General
- What's your name? How do your friends call you?
- Anna Tsolakou. My friends call me
Tsol
andAnnula
.
- Anna Tsolakou. My friends call me
- When were you born?
- February 1991.
- Where are you from? Where have you lived?
- I am from Greece. I've lived in Athens, Kalamata and the last two years in Madrid.
- What languages (natural and programming ones) do you know?
- Greek, English and a bit of Spanish.
- The language I am the most familiar with is Java, but I've done projects with C/C++, PHP and Go. Now I am learning Python.
Work
- What are you going to be doing at source{d}?
- Currently I am contributing to anything related to hiring, onboarding, growing our GitHub guide and more to come :)
- Why did you join source{d}?
- source{d} is such a great place to work, that I joined twice :)
- Where will you work from?
- Madrid
- If you could only save one programming language, which one would it be?
- None, as any of them could be redeveloped.
- If you wanted to do an investment, what company would you choose?
- Tinder
Other
- What are your hobbies and what do you like about them?
- I love going to parks with Oscar and taking him photos.
- I love spring and summer picnics.
- I write poems.
- I enjoy reading national geographic.
- Since this summer I am cooking a lot and learning new recipes actively.
- Any type of outdoor activities; the more I grow, the more I try to find time for them.
- Going to bootcamp classes and lately to Yoga with @estherrgarcia.
- What was the last lie you told?
- I lied to Oscar yesterday; I told him we would go for a walk, just to make him look at the camera.
- What was your first thought when you woke up this morning?
- I don't remember.
- What question do you hate to answer?
- This question.
- If you could have a coffee with any person in the world, who would it be?
- A very close 10 years cyber-friend that we didn't have the chance to meet.
- Would you like to share with us a story about yourself?
- I love martial arts - I've done Karate for 8 years, Hapkido for 3 years and a half year of boxing - as they make me feel disciplined and energetic. I dropped my hapkido gym a few months ago so now I practice on my own at Retiro from time to time. I am more than happy to show techniques to anyone who is interested.
- What food do you like and dislike?
- I dislike peppers and offal. I love food and I always want to try the different type of cuisines and varieties.
- What is your favorite quote?
- "The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes" - Marcel Proust.