CodeNewbie
387 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago - ★★★★★ - 567 ratingsThe CodeNewbie podcast was born from CodeNewbie, an organization which fosters a supportive, international community of people learning to code. Each season, host Saron Yitbarek delivers stories and interviews from people of diverse backgrounds and expertise about their coding journeys, as well as beginner friendly discussions about the tech you should know about.
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Ep. 87 - Vets Who Code (Jerome Hardaway)
May 09, 2016 04:00 - 51 minutes - 67.8 MBPlenty of organizations work to help vets. But what vet Jerome Hardaway noticed about these organizations is that they were mostly reactive. While they responded to problems, few worked to prevent them. So Jerome decided to create a non-profit to teach vets how to code, making it easier for them to start a tech career and better adjust to life back at home. We talk about the program, the stigma of being a vet, and Jerome’s own journey to being a developer. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNe...
Ep. 86 - Intro to Databases (Mark Nadal)
May 02, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBMark Nadal was a front end developer looking for a better database. So he built his own. He walks us through the different types of databases, the limitations you might run into as you use them, and why he decided to build his own graph database. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Twitter Fail Whale Redis Alan Turing Turing Completeness neo4j Titan (distributed graph database) Joe Armstrong GunDB Tuple Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 85 - Technical Writing (Chris Mills)
April 25, 2016 04:00 - 55 minutes - 47.9 MBChris loves writing tutorials for beginners, and he gets to do it for Mozilla. We talk about the different parts of good technical writing, how he manages to maintain that beginner mindset, and how he combines technical knowledge and solid, good writing to make code more accessible. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) CodePen Bugzilla Smashing Magazine A List Apart Write The Docs Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 84 - From Research To Code (Anna Lee)
April 18, 2016 04:00 - 40 minutes - 52.1 MBAnna Lee spent years as a researcher. Going from a world of pharmaceutical science to being a front end web developer was definitely a leap, one she successfully made after quitting her job and doing an online course. Now she works at Society of Grownups. Anna talks to us about her coding journey, what that first day was like, and how her experience as a researcher has impacted her as a developer. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Society of Grownups Kristy Tillman episode ...
Ep. 83 - How To Get A Coding Job (Charles Max Wood)
April 11, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBAs a podcaster of several very popular tech shows, Chuck gets questions from listeners all the time. One of the most popular questions he gets is one that you might also be asking, “How do you get a coding job?” In this episode, we dive into the journey of not just coding but landing a coding job, the pitfalls along the way, and how a code newbie can increase their chances of getting an offer. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Gregg Pollack Ruby on Rails Podcast James Edwar...
Ep. 82 - What Is Code? (Paul Ford)
April 04, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBPaul Ford didn’t expect his article on coding to go big. But almost a year later, the Bloomberg issue dedicated to “What is code?” is still completely sold out. We dig into the major topics covered in that long and highly entertaining piece, like conferences, open source, and languages, and how Paul and the editors created a technical article that still managed to be accessible to coder and non-coders alike. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) What is code? article Code (book...
Ep. 81 - Social Justice Warrior (Coraline Ada Ehmke)
March 28, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBCoraline wears the Social Justice Warrior title proudly. She fights the battles, working tirelessly to create safer spaces for more people in tech. But noble as her cause may be, it is not without controversy. We talk to Coraline about what it means to be a social justice warrior, how she’s dealt with the trolling and harassment that comes with it, and how she stays above it and continues to fight. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 80 - Designing Makerspaces (Kristen Smith)
March 21, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBKristen Smith has spent a lot of time creating just the right spaces for making. In her years working on spaces with Kohl’s, FabCafe, and now littleBits, she’s crafted experiences to get people excited about hardware, and using their creativity in new and innovative ways. We talk about what makes a good makerspace, what the behind-the-scenes of one looks like, and how she leveraged her liberal arts degrees to make the tech world more accessible. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (spon...
