Lane Wagner is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history in engineering software systems. He is the Founder of Boot.dev and has a deep passion for teaching Computer Science and Software Engineering to others. Boot.dev is an educational platform which offers hands-on coding courses and multiple projects to teach their students back-end development. In this episode, Lane takes us on his journey through the tech industry and how his interest in tech has evolved.

00:00 Introduction 

03:08 What is Lane Doing Today?

07:30 Designing Educational Material

13:40 Marketing Your Website

20:00 First memory of a Computer

25:20 Interests in High School 

26:40 Living Abroad 

34:00 Returning to the U.S

39:40 Joining the Workforce

47:47 Moving to Salt Lake City

49:00 Initial Job in Go

52:45 Moving Companies

57:20 Deciding to Write a Course

1:00:00 Beginning of Boot.dev

1:05:45 Keeping Content Updated

1:11:50 Top 5 Course Ideas for the Future

1:14:50 State of A.I in Tech - Pros/Cons

1:20:35 Contact Info

Connect with Lane: 

Boot.Dev: https://boot.dev/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wagslane?lang=en

BackendBanter.fm : https://www.backendbanter.fm/

Mentioned in today’s episode:

Boot.dev: https://boot.dev/

play-with-go.dev: https://play-with-go.dev/

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