Linked by Andy Tars on Fri 25th Apr 2003 17:06 UTC
João Paredes is an almost-21-year-old student of Electrotecnical and Computers Engeneering at Oporto's State University for Engeneering (Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto), in Portugal. He is well known and respected in his community, known to be a visonary and a good leader. Also known to be an excelent programmer, as he's been programming computers for 16 years now (yes, since he was 5).
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Well, I see this became a matter of national pride
A few days ago I was talking to a friend about our (portugese) tendency to underestimate ourselves... It's almost genetic. When we see something that makes us proud, we tend to grab on... That's why so many people got so excited about the interview and felt personally offended by negative remarks on it.
João Parede (who I don't know personaly) is not the representative of the portuguese programmers... He seems to know a lot of things, it is also impressive that he codes since 5 years old, but he is certainly not the only person (or even young person) to achieve something in CS in Portugal...