Ep. 79 - Make Magazine (Mike Senese)
March 14, 2016 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBMike Senese has always loved tech. He grew up around it, and his fascination and curiosity led him to not only make stuff, but share it with the world. He’s written for tech publications, like Wired and Make Magazine, and hosted a number of TV shows covering a range of science and tech topics. For our second episode of March Is For Makers, Mike talks to us about how he transforms complex technical information into accessible stories, how he got started making, and how the maker movement has c...
Ep. 78 - Hardware Newbie (Emily Xie)
March 07, 2016 05:00 - 47 minutes - 41.4 MBEmily Xie spends most of her time coding in PHP. But recently, she got a chance to do some making by organizing a laser-cutting class for her Girl Develop It chapter. In our first episode for March Is For Makers, our month-long celebration of everything making, we dig into the differences of software and hardware, and how Emily's software background gave her an interesting perspective on her laser-cutting experience. Make sure to check out marchisformakers.com for more maker content with our ...
Ep. 77 - Technically Speaking (Chiu-Ki Chan)
February 29, 2016 05:00 - 57 minutes - 47.7 MBChiu-Ki Chan believes in speaking. Best case scenario, speaking gives her a way to share her journey and accomplishments. Worst case scenario, it’s a way to help her make small talk with other conference goers. Either way, she wins. She talks to us about starting Technically Speaking, a digest highlighting talks and open calls for proposals, about how she successfully shares her career achievements without feeling too self-promoting, and how she helps others do the same. Show Links Partner wi...
Ep. 76 - Data Journalist (Matthew Mitchell)
February 22, 2016 05:00 - 48 minutes - 42.1 MBWhen Matt Mitchell saw the news anchor mention his home country of Grenada, he sat up straight. But his excitement soon turned to confusion when this trusted tv newscaster mispronounced names and places in Grenada, and declared facts that conflicted with reports from his relatives back home. It made him think hard about where data comes from, who tells it, and how it can shift as it exchanges hands. That was the beginning of his passion for news and his work in data journalism. He tells us ab...
Ep. 75 - Coding In Colombia (Juan Pablo Buriticá)
February 15, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBJuan loves his home country, Colombia. But he was frustrated by the pervasive negative headlines describing the country as dangerous. He knew Colombia’s potential, and he wanted to show the world what it was capable of. So he started organizing tech conferences. We talk about how conferences have helped grow and strengthen the Latin America tech community, and how Juan manages to do this work from his home in New York. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) JS Conf Columbia Ruby...
Ep. 74 - Startup Box (Majora Carter)
February 08, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBMajora Carter grew up in the South Bronx, and has spent her life building up the community she loves. Recently, that work has become a bit more technical. She tells us how she created Startup Box, a company focused on providing training and jobs for in-demand roles in quality assurance. We talk about the importance of QA roles in dev, why this work is particularly meaningful to her, and how she’s able to bring her expertise in urban revitalization to the tech world. Show Links Partner with De...
Ep. 73 - Coding Chef (Adrienne Lowe)
February 01, 2016 05:00 - 56 minutes - 48.1 MBShe spent over 12 years as a chef. But when Adrienne Lowe decided to invest in coding skills, she didn’t want to leave her culinary love behind. So she merged those two worlds in her blog, a mix of tech and food that got her invited to talk at conference and fall deeper into the coding world she’d discovered. Adrienne shares how she uses her cooking skills to be a better coder, how her love of the python community has made her a passionate community builder, and how a major life event got her...
Ep. 72 - Security Newbie (Chris Palmer)
January 25, 2016 05:00 - 1 hour - 67 MBChris Palmer spends his time thinking about how to make a browser more secure. But security is a broad concept that can mean different things to different people, and part of a developer’s job is balancing those needs. We talk to Chris about how he makes security decisions and what new developers should consider when thinking about security in the products they build. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Facebook's Free Basic Program Nodeschool Bruce Schneier Hackbright Academ...
