Soft Eng Professor and Researcher
In the last few years, I’ve watched students use LLMs for nearly everything: brainstorming research questions, writing code, searching the literature, summarizing what they were supposed to read, and, obviously, drafting papers. Although some of these students are indeed getting better, others are just getting better at looking like they are doing research.
In 2021, I joined Zup Innovation and became a part-time professor. Before Zup, my last full-time industry experience was right before I started my PhD, when I worked with a few Brazilian companies doing consulting work, mostly around Java-based technologies.
A few days ago, I tied a new belt around my waist — a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
February 24th marked the 10th anniversary of my PhD defense. YAY! 🥳
In the past, I wrote a blog post summarizing the first year of my transition to the software development industry. This October marks my second year working full-time in the industry, and it’s time to reflect a bit.
After a bit more than one year working full time in the industry, I have come to realize the immense value of a particular skill that we, as academics, may unconsciously develop in our research programs.
During research studies, a vital part of the work is to think about the methodologies of the study. Although the method is perhaps an essential part of one research, the research question is an indispensable item for the method.
Today marks my first year working as a Researcher for Zup Innovation, a Brazilian tech company. When I joined Zup, I often told people that the last time I had a contract with a company was like ten years ago. But, of course, 10 years in the tech industry is much more than a decade. Although my job is not in engineering per se, this year told me that even outdated programmers like me can be back…
This post was written in Portuguese because it was aimed to Brazilian scholars.
The proverb “If You Want to Go Fast, Go Alone. If You Want to Go Far, Go Together” is also true for academic settings. No matter how good work you could do alone, chances are that you could achieve more if you find good colleagues to collaborate with.