Jon Calhoun creates interactive Go courses for developers looking to learn the language through curated projects specially made to construct a sound foundation of understanding.  In this episode Jon takes us through his exciting journey from programming on floppy disks to working at Google and finally ending up running his own business. 

00:00 Introduction 

01:40 What is Jon Doing Today? 

10:55 Live Training and Public Speaking 

18:16 First Memory of a Computer 

28:25 Building Tech in High School

33:00 Transitioning to College

45:45 Changing Habits and its Importance

1:02:20 Working for Google

1:12:15 Finding the Next Path

1:24:30 Discovering Go 

1:28:30 Impact of Cost of Living 

1:34:10 Planning for the Future

1:39:40 Contact Info

Connect with Jon: 

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/joncalhoun

Mentioned in today’s episode:

Gophercises: https://gophercises.com

EasyPost: https://www.easypost.com

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