Next Meeting

Two Talks by Bruno Souza and Luiz Real

The Reputation Formula: Turbocharge Your Developer Career (Abstract)

Get ready to level up your career in software development with the secret sauce just for developers - the "Reputation Formula" that can skyrocket your professional journey in the software world!

This presentation will break it all down for you, revealing the insider tips and tricks to shape your reputation as a software developer. This session is a tailor-made roadmap for your success in the coding career!

You'll learn about the good stuff like staying laser-focused, gaining visibility in the developer community, taking action, improving your coding skills, giving back to the open source world, showing responsibility, and being consistent. These earn you trust and respect from your fellow developers and industry leaders.

The presentation is full of real-life coding stories and will include answering your questions in a lively Q&A session. It's like a developer's masterclass on how to own your coding journey.

So, if you're a developer ready to power up your coding career, don't miss this chance to discover the Reputation Formula. It's time to level up your code game and make your mark in the software world.

Refactoring (Abstract)

Refactoring isn't just cleaning code ‐ it's preparing it for what's next. In this session, Luiz Real shows how small refactoring steps can make your Java projects easier to maintain, ready for new features, and more enjoyable to work on. Real examples, simple techniques, and insights you can apply right away.

Bruno Souza

Since 1995, helping Java developers improve their careers and work on cool projects with great people, Bruno Souza, the Brazilian JavaMan, is the creator of Code4.Life, an initiative to accelerate developer's careers. Bruno is a Java Developer and Open Source Evangelist at Summa Technologies, and a Cloud Expert at ToolsCloud.

Developer communities are a personal passion, and Bruno worked actively with Java, NetBeans, Open Solaris, and many other open source communities. As founder and coordinator of SouJava (The Java Users Society), one of the world’s largest Java User Groups, Bruno leaded the expansion of the Java movement in Brazil. Founder of the Worldwide Java User Groups Community, Bruno helped the creation and organization of hundreds of JUGs worldwide.

A Java Developer since the early days, Bruno participated in some of the largest Java projects in Brazil. Bruno is a emeritus Director of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), served as President of the innovation-focused Campus Party Institute, and coordinated Nuvem, the Cloud Computing Lab of LSI/USP.

When not in front of a computer, Bruno enjoys time with his family in a little hideout near São Paulo. An amateur in many things — photographer, puppeteer, father — he strives to be good in some of them.

Luiz Real

Luiz Real is a Software Engineer at Fundunesp with over 20 years of experience in Java. Beyond his technical work, Luiz is an active community leader at SouJava JUG and organizer of major conferences such as The Developer's Conference (TDC) and DevConverge, where he helps developers share knowledge, build meaningful relationships, and grow their careers.

Bruno Souza

Luiz Real