Back in the USA but finally not in San Francisco

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It’s now been a year and a half since I started working remotely for Schneider Electric in Alameda. The plan was to return to San Francisco after my studies to rejoin my colleagues, but things have changed. I will be following my manager, who has moved to Boston, to take on a new opportunity at Schneider Electric in North Andover.

The mobile application I’ve been working on is becoming increasingly important, and I’ve had the opportunity to grow from a Junior Developer role with two and a half years of experience to a Team Lead. A recent graduate and an intern will be working with me, along with an experienced designer and a business analyst.

Our JavaScript cross platform and responsive application compatible with Android and iOS will serve as the mobile component of a larger web platform built with Silverlight and .NET, involving around twenty people (developers, architects, integrators, project managers, and more.)

I’m really excited about this opportunity, and it will also give me the chance to discover the East Coast. The Boston ecosystem is incredibly dynamic, with top universities, hackathons almost every weekend, and meetups happening nearly every day… it’s a dream.

As I write this, I’m actually at Microsoft, attending a very interesting talk on Node.js.


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It’s crazy how there’s always free food at meetups and hackathons.

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And just like in San Francisco, it’s an explosion of new discoveries of all kinds. For example, here’s a hot pot dinner with friends. It really opens your mind.

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