CodeNewbie

Angel Jose went from selling cars to a working as a developer in under eight months. He talks to us about making that transition, how he found his job, and how he deals with self doubt as a new programmer.

He knew how to code, but when he graduated school, Andrew Chen decided to go into venture capital. He talks with us about how he leveraged his coding skills to being a tech advisor, and why you don’t have to be a great coder to build something great.

He knew how to code, but when he graduated school, Andrew Chen decided to go into venture capital. Since then, he’s used his technical background to become an advisor and investor in many tech startups, including Dropbox, Product Hunt, and AngelList. He talks with us about how he leveraged his coding skills to being a … Continue reading Ep. 39 – From Coding To Venture Capital (Andrew Chen) →

When developer Aidan Feldman had a line of people waiting to get coding help from him, he decided to try a different format. And that was the beginning of Hacker Hours, open office hours for anyone coding to come together and work on their skills.

Software developer Aimee Knight used to be a professional figure skater. She tells us what it was like to transition into tech and how being a professional athlete has affected her coding journey.

John Resig, creator of jQuery, talks about what it was like to build the most popular javascript library and then walk away from it five years later to follow his passion for education.

David Mazières, Chief Scientist at Stellar, talks to us about his work at the Stellar foundation building software to expand financial access. We also talk why he doesn’t think you need a computer science degree to make an impact in tech.

For our first Newbie Story, we talk to LaToya Allen, junior software engineer at Avant, a fast-growing Chicago startup. She tells us how she went from bartending to becoming an apprentice, and got her first full-time engineering job in just three weeks.

For our first Newbie Story, we talk to LaToya Allen, junior software engineer at Avant, a fast-growing Chicago startup. She tells us how she went from bartending to becoming an apprentice, and how she got her first full-time engineering job in just three weeks.

When developer Tiffani Bell first heard about the water crisis in Detroit she rolled up her developer sleeves and put up a page to help people who’s water had been shut off. Now, that page has turned into a non-profit, and she’s the executive director.