Juan Sotelo is a seasoned software engineer and career coach with 15 years of experience blending hands-on development, startup founding, and talent development. Based in Grants Pass, Oregon, he currently coaches engineers at Workday while founding Seja.dev and co-founding EasyMovieBR, demonstrating both product-building grit and mentorship at scale. He contributes to open source localization, notably translating the well-regarded "js-the-right-way" guide into Brazilian Portuguese, showing a commitment to accessibility and developer education. Juan bridges technical fluency with people-centric coaching—helping engineers level up their skills, careers, and cross-cultural collaboration. His background suggests a rare mix of engineering craft, entrepreneurial initiative, and a focus on making technical knowledge usable across languages and regions.
An easy-to-read, quick reference for JS best practices, accepted coding standards, and links around the Web
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Contributions:23 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Juan's contributions primarily focused on translating the content of the repository into Portuguese (pt-br). They duplicated existing English content and adapted various sections, including "Getting Started", "Good Parts", "Code Style", "Patterns", "Testing Tools", "Welcome" and the license, to the target language. This involved modifying HTML files, indicating a focus on adapting the user interface and content for a different language and locale.
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
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