"I don't think I'm really mature as an 'engineer'"

Don't worry. The field is not mature either.

I believe the first hypertext project was Engelbart's NLS (oN-Line System): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLS_(computer_system)

There's also corruption, prostitution...

Thank god no such things exist in rest of the world! Oh my, Brazil is soo 'retro'...