Panel: Charles Max Wood Guest: Sean Merron This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Sean Merron. Sean is currently in Austin, Texas and is originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is a full-time software engineer, and has been for a little over 15 years now, and runs a podcast called 2 Frugal Dudes. He first got into programming when he was in high school and went to a trade school for computer networking. This trade school really gave him a leg up with his certifications and led him to his first job where he did tech support for an office. Sean urges new programmers to always have a project and to never be afraid to learn something new. In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

• 2 Frugal Dudes
• How did you get into programming?
• CCNA and A+ certification
• Frist experience learning programming
• AP Computer Science
• C++ and Java
• How did you get into JavaScript?
• Gaming led to him wanting to build websites
• GeoCities
• HTML files
• HTML application
• Any advice for new programmers?
• Scripting
• Life-long learning
• What have your contributed to the programming community?
• Teaching, meetups, and conferences
• How did 2 Frugal Dudes come about?
• The importance of learning about finances
• The goal of podcasts
• His podcast audience demographics
• They discuss finances in layman’s terms
• What are you working on now and what are your future plans?
• And much, much more!

Links: 

• Linode
• 2 Frugal Dudes
• EarlyRetirementRoadmap.com
• @SeanMerron

Picks Charles

• React and View Podcast coming up
• PodWrench.com

Sean

• Mr. Money Mustache
• BogleHeads
• The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John Bogle