Ep. 71 - Internet For All (Danilo Campos)
January 18, 2016 05:00 - 59 minutes - 50.6 MBDanilo lived in public housing until he was two. Now a self-taught iOS developer, he’s using his technical skills and personal journey to help bring the internet to the thousands living in public housing in the US. We talk to Danilo about the importance of the ConnectHome project, how he navigated his own coding journey, and how he wish he knew sooner that programming wasn’t something that other people did, and that he could do it too. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Gith...
Ep. 70 - From Servers to Security (Christina Morillo)
January 11, 2016 05:00 - 41 minutes - 33.9 MBChristina started as a server administrator. But over the years, she found her way into information security, now serving as VP of Technology and Information Risk at Morgan Stanley. She talks to us about the vast world of security, why CodeNewbies should care about security even as developers, and how she’s navigated her own coding journey. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Github Server Administration General Assembly Rebecca Garcia Interview ASP.NET Visual Basic Active Di...
Ep. 69 - Manager Newbie (Selena Deckelmann)
January 04, 2016 05:00 - 52 minutes - 44.1 MBSelena’s been in tech for twenty years. She got her first taste of open source software back in 1995, and since then, she’s been an open source contributor bringing more people into tech. She talks about her new role as manager of a dev team, how open source has changed over the years, and what she’s learned from working with beginners. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) PyLadies Mozilla What Beginners Teach Us Postgres BSD Licenses Lynn Root Jessica McKellar Codeland Conf C...
Ep. 68 - Too Late To Be Awesome (Chanelle Henry)
December 28, 2015 05:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBChanelle Henry wanted to be awesome. She saw people selling companies and building inspiring products and wondered if it was too late for her to be that awesome. That question inspired a Medium blog post that ended up getting a lot of attention, and getting her invites to speak on that very topic. She tells us how that post helped her reach her awesome, and the changes she made in her life to get there. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) ELA Conf Tim Ferriss Kevin Rose Brené...
Ep. 67 - Android Developer (Annyce Davis)
December 21, 2015 05:00 - 41 minutes - 35.2 MBAnnyce Davis became an Android developer by building an Android app. She took some time to hack away at a prototype, showed it to her boss, and was put in charge of building The Washington Posts’s first Android app. She talks about how she went from Java to Android, what she thinks of iOS, and how important community has been to helping her level up and become a senior software engineer at The Washington Post. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Annyce Davis Interview The Was...
Ep. 66 - Laboratoria (Mariana Costa)
December 14, 2015 05:00 - 45 minutes - 38.9 MBMariana Costa started Laboratoria to help young women in Lima, Peru get coding skills and improve their lives. A year and a half in, she’s launched this five-month program serving low-income women in four cities, and she’s just getting started. She talks to us about the challenges of working with this demographic, how it feels to see them transform into developers, and how family support is a key part of their program’s success. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Teach For A...
Ep. 65 - Art and Code (Dan Shiffman)
December 07, 2015 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBDan Shiffman doesn’t like titles. As an open source contributor, author, and professor, it might be because he has so many to pick from. In this conversation, we touch on all three, focusing on his work with Processing, a software sketchbook and language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts, why he loves working with beginners, and how code can be an expressive and powerful artistic medium. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Barbarian Group Processi...
Ep. 64 - Write Speak Code (Rebecca Miller Webster)
November 30, 2015 05:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBRebecca Miller Webster created Write Speak Code for herself. She wanted a space that would encourage her to write more, speak more, and contribute to open source more. And in the process of creating that space for others, she grew herself, both as a person and a developer. In this interview, she talks about her experience putting on this conference and how it’s helped many others take bigger steps in their coding journeys. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Write Speak Code ...
