It’s been a while since I posted anything.

This month was full of life changing events; I resigned from my old job to try out new opportunities / new challenges.

My teaching skills are improving day by day and I sometimes actually love it!

I’m the Campus Lab manager for the .net lab which makes things more interesting in a whole new level.

Like I’ve said before this year is going to be a hell of a ride!

Now that the Christmas vacations are close, unfortunately this year I won’t be able to spend it with family and friends from back home; (kind of disappointed!).

But its ok I already planned a charged vacation with new goals; whether they are on a professional or personal level! I’m actually looking forward to start them.

I might even change the look and feel or the whole concept of my blog. (we'll see!)

This year announces itself as a really interesting year full of challenges.

Like some have heard or already been taught by me! I’ve taken the responsibility of teaching .net classes in my university.

It’s been going really well, I already learned a ton of new things whereas it’s from a managerial experience, technical or just teacher-student relationship.

I still didn’t teach my own promotion, I guess it’s going to be the biggest challenge since they are not only just colleagues but also friends.

On top of that I’m launching my campaign to be the Campus Manager of the Lab which will bring another ton of new things to learn and experience.

At the same time by doing that I hope to improve the .net community in university by making it a lot more active; a lot of good ideas are coming through.

I’m writing this post while taking a break from work, at this point of my life I wish I could actually “buy time”. Of course feels like I’m over working myself between work + teaching + actually being a student but I know it’s worth it and going to be one hell of a ride this year!

I never did an article about my school so going to dedicate some time and write about the university that’s helping build my career.

My school is often criticized by its marketing and teaching methods. It’s probably the first school in France to ever distinguish what’s computer science related and what’s not. ( In most universities you’d be hammered with none CS related courses the first 2 years and a little of ACTUAL related courses).

Being in a competitive world, SUPINFO certainly marked its territory all over France and internationally (China, UK , USA , Canada etc..).

A lot of people (specially teachers or students outside of the school) talk about SUPINFO like it’s an money pumping enterprise because of all the partnerships it has with other companies like Microsoft , Oracle, Cisco and much more. The fact is companies do decide the trends, and if your university doesn’t follow that – you will be left behind!

A lot of talented students have graduated from SUPINFO, and still a lot to come; Imagine Cup (Worldwide tournament organized by Microsoft) is one of the best examples of innovating students showing their talents;and somehow every year SUPINFO proves it self as a competitive leader.

Like every university, there are ups and downs;

It’s every SUPINFO students job to actually make these ups count more, make it work for the best and build up his own path of opportunity and not actually wait for it to happen.

Speaking of which, I’m going to stop bragging about my university and go back to work (yes I make my career happen) hoping the retweets on SUPINFO will calm down!

Naturally people are afraid of change, afraid of moving forward; knowing it’s hard to predict what’s going to happen next.

Wether it’s on a business or personal level, one intend to hang on to a past, a routine of doing things which can blind from future opportunities; Dipping your toes into undiscovered grounds is often a challenge, obstacles from the past might appear, doubts about how things might of turned out if you hadn’t taken your shot.  

So you ask yourself is it all worth it ?

Embrace change!

After a while of hard work into proving yourself, always learning to stay on top of things, you find yourself in a comfort zone; where day to day issues once considered as challenges become uninteresting minor obstacles.

When realizing you are in a comfort zone, you wonder: should I stay in that comfort zone?  Is it worth slowing my climb?

Naaaa still early, think I’ll take on a few new challenges; might make things worthwhile.

Like countless and millions of people, you often find yourself telling yourself: “Argh, I’ll just do it another time.”

If you’re lucky you’d have people to push you and tell you: “Just do it now”.

In return you’d do the same thing towards them when their lazy side kicks in.

We all know that a series of: “Argh , I’ll just do it another time.” Can lead to: “Damn, I messed up, I should of done it when I had the chance to”.

This is a reminder of what I have to do this summer in order not to finish up saying: “Damn I missed up.”

So for now I’m pushing everyone I know to do what they have planned to do this summer and not procrastinate; push me so I can push you!

Want to be my motivation HOMMIE?

I’m sure everyone has come across these questions at least one time :

Do I do what’s best for me ?

Do I do what I’m best at ?

Do I do what I like ?

If you’re a lucky person, you’d have the same answer to these 3 questions. If not then what do you actually do?

I’ve seen people I met or know from school already have their future written like if it was a detailed step by step guide of “how to choose an easy/simple future”, most of the time they didn’t even chose their path but they’ve been told that’s what they are supposed to do.

Whereas others look for what they truly like and go for it even when everyone would be reminding it’s not the best thing to do.

And yet, how many of us have the dream job we had in mind? How many of us have the same answer to these 3 questions?

Can it be possible to just have the answer for the 3rd question and make it work with time and effort on the first two?

Yes it is possible.

• Are you the kind of employee that’s in it for the the money and comfortable office?
  You’ll be at work 9:00 AM, start on the coffee machine for a couple of minutes and won’t be operational before 9:30 AM ? And one of the firsts out as soon as it’s time to go home?
• Are you the kind that knows no time boundaries, day can be night, you’ll work as long as the problem/ challenge you’re facing isn’t solved?  

A lot of people say :

• Usually when a coder stops coding for 6 months, it’s hard / impossible for him to come back.
• Some people that were under pressure for 20-30 years have a nervous breakdown(only towards computers) and ultimately reject coding afterwards.

Check out what Google CEO Eric Schmidt has to say :

http://www.pcauthority.com.au
/News/145402,get-a-life-turn-off-the-computer-and-become-human-again-says-google-ceo.aspx

I don’t really have a strong opinion on that subject, I am sure a lot of people didn’t have breakdowns, I’m sure a lot of people came back to coding after 6 months without finding it hard and finally I’m sure you can both have a life and be the best in development !