Hey you… You came to my place, let me introduce myself!
I’m Carlos Garrote and I live in Lisbon, Portugal.
I’m a software engineering student at 42 Lisboa (C, C++, Linux, networking), and at home I’m building my cloud/infrastructure career the hands-on way with several experiments on my Home Lab.
Career changer
Before tech, I spent 15+ years in professional music: gigging, touring, coordinating a multi-school creative songwriting program for 250+ students a year, teaching in challenging environments, and performing nightly on cruise ships.
Currently
- Learning: Terraform, Kubernetes, Podman, Cloud (evaluating AWS vs Azure)
- Core stack: Linux, Docker, SSH, VPN (Tailscale), UFW, systemd, shell scripting, Python, C/C++, Git, networking, self-hosting
- Open to DevOps, Cloud Engineering and SRE opportunities — reach me: cgarrote92@gmail.com
- CV: my full resume (PDF)
Fun/random facts
- Formally trained musician, I play the bass and the double bass
- Traveled half the world as a musician on a cruise ship
- Composed 60+ songs for primary-school students over the last 5 years
- Composed the company hymn of a multi-national construction enterprise (Zagope) in one morning teambuilding activity
- Designed and built a custom tool cabinet on a 7th-floor apartment tiny balcony
- I taught music lessons and conducted the local orchestra in 2 prisons near Lisbon
Inspiring People
- Tech: Joshua Blais, Tony BTW, RWX Rob, Linus Torvalds, Wolfgang
- Productivity: Protesilaos, Cal Newport, Vaughn Gene
- Philosophy: Dario Sztajnszrajber, Eduardo Galeano, Pepe Mujica, Eurico Vianna, Alain Badiou
- Music: Anders Jormin, Bobo Stenson, Bill Evans, Munir Hossn, Kari Ikonen, Shostakovich, Diego Schissi, Skulli Sverisson
- Woodworking, Home DIY: Peter Millard, Rag ’n’ Bone Brown
- Luthier: Andrea Spada, Matías Crom, Chris May (Overwater Basses)