Ep. 63 - Free Code Camp (Quincy Larson)
November 23, 2015 05:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MBHe’s only been coding for four years. But thirteen months ago, Quincy Larson launched one of the most beloved learn-to-code resources in the CodeNewbie community, Free Code Camp. We deep dive into his own learning journey, what he’s learned from helping hundreds of thousands of campers learn to code, and why Free Code Camp will forever be free. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) MOOC Project Euler Node NPM Odin Project Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 62 - Hello Ruby (Linda Liukas)
November 16, 2015 05:00 - 54 minutes - 47 MBLinda Liukas identifies more with being a children’s author than a developer. That might be because she’s spent a good amount of time helping others learn to code than actually coding herself. She used to work for Codecademy, started Rails Girls, and most recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for a book introducing programming to children. The campaign blew past it’s $10K goal, and reached over $380K. Linda talks to us about drawing and writing the book, Hello Ruby, and what she’s learned ...
Ep. 61 - Brianna and Brianna's Mother (Brianna Fugate)
November 09, 2015 05:00 - 1 hour - 80.4 MBWhen she goes to events, she no longer writes her own name on her name tag. Instead, she writes “Brianna’s Mother”. Ronique, the proud single-mother of a coder talks to us about how she supports and advocates for her daughter, and what it’s been like to see her only child take advantage of the many tech opportunities she’s come by. Brianna tells us how she switched from being pre-med to computer science, and got over the intimidation of sitting next to kids who’d discovered coding long before...
Ep. 60 - Impostor Syndrome (Alicia Liu)
November 02, 2015 05:00 - 50 minutes - 43 MBSoftware Engineer Alicia Liu has thought a lot about Impostor Syndrome. In fact, she’s written three blog posts, one each year for the past three years, that have illustrated her own relationship with the term and its relevance in the tech community. We dissect those three blog posts and discuss the role of Impostor Syndrome in different parts of a programmer’s journey. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Unlocking the Clubhouse A List Apart Vanessa Hurst Overcoming Impostor ...
Ep. 59 - The GitHub Nomad (John Britton)
October 26, 2015 04:00 - 52 minutes - 45 MBFor now, home is Lisbon, Portugal. But as a full-time nomad, who knows where developer John Britton will be a few months from now. John tell us what it’s like to work remotely from various countries while being GitHub’s Education Liaison, a fascinating role that involves coding, marketing, and lots of GitHub tutorials. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Angelfire Pro Git Google Summer of Code Tinkertoy Screenhero Gallery (PHP) Microsoft FrontPage Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 58 - From Journalist to Developer (Amy Simmons)
October 19, 2015 04:00 - 48 minutes - 41 MBAmy Simmons spent six years working as a journalist at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC of Australia. As an online journalism, she thought it was a good idea to learn how to code and use that to tell her stories in a new way. So with ABC’s support, she enrolled in a bootcamp, only to find out half way through that she no longer wanted to do journalism at all. Amy tells us how she made the leap into full-time developer and how she found her job as a .NET and C# programmer. Show...
Ep. 57 - Podcasting with Changelog (Adam Stacoviak, Jerod Santo)
October 12, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBDeveloper Adam Stacoviak started Changelog seven years ago, and in that time has built a community and a media company, with the podcast taking center stage. He and his co-host Jerod Santo talk to us about what it's been like building the show over the years, how they escaped podfade, and how they moved from podcast into video. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Changelog Ep. 176: CodeNewbie and Community with Saron Yitbarek Beyond Code Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 56 - From Temp to Head of Design (Julie Ann Horvath)
October 05, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBShe got into tech by doing temporary data entry at the then little-known startup, Yammer. But she saw the opportunities available to those who could code, so she taught herself, taking on more responsibilities to finally become a designer and developer. Julie Ann Horvath opens up about her humble beginnings, what she learned from her controversial exit at Github last year, and the role she plays as an advocate for a more inclusive tech industry. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (spon...
