Miguel T
Personal Profile
A competent and reliable person with good computer skills. Able to use programming. Can with people in a team and also alone. Capable of learning things quickly. Good at following instructions. Ready to learn new skills to get the job done. Currently seeking a role where I can add value and be of service. I can't help it but, for the sake of the argument, this way of building my Portfolio with words that almost sound to humble to be too true but they are in did true and they provoke this conflict who made me think about what I write wich is always stimulating anyway. Thank You ...
Key Skills
Can follow instructions
Practical skills
Able to work with people from different backgrounds and cultures
Polite and friendly
Experience
Computer Repairs at Home (2010 – 2018)
PC's, Laptops & Android phones repairs. Learning how to code, HTML, CSS (SASS), JScript, JQuery, Bootstrap, Node.Js, Markdown syntax, Jekill, GitHub & Git, etc, I can create websites from scratch or do blogs that my friends & neighbors can easily maintain without any knowledge of C.M.S., Databases, coding or even know how to host their own website & free of Ads. I also repair all Windows or Linux systems, Desktops, Laptops & Android systems (also based on Linux) to all my neighbors & friends. I never had a complaint till today. I work w/ PhotoShop CS6,VirtualBox, Darktable, UFRaw, Gimp, Libre Office, Office 365, Atom Editor for coding with Ubuntu Studio 20.04.2 LTS.
Light Technician
(1989 – 1994 then 1997 to 1998)
Dance Company of Lisbon
(Costa do Castelo, Lisbon, Portugal)
Install all the lights, projectors, follow-spots when touring with the Company around Portugal & other countries, when in Lisbon at the C.D.L. headquarters assist choreographers when in workshops with ideas and other details, repair all our material & create Props to use on stage, from all the jobs I did this this was the one I love the most. From 1997 to 1998 got back to the Dance Company, I work almost for free because it was in serious trouble, no money, I went to live there (an old palace that over the years I help to restore with the aid of Lisbon Council & the friends of C.D.L.).
Car Mechanic Apprenticeship
(1979 – 1981)
Ford (Lisbon)
Mechanic’s Mate with further progress to become a full qualified Car Mechanic which they cancelled in 1981 to all of us with the Apprenticeship program.
Skills
I repair PC, Laptop computers & Android Phones. Good with Windows & Linux systems, hardware or software with very good knowledge of using the Linux Terminal (Windows command line). I do small repairs on Android phones (updates, install or broken screens). I repair computers free of charge to all my neighbors too.
Basic Knowledge of HTML,CSS & JavaScript. I know how to design & maintain basic websites from scratch (static & dynamic pages) on web hosting or GitHub pages (some skills with Git). I also use Bootstrap, Atom text editor, JQuery (beginner). I’m doing a free code course online at FreeCodeCamp. Good skills with Photoshop, Darktable ,Gimp, Virtualbox, etc. Hardware & Software installation, troubleshooting, updates, malware, virus, etc.
I also repair & retouch very old photos, slides, film, etc, always trying to keep the poetic atmosphere when the shot was taken untouch ...
Education
Basic Schooling in Literature
Escola Secundária Ferreira Dias - Sintra (79-81), Schooll ? Since baby, i was illegally admited on baby dormitorium since 1966 and keep up till I drop scholl in May 1981.
Activities and societies
Play Guitar, coding, website design, Photoshop, all kinds of repairs, play more guitar, Chess, reading, play Guitar again, Nanny, looking at clouds, smell lavender (and my guitar) after raining and poetry …
Thanks for (hopefully not) wasting your time reading this page, any suggestions just make a pull request on my GitHub Acc or to Miguel email.
Luís Miguel T.