About Me — Davide Pollicino

23 Years old software Engineer @Microsoft, Mentor @MentorCruise, Technical Writer @Medium Engineering, ex tech Lead @NdWebSolutions.

Old picture of me (now my hair have grown back, lol)

Origins

Born in Sicily, Italy. I Moved to Edinburgh, United Kingdom, when I was 19 to start a Bachelor in Computer Science at Edinburgh Napier University. The last several generations of my family have been managing and running bakeries in Palermo.

Pollicinos’ family has origin from Genova, Italy, and between the XIII al XVI century, they were barons in Messina (Sicily). Below you can find what seems to be the Coat of arms of the Pollicino.

Coat of arms of the Pollicino family.

The family business

My parents and relatives were busy running our bakeries, and as I wished to spend more time with them, and help them, any moment outside of school and study time, was spent in their workplace.

I was learning how manage clients, how business goes well or not, how to interact with others, and most importantly, how to see any expense as an investment. I was educated to live a frugal life. I have been shown how to spend money just for getting more money, or to build memories, ignore fashion trends, or…