Discussion on: I'm Engineering Director at a Fintech(have experience creating apps using Django/Ionic/Docker/AWS(ton of it), Ask Me Anything!

[Levi Velázquez]

what is your typical day made of ?

• A lot of meetings
• Looking for improving the current process using new technologies or services
• Due to our business, we create a lot of integrations, so even when we have some standards, every partner as different requirements, so you need to design the most secure/well-perfomance architecture to implement your solution. So, I spend a lot of time doing architecture/techninal design (end-to-end) for our products.
• I do a lot of code review (Because I like it)

I guess it's a small company and an innovative one, what do you enjoy the most regarding these two aspects ?

• The company is growing exponentially, but yes, I enjoy both, we are doing a lot of cool projects, in the financial area the existing tech is kinda old, so you have plenty of space for innovation, this is the thing I love most of this job.

regarding your experience, and if you could speak to your younger-self, what advise would you give him ?
Due to my demographic condition (I'm from Venezuela, you know there is a huge crisis), I wanted to advise to my younger-self to leave the country as soon as possible(I don't live in Venezuela anymore), I spent like 3 years in Venezuela after getting my grade. I should leave the country earlier.

Also, I should have started a tech blog earlier. The best way to learn is teaching.

[l0x0s]

thanks for the detailed answer!
I really like what your describing.

why the best way to learn is teaching ? is it because when you have to teach it, you're force to know the subject perfectly ?

[Levi Velázquez]

Yep, absolutely, when you are teaching, you try to understand everything because you need to explain it. So, it is "auto-forcing-learning" process.