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Tom<\/strong>: I come from the west of France, Brittany, I also lived in the south of France, in Normandy, and spent a lot of time on the oceans. I settled in Paris about 10 years ago when I joined the Virtual Regatta team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick<\/strong>: I come from Lille in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom<\/strong>: Fascinating!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick<\/strong>: I’m a developer. I collect functional needs to translate them into line of code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom<\/strong>: An albatross, this majestic bird that spends most of its life in the most remote areas of the world, above the most mythical seas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick:<\/strong> I would like to be an imaginary animal: the phoenix to fly and live several lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom <\/strong>: Everybody calls me tom since always (Except my mother who gives me another one, but I keep it secret \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick:<\/strong> Once the “Patrick” barrier is passed, some call me “Patou” and others “Puki”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom<\/strong>: I am obliged to mention two, which are closely linked: “Le Crabe Tambour”, by Pierre Schoendoerffer, and “Das Boot”, by G\u00fcnter Rohrbach. These two films have deeply sealed my orientation towards my first career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick<\/strong>: I wouldn’t say one but all Louis de Fun\u00e8s movies because they rocked my childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom<\/strong>: The Vend\u00e9e Globe 2021, on Virtual Regatta Offshore, without hesitation! Where we had more than one million participants in the same part, a record!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick<\/strong>: At 52 I am proud to have been part of the frontend developer team that developed funbridge web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom<\/strong>: I have a very diverse playlist, but at the moment, the song that comes up most often is “Everloving”, by Moby<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick:<\/strong> “Love nwantiti” by CKay<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom<\/strong>: The two can be combined perfectly, and that’s how I play most often, racing with friends on Virtual Regatta Inshore, for example, can often turn into some great lyrical flights of fancy between us … and that’s what I like to share with this type of experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick:<\/strong> Face-to-face game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom<\/strong>: Virtual Regatta Offshore, of course!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick<\/strong>: Raster on iOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tom:<\/strong> “Those who think it’s impossible please don’t bother those who are trying \u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n Patrick<\/strong>: \u2018”Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life \u00bb Confucius<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Random interview far from home, Tom & Patrick Discover 10 things about Thomas Gauthier aka Tom, Virtual Regatta Offshore Manager and Patrick Umba-Kalombo, fullstack developper at BBO in this cross-cultural interview. The distance between Villeneuve D’ascq and Issy Les Moulineaux might be 230 km (yes, we checked), but distance doesn\u2019t stand in the way, when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nOne word to describe your job.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What animal would you be if you were reincarnated?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Do you have a nickname?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The movie that changed your life?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The professional achievement you are most proud of?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What song are you listening to on repeat right now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Online or face-to-face game?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What is the last application you downloaded?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Your favorite motto?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n