\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{moderncv}

\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{fontawesome5}

%% ModernCV themes
\moderncvstyle{fancy}
\moderncvcolor{blue}
\nopagenumbers{}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[scale=0.75,right=.45in,left=.45in,top=.4in,bottom=.4in]{geometry}

% Change email icon
\providecommand*{\emailsymbol}{}
\renewcommand*{\emailsymbol}{{\small\faEnvelope}~}

% Workaround to show gitlab icon in social
\providecommand*{\gitlabsocialsymbol}{}
\renewcommand*{\gitlabsocialsymbol}{{\small\faGitlab}~}

%% Personal data
\firstname{$name$}
\familyname{$lastname$}
\title{$about$}
\email{$email$}
\social[gitlab][gitlab.com/$gitlab$]{$gitlab$}
\photo[64pt][0.4pt]{assets/photo.png}

\setlength{\hintscolumnwidth}{1.7in}

\newenvironment{tightitems}
               {\noindent\ignorespaces\vspace{-15pt}
                 \begin{itemize}[topsep=0pt,partopsep=0pt,itemsep=0pt,parsep=0pt]}
               {\end{itemize}\vspace{-10pt}}
\newenvironment{lesstightitems}
               {\noindent\ignorespaces
                 \begin{itemize}[topsep=0pt,partopsep=0pt,itemsep=0pt,parsep=0pt]}
               {\end{itemize}\vspace{-10pt}}

\begin{document}
\setmainfont[
  BoldFont = * Bold
]{Cormorant Garamond}
\makecvtitle{}

\section{Education}
$for(education)$
  \cventry{$education.years.start$ \textendash{} $education.years.end$}{$education.degree$}{$education.focus$}{$education.institution$}{}{}
$endfor$

\section{Skill Set}
\cvitem{Programming languages}{
  \begin{itemize*}
    $for(programming)$
        \item{$programming$}
    $endfor$
  \end{itemize*}}

\cvitem{Technologies}{
  \begin{itemize*}
    $for(technologies)$
        \item{$technologies$}
    $endfor$
  \end{itemize*}}

\cvitem{Platforms}{
  \begin{itemize*}
    $for(platforms)$
        \item{$platforms$}
    $endfor$
  \end{itemize*}}

\section{Work Experience}
$for(experience)$
    \cventry{$experience.years.start$ \textendash{} $education.years.end$}{$experience.position$}{$experience.company$}{}{}{
    \begin{tightitems}
        \item $description$
    \end{tightitems}}
$endfor$


\section{Personal Projects}
\cvitem{}{
  \begin{tightitems}
    $for(projects)$
        \item{$projects$}
    $endfor$
  \end{tightitems}}
\ifthenelse{\equal{$lang$}{en}}
    {\section{Languages}}
    {\section{Idiomas}}
$for(languages)$
  \cvlanguage{$languages.language$}{
    $languages.proficiency$
  }{}
$endfor$

\end{document}