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Nickolas Means talked about airplanes, and in doing so, he connected them with code in beautiful and interesting ways. In this interview, Nick explains how to take seemingly disconnected subjects and put them together in compelling talks, and how he uses his public speaking training to turn these talks into inspiring performances.

Stella takes us through the journey of getting a Billion dollar Indiegogo site back up, shares what she’s learned about site availability and what CodeNewbies can do to be ready for their own heavy traffic.

Lil Chen's been in gaming for years. She started by playing video games and now works as a UX Designer at YouTube Gaming. We talk about how her history in gaming affects her work as a designer and vice versa, plus how she keeps up with her coding skills.

Michael Rau didn’t want to build an app, he wanted to create an experience. So he constructed a physical room, and with the help of a Rails app, and created a theater show called “Temping.”

Fereshteh Forough wanted to help women in Afghanistan. She knew that attaining education was difficult, let alone technical training. But she tackled these issues head on by starting the first coding school for women in Afghanistan.

Fereshteh Forough wanted to help women in Afghanistan. She knew that attaining education was difficult, let alone technical training, and the cultural attitudes towards women didn’t help. But she tackled these issues head on by starting the first coding school for women in Afghanistan. She talks to us about how she started the program, how she took on the different challenges her students face, and how her training in computer science and her previous role as a computer science professor affected her decision to open Code To Inspire.

In part two of our interview with Yehuda Katz, we talk about how he created EmberJS, and what it means to build a web framework. We also talk about what it means to be a beginner, and how growing up poor has influenced his perspectives as a coder today.

Yehuda Katz has done many, many code things. In the first half of our two-part interview, he talks about what he looks for when he hires, how it took him years to feel like he could code, and why he doesn’t like the term “junior developer”.

Kaya Thomas has done a lot in a short period of time, like meet Michelle Obama and develop a mobile app. She talks about how she’s managed to be so successful while still a college student and her process for learning new coding skills so quickly.

In December, CodeNewbie put out applications for the CodeNewbie Apprenticeship, and many interviews later, Sharon Siegel was chosen to be the 1st apprentice. She talks about her coding journey, and her goal of moving into a full-time developer role.