How are you doing? How did that summer go? Enjoyed your courses, the sun, etc.? Well, I moved to Madrid, as I mentioned before I left Syracuse. I have been busy looking for a job. I've been sending resumes left and right. It finally paid off. I just started training at Accenture. It will last approximately 2 months. At the end of it, they will give me a contract. I am quite excited. The whole mandatory training is in C, but then, depending on their needs and projects, they will send me to specialize in JAVA, C++, or SAP. Well, somehow it all seems like a breeze, thanks to all your classes. Not only from the technical point of view, but all the approaches, documentation, managing, etc. that you taught us, they are teaching us. 

The rest of my free time, I have been spending on renovating part of my parents house. I will move there, as soon as we are done. My father and I have been mounting drywall in an area of the house. Of course, with that, we had to do all the installations like heat (hmmm... soldering copper pipes is such a slow process), electricity, phone, and of course, cat. 5 wiring. We had never worked with drywall, so it has been a learning experience. Makes installations way easier. We are almost done with my room. We have the floors to do still.

Well, this is all a small update. As for my project Burro, I dedicate the little time I have left whenever I can. I still would like to make a release at some point. Attached is a picture taken when I went to Valencia a few weeks ago. It is in front of the "Ciudad de las Artes y Ciencias" (City of Arts and Science). Whenever I take a good picture in Madrid, I will send it to you. The other picture is of the renovation. I hope things are going well in Syracuse and that you have enjoyed your summer. Thanks again for all your help, lectures, tips, recommendations, etc. They are all coming in quite handy. I suspect they will for quite a while. 

Regards, 

Alvaro   Ramirez