Pursuit Podcast

Alvaro Videla works with Migros, one of Switzerland's largest supermarket chains. Originally from the countryside in Uruguay, Alvaro self taught himself development skills while selling food door to door. With the help of friends, family and his own determination he overcame a series of challenges to become a developer in the capital. He's continued to grow and learn, authoring books on RabbitMQ and being a leading developer, speaker and one of tech's best loved thinkers. You can read more about his journey at this blog post he's written for FreeCodeCamp.

This episode we look at another profile of a technologist who got into the digital technology industry without a degree. Thayer Prime is a self-taught programmer, who now works in organisational design and digital technology recruitment with her company Team Prime. She joined us to talk about her journey into tech, recruitment and more.In this episode we talked about getting into the digital technology industry without a degree, best practise ideas for hiring processes and found out about Thayer's path into the industry as a self taught developer. Some companies that were mentioned: MillerHare Hypothesis Outlandish Team Prime

A look at the challenges and rewards of running your own tech events from Mike Elsmore, the founder of the Hackference conference and hackathon.

Jessica Rose and Steven Pitchford look at what a great portfolio site for junior developers needs and look at some fantastic examples of existing sites.

Noted Afrofuturist Florence Okoye and Ed-tech darling Nadeem Shabir talk about their motivations in entering the technology industry and the path they travelled into the industry. Advice and cautions, warnings and rewards of getting into the tech industry, alongside the question of you need a degree to work in tech.