Marco Mendes
Professor at Fábrica de Software
Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Top SchoolMarco Mendes is a seasoned professor and education leader with 20 years of experience teaching and coordinating computing programs at Instituto Federal Catarinense and other Brazilian institutions. He combines deep academic credentials—a master's in Computer Science with a focus on Information Security—with practical expertise in Python, Linux, cryptography and Django development. As a founder member of the Brazilian Python Association (APyB) and a long-time contributor to local software factories and community organizations, he bridges academia, open-source culture and regional tech ecosystems. He has led program coordination and internship initiatives, bringing curriculum design experience together with real-world software delivery. Based in Santa Catarina, Marco pairs classroom rigor with hands-on software mentoring, often supervising community-driven projects and social initiatives. Colleagues describe him as an entrepreneurial educator who turns complex security and systems topics into accessible, applied learning.
20 years of coding experience
Mestre em Ciência da Computação Segurança da Informação, Mestre em Ciência da Computação Segurança da Informação at Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaHigh School Information Tecnology, High School Information Tecnology at Escola Técnica TupyTecnólogo Informática, Tecnólogo Informática at Universidade do Estado de Santa CatarinaPós-graduação Lato Sensu - Especialização Educação, Pós-graduação Lato Sensu - Especialização Educação at Instituto Federal Catarinense
English
Github Skills (1)
django10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
marrcandre/django-drf-tutorial
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023
O mais famoso tutorial de Django com DRF do IFC. Amado por uns, odiado por outros, respeitado por todos.
Contributions:4 reviews, 116 commits, 11 PRs in 7 months
django
marrcandre/livraria-marrcandre-back
Feb 2024 - Jun 2026
Contributions:103 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 4 months
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