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	<h2 class="pageTitle">About me</h2>
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	<p class="intro">Software Engineer. Lisbon.</p>

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		<li>Pedro Rijo, MSc in Computer Science from <a href="http://tecnico.ulisboa.pt/">Instituto Superior Técnico</a>, Lisbon.</li>
		<li>Functional Programming and Scala. Eager to learn new cool stuff!</li>
		<li>Currently working at <a href="https://www.hofy.com/">Hofy</a>, empowering businesses to hire anywhere in the world.</li>
		<li>Former backend developer at <a href="https://www.onfido.com">Onfido</a>, improving fraudulent id document detection.</li>
		<li>Former fullstack developer at <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com">TripAdvisor</a>, helping travelers all around the world.</li>
		<li>Also worked as a product engineer at <a href="https://feedzai.com/">Feedzai</a>, junior software developer at <a href="https://www.codacy.com">Codacy</a>, and <a href="http://fenixedu.org/">FenixEdu</a>.</li>
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	<p>Also, a morning person. :swimmer: :swimmer: :swimmer:</p>

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			<img src='/assets/img/sleepovers.jpg' alt='Office dresscode' title='Office dresscode' width='400px' style="display:block;margin:auto"/>
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				What did the detective duck say to his partner?<br>
				I hope we Quack this case. :hatching_chick::hatched_chick::baby_chick:
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	<i class="fa fa-quote-left fa-3x pull-left fa-border"></i> If the computer doesn't run it, it's broken. If people can't read it, it will be broken. Soon.</br>
	<cite><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/a/522831">Charlie Martin</a></cite>

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