Luis Ollero

Software engineer living in Amsterdam. Traveler and with a huge disposition to open my mouth when I probably shouldn't. Learning...

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

@MANOWAR The crown and the ring, three years ago, as entry song to the "altar". Met a few people there and then from the bride's side that I didn't expect to be Manowar fans.

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

@GergelyOrosz Yes, indeed. Equity is important but the board was VERY stingy about it. Probably because they were thinking about selling from an early stage. I was named CTO eventually and I convinced them to set up a shop in Spain to fight attrition, that worked well. Maybe it wouldn't now.

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

@GergelyOrosz We did that: We hired from the bottom tons of junior profiles and we mentored them. Once they learned the trade they moved to better paying companies with salaries we couldn't compete (GitHub, Google and others). The problem is not only the hiring but also retaining the talent.

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

@noctarius2k @sla_shalafi @hiergiltdiestfu A corollary from this: the three big religions are not in direct confrontation with each other. The three worship the same entity (God). The ones that set up (or not) the confrontation are the leaders of these by influenting the followers with their interpretation of their book

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

@noctarius2k @sla_shalafi @hiergiltdiestfu I think it's more fundamental than disagreeing with the ways of the other. It's more about "either you follow these rules or you won't reach paradise". It then depends on who says what the rules are. The pope of the time summoned the crusades, as an example.

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

@alberalonso @Wizards_DnD Querrás decir gnomo :P

[ARCHIVED - NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover @NASAPersevere]

Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. #CountdownToMars

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

@IksarHS The rest are also good (the ones I read) but I find Three Body Problem and The Wheel of Time particularly overrated. Also the last one is a huge commitment of time that, in hindsight, I'd rather spend with something else.

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

@IksarHS I "only" read 8 of these books so my advice might be incomplete, but:
1. The Martian. Easy to read, super funny.
2. Hyperion. Brutal. Mix of styles. One of my favorites.
3. Ender's game. Another to chill. Well written and enjoyable.
4. Dune. In the line of Hyperion. My favorite.

[Gabriel Peal @gpeal8]

When I consider the success of Amazon relative to how embarrassingly bad their core mobile apps (Shopping, Alexa, and Kindle), it really makes me question whether anything I do matters...

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

Hard penalty dice roll 😐👌🏼
If you don't want it to happen, don't ask for a roll no matter how unlikely the odds are.

[Becario en Hoth @becarioenhoth]

La magia del cine resumida en una sola escena perteneciente la serie 'Kidding', protagonizada (entre otr@s) por Jim Carrey

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

@dbravo Legend con Big Mage y 60% de win rate. Eso sí, hace una semana y pico. Supongo que la meta habrá evolucionado desde entonces. Ahora estoy con odd warrior y algunos mech pesados (bulldozer) y boomship. También 60% de win rate en dumpster legend lo poco que puedo jugar...

[Fredrik Wester @TheWesterFront]

Speaking of games in the office; the board game Diplomacy was banned after creating a bad work environment, and it's a miracle Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday shipped at all since me and @producerjohan had an ongoing @FootballManager campaign at the time of development.

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

After trying and failing on playing @WeBeHarebrained 's @BATTLETECH_Game game with my 8 years old laptop, I decided and bought a new @Alienware. Spending 2K euros to play your favorite wargame in digital format… I guess I'm quite the hardcore fan.

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

Interesting point of view on Uber's future. https://t.co/FW86whtpOx

[The Oatmeal @Oatmeal]

The pronunciation of GIF https://t.co/20YyqBMl5q

[Luis Ollero @luisollero]

At @MOBGEN we have an intern academy. Their first project is about to be launched in @kickstarter and it looks absolutely fantastic. https://t.co/bct8bJJHQ4

[Astutia @AstutiaGame]

3,2,1…We are now on Twitter! We're happy to announce that Astutia is coming soon on #Kickstarter. Follow Us. Be a part of our journey.

[Tim Quax @timquax]

Any iOS devs should definitely pay attention to this (although it's the second coolest team at @MOBGEN) https://t.co/4MwypG4elV

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

David Bowie died a year ago today. Back in 1999 he made this incredible prediction about how the internet would change our lives forever