Ep. 55 - Open Source Contributor (Steve Klabnik)
September 28, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBThe first open source project Steve Klabnik got involved with was a pretty big one - he took on Hackety Hack, the beloved application that helped kids learn to code. He only meant to help out, but when no else joined, he ended up running the show, and diving headfirst into the open source world. Now, many years and pull requests later, Klabnik shares how he went from Hackety Hack to contributing to Rails to working full-time on the Rust language, and gives us a beginner-friendly overview of t...
Ep. 54 - The Hacker (Jonathan Barronville)
September 21, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBJonathan hacks away on his search engine at Harvard’s Innovation Lab, fine tuning it for the fashion queries his startup handles. He doesn’t have a computer science degree. He doesn’t have a degree at all. But at 21, he’s been able to hack together a tech education that involves reading academic papers, implementing solutions he finds, and lots and lots of searching. He shares his process for hacking and what he’s learned along the way. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Sco...
Ep. 53 - Peruvian Developer (Andrea Del Rio)
September 14, 2015 04:00 - 59 minutes - 51.7 MBAndrea Del Rio talks about her role as a Mozilla Open Web fellow, how she’s using her technical skills to help civil society organizations, and what it’s like to build products for the Association for Progressive Communications. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) HackerYou Civil society organization APC (Association for Progressive Communications) Mozilla-Knight Open Web Fellows Laboratoria Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 52 - International Dev (Ayori Selassie)
September 07, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBAyori Selassie talks to us about how she navigated her career at Salesforce, moving seamlessly across different roles developing her technical and management skills. She also tells us about her work and time spent in different countries working in the tech space, and how her participation in the State Department’s TechWomen Program helped her better understand the international tech landscape. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) TechWomen Program Sailor Moon GeoCities John He...
Ep. 51 - The Pragmatic Programmer - Part II (Dave Thomas)
August 31, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBIn part two of our interview with Dave Thomas, we dive into some of his other contributions to the community, including coining the phrase “DRY” (Don’t Repeat Yourself), popularizing the code kata, and signing the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. We explore the impacts of these contributions, particularly to code newbie community. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Code Kata DRY SOLID Manifesto for Agile Software Development Agile Is Dead Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 50 - The Pragmatic Programmer Part I (Dave Thomas)
August 24, 2015 04:00 - 55 minutes - 47.9 MBDave Thomas has done a lot for the programming community. He coined the phrase “DRY” (Don’t Repeat Yourself). He popularized the idea of code katas. He was one of the signers of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, and he's the founder of the Pragmatic Bookshelf publishing company. But despite all that, he refers to himself as simply a programmer. In this episode, he shares his own coding journey, gives advice to new developers on how to navigate the mountain of information available...
Ep. 49 - Getting The Job (Suzan Bond)
August 17, 2015 04:00 - 47 minutes - 40.4 MBSuzan Bond calls herself a band manager, the title that captures the wide range of activities she does in her work helping developers grow their careers. Her marketing, negotiating, and career management advice is filled with solemn, reflective thoughts on how to think through your first programming job, and the steps you can take to better navigate your career. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Superhero Pose TED Talk Patreon : CodeNewbie Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 48 - Freelance to Full-Time (Nicole Dominguez)
August 10, 2015 04:00 - 48 minutes - 50.7 MBNicole Dominguez taught herself to code at a pretty young age, and by the time she was in high school, she had paying freelance clients. At 21, she reflects on her freelance days, what she’s learned as a teacher helping others learn coding concepts, and how she was able to teach herself enough to get to her current role as product designer and front-end developer. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) CSS testing snippet with * Muck Rack Sawhorse Media Startup Institute CodeNew...
Ep. 47 - Design and Dev (Una Kravetz)
August 03, 2015 04:00 - 52 minutes - 5 MBUna Kravets found her love of design at a young age, publishing homemade magazines complete with polls and special color editions and handing them out to her classmates. Now, she translates that love of design to code, building prototypes and design systems at IBM Design. She talks to us about her love of design and dev, how she open sourced her personal goals, and how CodeNewbies can better manage and achieve their coding goals. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Wacom tabl...
