Vicente Plata

@xnt
VPE https://runwayhealth.com
Kitchener - Waterloo 🇨🇦

Self-Taught

Software Engineer

Mentor

Advisor

Latinoamerica

Remote Worker

Manager

Software Developer

Side Hustle

Coding

Startup Enthusiast

GitHub user

JavaScript

React

TypeScript

Front-end Developer

Book Worm

Consultant

Software Engineering

Se habla español

Engineering Manager

Ruby on Rails

Bash

Continuous Deployment

Tweets

Dog Dad

Learn In Public

Node.js

CSS

Drone Pilot

Rubyist

Dad

People Manager

Observability

Graph QL

Team Lead

Leadership

Visual Studio Code

GitHub

History Nerd

Front End Developer

Parent

Memer

Life Long Learner

Web Developer

Canada

Mexico

Shopify Stan

Mobile Dev

React Native

Code, memes, Spanglish
Dev Manager @ Shop Pay by Shopify
Mentor - Advisor to Latin American Engineers && Startups
Early hims, ex-Microsoft

I'm open to

open source contributions,

beta testing new products,

volunteering,

joining company boards,

speaking at events,

advising companies,

making introductions,

speaking on podcasts,

and writing.

Contact Me

Resume

Mar 2022 - Present

VP of Engineering, Runway Health

Feb 2021 - Mar 2022

Dev Manager / Senior Frontend Engineer, Shopify

Apr 2019 - Feb 2021

Engineering Lead, Hims & Hers

Sep 2012 - May 2018

Software Engineer II, Microsoft

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Do you need a degree to work in tech? Should you get one? I talked about it (in Spanish) with some new friends. https://youtu.be/Z8-1dYRjDRQ

I talked with the guys at TheDojoMX to give some context about my "20 tips for devs" threads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHrqenVs-dg

During 2020's winter break, I decided to polish my Spanish writing skills and create a series of 20 Twitter threads with what I considered to be 20 of the most valuable tips I could give to develop...

I once again went live with my friends at TheDojoMX to talk about my career path and, in particular, the differences and difficulties of trying to become a good software engineer without even finis...