Biography of Ludwi

I’m not gonna start on what kind of person I am, I guess you’ll just have to find that out on your own. All I gotta say is that I’m into rap music, hip-hop, and R&B. That should explain a lot. I love music. I record for an indie label. I play basketball once in a while. I played division 2 for about 3 years. But now I just find courts to play in around the hood. I’ve grown to become a book worm, a workaholic, and always trying to be productive. You gotta grow up and become a responsible adult someday.

Where I Came From

My name is Ludwi Prakosa Samoen. I go by many nicknames. Most of them revolve around my first nickname “80”. That’s right, the number. You can call me by any one of my names.

1. Ludwi
2. 80
3. Ade
4. Adi
5. Eddie

I grew up in Boulder , Colorado , USA . As a kid I enjoyed playing, like any other normal kid. I had a normal childhood, playing around the neighborhood on bikes and rollerblades. I played hockey and football. I was a paperboy for a while to earn some money to buy things like sports equipment, CD’s, a stereo system, and Lego’s. I did my routes I woke up at 4 in the morning, loaded up the papers in my bag, got on my bike and threw paper for 2 different newspaper companies. I had to get the papers out before sunrise. Before customers started to wake up and make coffee.

In 1999 my parents hit us with the hard news, “We’re moving back to Indonesia .” We were moving back to the country where we were born. My life, our lives turned upside down. My brothers and I felt that Boulder was our home town. It felt like we were moving to another planet. We were not excited at all. Anyways, that story belongs on somewhere else.

Where I Am At

I went to college at BiNus, where I got my bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. My thesis was entitled “Analysis and Design of a Web Based Training and Consulting Application” using object-oriented design and development, documented using UML version 2.0, using the Unified Software Development Process.

Like most software developers, I started out as a programmer at a small company called IntelliSys. It felt more like a family owned business then a company. Management never got anything right. The project team and the project management were so uncoordinated, that it was as if we had no project manager. So we just coded on blindly. The analyst never documented user specs and business flows. It was amazing we got the flow right at all. I moved on to one of the largest Indonesian software companies called Sigma. Actually I was at BaliCamp (thank god), one of Sigma’s subsidiaries. Sigma was almost as organized as IntelliSys. As a matter of fact, they were so unorganized, that whenever Sigma wanted to convince a client to buy some product or start a project, they would present BaliCamp documents and present BaliCamp’s standards and procedures. Anyways, as organized and proficient as BaliCamp was, the work hours there were crazy. Pressure was very intense. Rate of turnover was ridiculous. And then I left. Now, here I am. Working for a company where bureaucracy is a labyrinth.

Where I Am Going

I feel as if I have potential to start something for myself. If I can convince my friends that my plans for the future is so well thought out, the least I can do is see it through. I am going to dedicate a lot to building something. I don’t exactly know how it’s going to turn out. But I am going to start with what I know. I am going to start a software company. I am going to take it as far as I can, until I can stabilize revenue and stabilize success. Hell, I don’t even know what I am going to call it yet. Whatever it is, this is where my goals for the future is set.