Presenting myself to the community and GSoC 2011

Hello, people.

I intend to present myself to the community here. I'll keep it as short as possible.

My name is João Sampaio. I am a Computer Engineering student at Federal University of São Carlos, from Brazil. I'm very proud to be a student of one of the best Computer Engineering courses in the country. I'm 21. My English is 98% fluent, which means that I can read and write everything but I might miss a couple words or sentences here and there over voice communication like Skype and phone and you might not understand what I'm saying, eventually. Nothing we can't overcome, though. My mother language is Portuguese.

I've used only Linux (mainly Ubuntu) for a few years now. Therefore, I'm familiar with UNIX systems and it's code production tools (gcc, gdb, vim, ...). I've never put my C knowlegdes to real test, but I'm very much confident in them. This is the first real project I intend to contribute to. I also know C++, PHP and Python for programming languages and (X)HTML and CSS for the web.

I'd like to state here that I'm interested in participating in Google Summer of Code this year, and as I've heard early applicants get better chances, here I am. I've already started studying Git and I've installed and am testing it in my computer. I have had very little previous experience with version control systems, but I'm a fast learner. I have a few friends that already participated in previous GSoC and they are also giving me some hints.

I want to participate in the Git project because (a) I find version control an interesting subject; (b) I'm much more motivated to work with low-level languages like C than high-level, in which most other projects are written on (even though I do like Python a lot); and (c) Git is widely used in important projects and it would be awesome to have my name related to it.

If I happen to capture your attention, I'd be willing to talk to you, especially if you are going to be a mentor in GSoC! I'm excited to get involved and we can already start to know each other to get ready for GSoC, if you want!

Thank you for your time,