Oct 2023 - Oct 2025: UNESPAR

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Me, teaching a development training
Me, teaching a development training

Part 1. Tech support

I started as a support intern. I liked the university environment as much as I liked helping people. There were days I’d show up right when the gates opened, and between tickets and academic events, I’d only leave when the university closed.

Board with a drawing from the math and biological sciences classes, spotted during a service call
Board with a drawing from the math and biological sciences classes, spotted during a service call

During this period, I learned to work with more autonomy, got familiar with the infrastructure, rolled out new administrative tools, and fell in love with serving the academic community.

Part 2. Back-end developer

In April 2024, I got moved to intern with UNESPAR’s software development team, where I became responsible for developing the Employee Performance Evaluation Module, part of the university’s Administrative Management System (SGA).

SGA screenshot: Employee evaluation listing
SGA screenshot: Employee evaluation listing

But new winds were coming. Right as the module was ready to merge into production, UNESPAR signed an agreement to use the source code of SUAP.

Screenshot of SUAP’s login screen
Screenshot of SUAP’s login screen

So I got reassigned to the team responsible for adapting this 19-year-old, ~2 million line codebase to the university’s reality, on top of building new features.

While interning on SUAP development, I ended up preparing and teaching an intensive three-day training in Curitiba, meant to get 8 university analysts up to speed on how to develop software within SUAP.

Picture of the desks used for training, took during a break
Picture of the desks used for training, took during a break

By the end of the training, each analyst had closed a real support ticket from the system’s backlog.

Part 3.

In October 2025 I said goodbye to the team that took me in and trusted my potential as a developer since the days I was cleaning out computer cases!

I’m still grateful, to this day, for all the challenges and for the chance to put my expertise to work alongside public education. Without this experience, I wouldn’t be half the professional I am now.

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