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179                <p>I’m an Android developer currently working for <a href="https://www.47deg.com">47 Degrees</a> as Android &amp; Kotlin Tech Lead. I am also part of the <a href="https://arrow-kt.io">Arrow</a> maintainers team and a speaker.</p>
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189<p>I’ve coded Android apps for ~10 years until today. If you are interested on hiring me, <a href="../assets/Resume.pdf">here you have my resume</a>.</p>
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193<p>You can find me <a href="https://www.twitter.com/JorgeCastilloPR">on Twitter</a>, where I share all my experiences as a developer. Also please, feel free to contact <a href="mailto:[email protected]">by email</a> if you want to.</p>
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