General
- What's your name? How do your friends call you?
- My name is Rafael but everyone calls me Rafa (except for my mother when she's angry, she calls me Rafael then)
- When were you born?
- 1976
- Where are you from? Where have you lived?
- I'm from Madrid. I've also lived in Toulouse, Newbury (UK) and Dublin
- What languages (natural and programming ones) do you know?
- Spanish is my mother tongue. I'm fluent in English and I used to be it to in french.
- I write decent code in Perl and Ruby and I'm getting better in Python and Go.
- Would like to share your Twitter, Instagram or Medium or any other social media account?
- My twitter handle is @walter_burns
Work
- What are you going to be doing at source{d}?
- Infrastructure
- Why did you join source{d}?
- I wanted to build things from scratch, work with kubernetes, work with @mcuadros
- Where will you work from?
- Madrid
- If you could only save one programming language, which one would it be?
- I still love Perl.
- If you wanted to do an investment, what company would you choose?
- I'm not very much into investment, honestly.
Other
- What are your hobbies and what do you like about them?
- I play bass and double bass and sing in choirs. I love being part of a musical ensemble, it is one of the most powerful experiences I can imagine.
- Apart from that I love drinking craft beer, hiking, organizing parties...
- What was the last lie you told?
- That I don't remember any :-P
- What was your first thought when you woke up this morning?
- I'm hungry!
- What question do you hate to answer?
- I would love to explain my job to people, but finally I hate it as it is quite impossible and people get easily discouraged.
- What’s your favorite knock-knock joke?
- I can't translate them to english :-D
- If you could have a coffee with any person in the world, who would it be?
- I'm getting old to be a fanboy anymore... I had the pleasure to meet Javier Sampedro and Antonio Orejudo not long ago, and I had a blast. They are two of my late adolescence heroes so I think I'm fine for now.
- Would you like to share with us a story about yourself?
- Best stories are told in bars with a beer. Happy to share then
- What food do you like and dislike?
- My favourite food changes a lot. I'm lately crazy about Rabo de Toro.
- What is your favorite quote?
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions