Hacker Noon is one of the best tech blogs to stay up to date with coding trends, blockchain, and startups. With over 7000 writers and 200,000 daily readers, Hacker Noon has become the voice of hackers around the world.

Linh Dao Smooke is the co-founder and COO of Hacker Noon. Today she and I chat about Hacker Noon's origin, why they're parting ways with Medium, and future of the publication. 

In this episode, we discuss: 

• What is Hacker Noon?
• How did Hacker Noon get started?
• Why is Hacker Noon leaving Medium? And where are they going?
• How could someone get started writing for Hacker Noon?
• What are the top all-time stories on Hacker Noon?

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The Learn to Code Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and YouTube. Follow One Month on Facebook and Twitter.   

Buddy Galletti is a FullStack Academy student and One Month alumni. He's currently enrolled in Fullstack's 26 week online Bootcamp where he's learning HTML, JavaScript, CSS and React. I interviewed Buddy to tell us about his journey learning to code, and to share an honest review of what it's like being a student at Fullstack Academy. 

In this episode we discuss: 

• What is a coding bootcamp?
• What coding languages does Fullstack Academy teach and why?
• What is the day-to-day work life of a coding bootcamp student?
• Does Fullstack Academy help you get a job?
• How hard is it to get into Fullstack Academy?
• How much is Fullstack Academy?

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The Learn to Code Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and YouTube. Follow One Month on Facebook and Twitter.   

Why are product managers learning to code? This week I chat with product manager (and self-taught programmer) Irma Mesa (@_justirma) about why and how she learned to code. Irma is a product manager at Open Up Resources. Open Up Resources is a non-profit that creates K-12 curriculum, and is funded by some from some pretty big names like The Bill and Linda Gates Foundation and The Schusterman Foundation.

In this episode, we talk about the various resources that Irma used to learn to code (Codecademy, freeCodeCamp, One Month). How helpful were each of these coding courses? Which was the most helpful? What did she use first? What language would she recommend if you're new to just starting a code? All that and more! 

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The Learn to Code Podcast is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and YouTube. Follow One Month on Facebook and Twitter. 

 

In a previous episode of the Learn to Code Podcast I discussed best practices for building a website. Today I want to discuss when NOT to build a website! As well as some cheap, and quick ways to validate your idea before you write a line of code. 

I've built a lot of websites that no one has ever visited.😭 I've seen clients spend $10,000 to build a website, and then afterwards never make an update! Without love, websites die. HTML ages like bread, not like wine. 

In this episode, I discuss the concept of MVP (minimum viable product) and how successful companies like Dropbox, the Skimm, and Oculus Riff all launched without writing a single line of code. 

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In just 10 minutes Chris Castiglione (@castig) of OneMonth.com shares his advice on How to Build a Website from Scratch. ❤️  When should you use Squarespace? WordPress? Or build the website from scratch?

As a web developer with over ten years of experience (working on sites from Toyota, The Grand Central Oyster Bar and dozens of startups), people are often asking him, "Can you build me a website?"

In this episode, Chris gives a framework for helping you decide: 

• When you should use a CMS like Squarespace, WordPress, or Wix.
• When might you want to learn to code and build it yourself from scratch?
• Should you hire a web developer or outsource to Upwork.com?

 

Ultimately, the two questions you want to ask when building a new website boil down to two factors: 

• Ease — How easy do you want this to be? 
• Customizable — How customizable do you want this to be?

 

In less than 10 minutes, Chris will share best practices, questions, and cost when deciding how to build a new website.

Visit www.onemonth.com for the podcast transcript, links mentioned in this episode, and to listen to more episodes of the Learn to Code Podcast. 

 

 

Mike Heavers (@heaversmike) has been designing, strategizing, and coding for the web for over 20 years. He works with HTML, React, JavaScript, Python as well as, other tools like After Effects, Ableton, and most recently Machine Learning. He's also worked with companies like Nike, Facebook, Lululemon and universities like Cornell and Carnegie Mellon.

Today, we'll be discussing what goes into being a successful freelance developer.

In this episode you'll learn: 

• Freelancer vs. Consultant: What's the difference?
• What is a web agency?
• How did you land your job at your first Web Development Agency?
• How do you find clients?
• How do you know what to charge your clients? How do you do invoicing and pricing?
• What are the best resources to stay up to date on web development?
• What's the best language to learn if you want to become a freelance web developer?

You can find Mike on Twitter @heaversmike. 

Learn to Code HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, Ruby and more at www.onemonth.com. That’s also where you can find all of the podcast transcripts, and links mentioned in the show. 

This week on the Learn to Code Podcast Mattan Griffel, award-winning teacher of the Introduction to Programming Using Python course at Columbia Business School, and I discuss the question: “Why are MBAs learning to code?”

Want to land a job as a content marketer? What skills should you learn? Do content marketers need to learn to code?

This week on the podcast, I’m chatting with Kenny Kline (JAKK Media), who’s built a multi-million dollar business helping drive organic traffic to his client’s websites.