A few years ago, I was developing portals for the ministries and government agencies of the province at Grupo 11 of Ecom. It was comfortable, and with the security the company provided, I didn’t have to worry about anything—but still, I felt something was missing.
At the time, there were rumors that Globant was going to open offices in Resistencia, which created quite a stir. I wrote a post about it, and, looking back, I didn’t miss the vision. Some time later, I received an email from a guy called Guido. He introduced himself and invited me to join the soon-to-open Globant Chaco offices, where he would be in charge. Excited about the invitation and after much thought, I decided to make the change.
I started at Globant on August 20, 2010, with a first-class team.
In the following years, I worked on multiple projects for MySpace, Magento, HSM (Wobi), Rimmel, JWT, Digitaria, WFS Fuel Services, Infobae, and even for the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). I worked developing, leading teams, conducting interviews, and supporting sales processes from a technical perspective. I learned many new things: JavaScript, Magento, Zend Framework, and more recently, Drupal. I also learned many non-technical skills and saw the IT world from a new perspective.
Beyond the ideas, debates, jokes, trolling, disagreements, and all that, I can sum up my time at Globant as very positive. Still, as somebody once told me:
"Sometimes you have to leave your comfort zone."
Looking back, I realized I had reached a point where I felt something was missing again—when you achieve what you want and can’t find new challenges that push you.
When people at the company asked me, “What are your goals for next year? How far do you want to go?” I realized I no longer had goals, and the places I could grow weren’t interesting anymore.
My options were:
- Keep coasting as a champion and stay with the nice salary I had.
- Look for something better.
I chose option two. After much thought and analyzing both local and international offers, I decided my next step had to be entrepreneurship. I had stepped away from the entrepreneurial path before because it hadn’t gone well, and I was afraid to try again. But beyond the fear, I always had the drive.
I realized that previously I failed at entrepreneurship because I was inexperienced—I didn’t know how things worked, how to sell, how to invoice, or how to convince a client I was good. My skill set wasn’t strong enough at that time. Plus, my idea of entrepreneurship back then was just to build software—I didn’t care about anything else.
Today, I believe I have a solid set of technical and non-technical resources, which gives me confidence to try entrepreneurship again. And thus, 42mate was born—my new venture focused on providing specialized web content development services. I’m starting this venture with Marcos and Ezequiel, two other crazy minds like me.
With almost everything ready, this Monday we will officially open our doors and start pushing forward. I’m looking forward to many new challenges at 42mate—not all technical—and I’m very excited to see how far we can go.
For those interested:
- I’m looking for passionate developers eager to work in a startup environment. Ping me if you want to see what 42mate has to offer.
- I’m also looking for clients—recommendations are more than welcome.
Finally, I want to thank all the people who accompanied me in these years at the office. We built an incredible team, and I hope to work with them again in the future.
So long, and thanks for all the fish!