Hire Tech
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJoin Codeup’s CEO and Co-Founder Jason Straughan as he explores what it’s like to work in the tech industry in today’s times as he interviews former Codeup students and tech leaders who have hired Codeup graduates. These stories will show you the impact Codeup is having on the tech world by empowering our graduates with real life change.
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Episodes
Season 2 Episode 7: Ramon Hubbell, Full Stack Developer at Cognizant
July 15, 2022 21:17 - 40 minutes - 56.3 MBStay Connected With The Show & Codeup Follow Codeup on Twitter to interact with us about the show --> https://twitter.com/gocodeup Follow our host Jason on Twitter to interact with him about the show --> https://twitter.com/jdstraughan Interested in launching your career in tech? Check out our program offerings here! --> https://codeup.com/programs/ Are you someone looking to hire entry-level technical talent in fields like Software Development, Web Development, Data Science, or Cloud Ad...
Season 2 Episode 6: Dirk Elmendorf, Founder at Jobward
July 01, 2022 18:27 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBStay Connected With The Show & Codeup Follow Codeup on Twitter to interact with us about the show --> https://twitter.com/gocodeup Follow our host Jason on Twitter to interact with him about the show --> https://twitter.com/jdstraughan Interested in launching your career in tech? Check out our program offerings here! --> https://codeup.com/programs/ Are you someone looking to hire entry-level technical talent in fields like Software Development, Web Development, Data Science, or Cloud Ad...
Season 2 Episode 5: Carrington Jones, Software Engineer III at USAA
June 17, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBStay Connected With The Show & Codeup Follow Codeup on Twitter to interact with us about the show --> https://twitter.com/gocodeup Follow our host Jason on Twitter to interact with him about the show --> https://twitter.com/jdstraughan Interested in launching your career in tech? Check out our program offerings here! --> https://codeup.com/programs/ Are you someone looking to hire entry-level technical talent in fields like Software Development, Web Development, Data Science, or Cloud Ad...
Season 2 Episode 4: Mainak Bardhan, Digital Platform & Applied Intelligence Associate Director at Accenture Federal Services
June 03, 2022 05:00 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBStay Connected With The Show & Codeup Follow Codeup on Twitter to interact with us about the show --> https://twitter.com/gocodeup Follow our host Jason on Twitter to interact with him about the show --> https://twitter.com/jdstraughan Interested in launching your career in tech? Check out our program offerings here! --> https://codeup.com/programs/ Are you someone looking to hire entry-level technical talent in fields like Software Development, Web Development, Data Science, or Cloud Ad...
Season 2 Episode 3: Jeremy Brown, Technical Support Manager at Rackspace
May 20, 2022 05:05 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MBJason sits down with Jeremy Brown who is a Technical Support Manager at Rackspace. They talk all things tech, hiring, and of course Rackspace! Let us know what you think of every episode each week using the hashtag #hiretechpodcast on social media. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Stay Connected With The Show & Codeup Follow Codeup on Twitter to interact with us about the show --> https://twitter.com/gocodeup Foll...
Season 2 Episode 2: Jeffery Roeder, Decision Science Analyst 1 at USAA
May 06, 2022 15:00 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MBJason sits down with Jeffery Roede who is a Decision Science Analyst 1 at USAA. Jeffery graduated with the Bayes Data Science cohort in January 2020. Learn about how Jeffery's story in today's episode! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Stay Connected With The Show & Codeup Follow Codeup on Twitter to interact with us about the show --> https://twitter.com/gocodeup Follow our host Jason on Twitter to interact with ...
Season 2 Episode 1: Justin Hoffman | Head of Data Analytics at Victory Capital
April 22, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBThank you so much for listening to our podcast! In Season 2 you can expect a longer season, more guests, more hiring partners, and just downright tech industry fun. Thank you to our guest Justin Hoffman for joining us on today's episode! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Stay Connected With The Show & Codeup Follow Codeup on Twitter to interact with us about the show --> https://twitter.com/gocodeup Follow our h...