Ep. 46 - Self Taught Programmer (Courteney Ervin)
July 27, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBCourteney Ervin taught herself to code. She did it in her spare time, finding hours late at night and on weekends to grow her skills. And in that time, she went to her first hackathon, made her first open source contribution, taught others to code, and finally found herself in a full-time role as a developer. She tells us about her journey, and the key moments that helped her advance her tech career, and shares advice on how others can make the most of their self-taught journey. Show Links Pa...
Ep. 45 - Design Director (Kristy Tillman)
July 20, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBWhen you ask Kristy Tillman about design, she doesn’t just talk about designing for a screen. She touches on space, rooms, fliers, products, both physical and digital. Her fluid, all-encompassing concept of design might be new to our CodeNewbie community, but it’s crucial for her role as Design Director for the Society of Grownups. In this episode, we talk about her design process, how she hires for design roles, and what CodeNewbies can do when designing their own products. Show Links Partne...
Ep. 44 - CSS Tricks (Chris Coyier)
July 13, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBIt took years for CSS Tricks to become the popular front-end and design resource it is today. Creator Chris Coyier talks about starting the website in 2007 and how it’s grown to be the incredible front end community it is now. He also talks about his other project, CodePen, and how building community has been an integral part of the tool. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) A List Apart Element Query CSS Tricks CodePen Container Query Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 43 - Code and Hip Hop (Earl Bey)
July 06, 2015 04:00 - 51 minutes - 44.6 MBProgrammer Earl Bey has always been a hip hop fan. He’s been rapping since he was ten, and even had his own manager. When he was later introduced to tech, he dove into coding full time. Now, he blends his new passion for code with his love for hip hop. He talks about how he uses rap to retain new programming concepts, and gives us a taste of his lyrical skills in a performance of code-infused rhymes on FizzBuzz and Rails. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) ScriptEd FizzBuzz ...
Ep. 42 - POODR And Beyond - Part II (Sandi Metz)
June 29, 2015 04:00 - 53 minutes - 45.7 MBSandi Metz describes herself as an "accidental author." Accident or not, her book Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby (POODR) is beloved in the ruby community, and she's used her ability to break down complex coding topics to build the second phase of her programming career, one focused on teaching and speaking. In part II of this two-part interview, she talks to us about speaking, how she prepares for her talks and her plans for her upcoming book. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbi...
Ep. 41 - POODR And Beyond - Part I (Sandi Metz)
June 21, 2015 04:00 - 52 minutes - 44.3 MBSandi Metz describes herself as an "accidental author." Accident or not, her book Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby (POODR) is beloved in the ruby community, and she's used her ability to break down complex coding topics to build the second phase of her programming career, one focused on teaching and speaking. In part I of this two-part interview, she talks to us about life pre- and post-POODR, what makes her a great teacher, and why she it took her four years to write POODR. Show Link...
Ep. 40 - From Cars To Code (Angel Jose)
June 15, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 27.1 MBAngel 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. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) The Firehose Project Sensay Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 39 - From Coding To Venture Capital (Andrew Chen)
June 08, 2015 04:00 - 1 hour - 31.8 MBHe 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 tech advisor, how he’s maintained a solid blog for over eight years, and why you don’t have to be a great coder to build something great. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbi...
Ep. 38 - Hacker Hours (Aidan Feldman)
June 01, 2015 04:00 - 53 minutes - 22.8 MBWhen developer Aidan Feldman had a line of people waiting for their turn to get coding help from him, he decided to try a different format. Instead of one-on-one tutoring, how about open office hours for anyone coding to come together and work on their skills? And that was the beginning of Hacker Hours. Aidan tells us how he’s built Hacker Hours over the past few years, and how he manages to keep the community accessible and incredibly welcoming. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (spo...