Portfolio

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...
Talked about working from home, best practices, caveats, self management and motivation in the remote age. I've been working remotely since way before it was cool. I enjoyed the opportunity to talk...
I traveled to Northwestern Mexico to talk about my career so far, soft skills, my favourite books (back then) and what I thought helped me unblock my potential as a software engineer and team lead ...
Talked about my role as a tech lead. I also made some very good friends in this particular recording. Alex and Hector are talented, kind and eager to share what they know. I feel happy and lucky to...
Talked about culture and how it influences the creation and management of technology-oriented teams - https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gFUO57cKMQtWgGH8DwfUf
I added YouTube and Polywork links to my website. Also, tweaked the main copy a little bit. The website is built mostly with React but deployed as static assets to GitHub pages. You can check out a...
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ“ฑ๐Ÿ” The live where we wrote a password generator in less than 30 minutes went ok! You can watch it here. This is the resulting Expo Snack. I think it went better than I expected given the time. H...
I'll timebox myself to 40-ish minutes trying to create a password generator in Expo using snack You can join us here. It'll be in Spanish
One of the highlights of my time at hims, and maybe of my career so far, was launching at-home test kits for COVID via saliva tests. ๐Ÿงช We did most of the UI and integrations within a week, waiting ...
My family and I moved from Hermosillo to Vancouver in September 2012. Canada isn't perfect -then again, no country is. But we feel at home and happy when we're here. We certainly miss Mexico. Our f...
Culture is one of the most, if not the most important asset of a company. And there are few things you can do to possibly impact the culture other than interviewing people. It is probably my favour...
An engineer in ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ is going to be promoted to Engineering Lead. He kindly reached out looking for advice, and I recommended some books. ๐Ÿ“š Namely: โ€ข The Manager's Path โ€ข The Making of a Manager โ€ข Acc...
I've always tried to be tech-agnostic. I started doing a lot of PHP, then Java, then C# and PowerShell. I left Microsoft and joined a team that made a RoR white label, loyalty-oriented travel platf...