I'm Nate Donato
. I live in Oakland CA and root for the Athletics. I'm
bad at picking favorites, but
my
favorite color has traditionally been green. I like coffee, dumplings, bonsai trees, and rainy days.
Professionally I've been a Software Engineer / Web Developer for the last 4+ years. Currently I'm a Senior Software Engineer at Mojave where I've worked on web properties for Turnitin, Ueno, Engine 1, Guideline, and more. I started in 2019 as a developer for Alpaca.markets. You can see more about my development experience on my CV page.
Prior to dev work, I did stints as a subsitute teacher (K-12), an SAT test prep tutor, and a grocery clerk at
the
best grocery store ever. I graduated from UC Santa
Cruz
with a BA in Literature, which makes me a banana slug
.
Outside of work I'm always up to different stuff like making games
and
generative artwork for fun, writing zines, drawing animated gifs, taking photos on my film camera
,
studying
Japanese, playing Chess or
Go (囲碁), making music, enjoying rainy days, reading the Sunday
newspaper,
or spending time with my beautiful partner
and our beautiful new baby boy
.
If you're interested in hiring me please reach out via LinkedIn. If you're interested in friendship please
please
reach out via other channels
.
Thanks for stopping by my little web corner! Hope you enjoy the stay.