ni epidemias. Pero, lo que es peor, es que no hay muchos apoyos, ni iniciativas, ni se apuesta por nosotros.

¿Por qué tenemos que resignarnos a trabajar en algo que no es lo nuestro cuando hay tannnnto trabajo que hacer?

¿Por qué no se mira para esta juventud con talento que tenemos en Asturias?

(La Universidad parece envidiable... Campus de excelencia para la Universidad de Oviedo)

¿Por qué en otros países se valora lo que hacemos y en nuestra propia casa no?

¿Por qué siendo asturiano tengo dificultades para volver a mi propia casa, teniendo que gastar bastantes horas en buscar un vuelo que me convenga? (Si es que existen.)

Apóya la iniciativa:

Ryanair en Asturias en facebook,

Vuelos Lowcost en Asturias blog.

¿Por qué tenemos que resignarnos a trabajar para otros países mientras vemos que el nuestro se hunde...?

Estoy algo cansado de leer, escuchar noticias que obvian que mi futuro próximo está lejos de mi tierra.

No se invierte en I+D+I (España es el 1% de la inversióna nivel europeo), no se invierte en el futuro de los jóvenes y todo el mundo mira para si mismo (Las empresas no mirar para el futuro de nadie, pero sí por el futuro de sus arcas).

Incluso la UE empieza a qujarse de nuestras habilidades administrativas, diciendo que somos lastres dentro de la UE...

España el nuevo enfermo de Europa en elmundo.es

Spain: the new sick man of Europe by economist.com

No me extraña, la verdad...

No me gusta hablar de cosas pasadas y me gusta siempre mirar para adelante. Pero quiero mencionar la catástrofe que el "ladrillo" creó en España.

¿No hemos aprendido que debemos invertir a largo plazo? ¿No vemos que estamos jugando con el futuro de un país y de sus ciudadanos? ¿Por qué no se hace el esfuerzo de invertir en futuro a largo plazo y solo miramos para el futuro más próximo? ¿Qué nos pasa a los Españoles? ¿Es el estar aislados con respecto a otros países lo que no nos permite avanzar?

Espero que esta reflexión de pie a pensar a muchos otros jóvenes en mi situación, a "decision-makers" influyentes en la situación, a padres, a profesores, a toda la sociedad asturiana y española, para que se den cuenta de que los jóvenes somos el futuro del país, que sin jóvenes no hay futuro, y que a este paso vamos a ser gobernados por terceros que harán con nosotros lo que les parezca conveniente...

Se debe actuar cuanto antes...

Por la presente también me gustaría dar las gracias a la juventud activa en Asturias, los cuales creen en que un día Asturias dará las oportunidades a los talentos que tenemos y podremos decir más que nunca lo orgullosos que estamos de ser asturianos.

Por mencionar algunos ejemplos:

www.aegeeoviedo.org

www.youropia.jimdo.com

Los cuales han sido muy influyentes en mi actual manera de pensar y de actuar.

Quiero aclarar, que este post no es una crítica política ni mucho menos, gobernar no es cosa fácil ni para unos ni para otros. Este es un post para concienciar a la población, para hacer saber de que el camino en el que estamos nos va a marginar aún más y nos va a causar más problemas.

Por lo menos, párense 5 minutos y piensen en ello, serán solo 5 minutos menos pensando en como engordar los bolsillos o en donde comer tapas mientras se ve el Barça-Madrid.

Saludos a todos mis lectores, allá donde estéis.

¡Puxa Asturies!

P.S. Enhorabuena al gran trabajo del Sporting. Os merecéis el puesto en el que estáis.

¡Seguid así!

CV online

I found a webpage to create a resumé online...

It is called emurse.com

I liked it and I created my personal one...

Here you are:

Fernando Martín's curriculum vitae

Go ahead and create yours!!

:)