Episode 9: AWS Arrives at Codeup | Jeremy Price, AWS Trainer at Codeup *SPECIAL EPISODE*
January 05, 2022 06:00 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MBWe recently announced that we are in collaboration with AWS as an Official Training Partner! Jason sits down with Jeremy Price, our Technical Trainer at Codeup who teaches our AWS course offerings.
Episode 8: Norrick McGee, Eric Escalante, & Michael Moran | Data / Machine Learning Engineers at Quickpath
November 19, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBWhat does a former math and physics tutor, a former banker, and a former lawyer all have in common? They graduated from Codeup's Data Science program and all currently work at Quickpath! In our season one finale - Jason sits down with Norrick McGee, Eric Escalante, and Michael Moran from Quickpath located here in San Antonio. They chat about their tech careers and how QuickPath has played a role as a hiring partner for Codeup over the years. Thank you all so much for your support of this p...
Episode 7: Alex Melton | CEO of Wyrmix
November 03, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBWhat if a company had access to a team of Disney Imagineers to market their new product launch? That's just one aspect of the company Wyrmix! Wyrmix is a cross-disciplinary product design firm that leverages partnerships to create physical and digital products, connected experiences, and interactive environments. Jason sits down with their CEO Alex Melton this week on our latest episode! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Learn more about Wyrmix by visiting their ...
Episode 6: Gregory M. Lawler, MBA, FLMI Commander, USN Retired | VP and CIO of GPM Life
October 20, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MBJason sits down with Gregory M. Lawler who is the current Vice President and CIO of GPM Life. They have a great conversation about the "best way" to onboard entry level tech talent. As Gregory points out, the Life Insurance industry often needs re-works of a lot of their programs. You will learn how some of our very own Codeup Alumna are directly impacting positive change for GPM Life every single day. This episode is a must listen! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
Episode 5: Michael DeFelice | Co-Founder and CTO at Cyber Fortress
October 06, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBJason sits down with Michael DeFelice, Co-Founder and CTO of Cyber Fortress this week on episode 5 of Hire Tech! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Michael DeFelice is a Data Scientist, Developer, and Systems Architect with over 15 years experience and a love for testing new ideas, developing talent, and building things that could move the world. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out Michael on LinkedIn Check out Cyber Fortress h...
Episode 4: Bryan Walsh | Lead Software Developer at GPS LLC
September 22, 2021 05:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBBryan Walsh sits down with Jason this week to talk about life at Codeup, life after Codeup, and talks about this concept we call "drinking from the fire hydrant". Tune in to learn what that phrase means in this weeks episode! Visit codeup.com/podcast for all things Hire Tech! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Check out Bryan on LinkedIn Check out Guardian Premier Solutions LLC +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Follow Host Jason Str...
Episode 3: Kris Connolly | Technical Trainer at the Codeup Cloud Academy
September 08, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBThe Codeup Cloud Academy is new to Codeup! Jason sits down with Technical Trainer Kris Connolly to discuss his technical career journey and what it's like to teach at the Codeup Cloud Academy.
Episode 2: Alexandra Hamner | Jr. Implementation Engineer at SearchSpring
August 25, 2021 01:46 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBOn this episode of Hire Tech, Jason sits down with Alexandra Hammer, who works as a Jr. Implementation Engineer at SearchSpring since February of this year. What is SearchSpring? What is a Jr. Implementation Engineer actually do? Dive into this episode to find out! Thanks to our friends at SearchSpring for letting us borrow Alexandra for a bit!
Episode 1: Ryan Smith | Software Developer III at USAA
August 03, 2021 19:51 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBWelcome to Hire Tech! A podcast about hiring entry level technical talent for your teams. Join us on this premiere episode as our CEO Jason Straughan interviews Ryan Smith, a Codeup graduate of December 2019. Learn all about Ryan's story and what it was like to go from working in the military, to attending Codeup, and his tech career journey after graduating.