Manuel De Sequeira
Managing Partner at CoderDojo LX
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Top SchoolManuel De Sequeira is an experienced IT leader and educator with 14 years in professional roles spanning academic teaching, IT management, and running his own company as Managing Partner. He combines deep hands-on skills in C++, Java and AspectJ with strong system-administration and ITSM experience, having directed computing services and managed institutional IT operations. As an assistant professor and program coordinator he designed and taught core programming and algorithms courses, while also championing youth coding through CoderDojo LX. Manuel contributes to notable open-source projects, including localizing the popular Snap! visual programming language into Portuguese, reflecting his interest in making programming accessible. A gadget-loving pragmatist, he pairs rigorous research training (PhD work in image and video analysis) with practical delivery of web and devops solutions. He brings a unique blend of academic depth, classroom-to-production experience, and community-focused outreach.
14 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
Unfinished M.Sc., Political Science, Unfinished M.Sc., Political Science at Universidade Católica PortuguesaEscola Secundária Fonseca de BenevidesPhD, Image and Video Analysis and Coding, PhD, Image and Video Analysis and Coding at Instituto Superior Técnico
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (7)
localization10
ports10
javascript8
snap7
programming-language7
reflection6
ruby6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jmoenig/Snap
Mar 2013 - Aug 2020
a visual programming language inspired by Scratch
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:96 commits, 13 PRs, 2 comments in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Manuel's primary contribution to the `snap` repository involved translating the user interface strings for the Snap! visual programming language into Portuguese. The commits detail the addition and updating of the `lang-pt.js` file, which contains the Portuguese translations for various UI elements, blocks, and menu items. This work involved translating strings, correcting existing translations, and adding new translations to match updates in the German language file.
bjcvisualbyobcompilervisual-programming-language
MMSequeira/eda-2014-2015
Feb 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:149 commits, 64 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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