Work Vid

Here's a video introduction to my coworkers at Ci&T Campinas. I worked with these fine folk on a Johnson & Johnson project called ELMO (yes, like the Sesame Street character) building a new J&J business-to-business web portal. These days I'm doing support for J&J and working with about half the same people. Without further ado, the ELMO team:



As you can see, the work environment is set up like a lot of other IT companies: project team members sharing the same cubicle area in order to foster collaboration. However the "vibe" at Ci&T is different than that of a American or French company -- it's even more egalitarian (as in almost no management or developer hierarchy) and more laid back. People talk to their project leader, the person who is effectively their boss, like an old friend. Language is extremely informal and nobody is above a good ribbing. It's nice.

P.S.- In the video Roander, the guy with the black curly sheep hair, is yelling about how Thiago looks like Roger Federer. And you have to admit, he kinda does: