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Saron talks to Ale Thomas, Developer Advocate and Web Developer at Kubeshop | Mixed Change. Ale talks about growing up in Mexico and learning to code on her own. She walks us through her career history and how she paved her way into tech without a CS degree. She highlights how mentors played a critical role in her coding journey and how important finding those mentors and a community is. Finally, Ale shares her thoughts on what inclusivity in tech means to her and the work she is doing to make an impact in the space.

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• React
• Angular
• Scrum
• HackerRank
• DSA
• C#
• Python
• C++

Ale Thomas

Ale is an Industrial Engineer turned Software Developer from Mexico. Now based in NY, she's passionate about Open Source Software, developing for non-profits, and helping out in the tech community.

Join us as we sit down with Vanessa Vun, Frontend Engineer at SciShield. Vanessa talks about how she first built a computer when she was in middle school but ended up taking a different path for her studies and found herself back in tech after working as a Clinical Lab Scientist for 10 years. Vanessa shares how she gained her technical experience to put herself in the best position when applying for jobs, along with tips on how others could learn from her journey.

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• Code for America
• Hack for LA
• Open Source Technology
• C++

Vanessa Vun

Vanessa Vun started her self-taught coding journey in 2022 after quitting a 10-year career as a clinical laboratory scientist. About 14 months later, she landed a job as a Frontend Engineer at SciShield, which provides a platform of solutions for research laboratories.

Meet Alex Lee, Frontend Engineer at Amazon. In this episode, we learn why Alex pivoted away from Mechanical Engineering and we follow his journey of transformation, opting to learn to code through a bootcamp over multiple law school offers. Alex also talks about his passion as a dedicated career coach and we learn more about Alex who not only excels in the realm of cutting-edge technology but also empowers others to navigate their career paths with confidence.

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• Git
• Series A Company
• Flatiron School

Alex Lee

Alex is a Frontend Engineer at Amazon based in Los Angeles. He also is a career coach dedicated to helping new and seasoned Software Developers change or advance their career.

In the kickoff episode to Season 25, Saron talks to Marley Anthony, Software Engineer at Bench Accounting. Marley talks about his career pivot from studying biomedical sciences to getting into tech. He unravels his strategies and tactics to secure his first internship, the pivotal steps he took to transition into his current role, and the significance of laying a solid foundation of knowledge early in his career. Tune in to gain valuable perspectives on strategies for landing that all-important internship, fostering growth, and embracing the ongoing pursuit of knowledge.

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• LinkedIn
• Debug
• Git
• Variable
• JavaScript
• CSS

Marley Anthony

Marley Anthony is a software engineer, photographer, and outdoor enthusiast based in Vancouver, BC. He loves tech and spending his time outside riding bikes and hiking. He's keen to continue to use his passion for creating to make beautiful, simple, and minimal websites.

Saron talks to Madison Kanna, Senior Software Engineer, Health and Wellness at Walmart. Saron talks to Madison about finding the inspiration to transition from being a model to becoming a skilled developer. Madison talks about the experiences, challenges, and moments that sparked her interest in development. Listeners will gain insights into the tools and resources she utilized to hone her coding skills when first embarking on this new path. Madison also highlights the importance of seeking mentorship and how mentorship can open doors to exciting opportunities.

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• Web Development
• Systems Programming
• Data Science
• Python
• CodeBookClub
• Deep Work

Madison Kanna

Madison Kanna started her coding journey back in 2017 after deciding to shift away from her modeling career. In just one year, she made the transition fully and she is now a Senior Software Engineer in Health and Wellness at Walmart! Outside of her role, you can find her blogging about what she's learning, or leading the CodeBookClub, a virtual community she started back in 2020.

Today, Saron sits down with Natalie Davis, who shares her experience pursuing software engineering after climbing the ladder in the retail industry for 15 years. In their conversation, Natalie talks about what she has learned navigating the tech industry, how she's navigated layoffs, and why she has grown to be more selective and intentional with prospective new opportunities.

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• Mark Thompson
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• 2FA
• Natalie Davis (GitHub)
• Natalie Davis (Twitter)
• README
• Angie Jones
• ISA (Income-Share Agreement)

Natalie Davis

Natalie Davis is a software engineer by trade and a curious person by nature. After deciding to step away from her extensive retail career, Natalie took the first steps in her tech journey by graduating from an 18-month long bootcamp. Natalie landed her first engineering role with Foxtrot while still in school, but has since held roles with Netlify and Post.

Saron sits down with Stacey Graham, Software Engineer at a fintech company. Stacey grew up curious about computers since being introduced to them in the 7th grade. Although she didn't take the full plunge into code immediately, she constantly provided technical support in her previous roles. Hear Stacey talk more about her experience navigating her career transition while battling health troubles, how you can level up and network in the tech community, and where to look for communities while you are just starting out.

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• Stacey's Instagram
• Stacey's Twitter
• Meetup.com
• WorkSource Atlanta
• Career Karma
• Team Treehouse
• Codecademy
• freeCodeCamp
• JavaScript
• CSS
• HTML
• Network Administrator

Stacey Graham

Stacey fell in love with technology in the 7th grade in her first computer class and from there, her curiosity for technology began. She is passionate about coding and loves learning and problem-solving collaboratively in teams. She enjoys building high-quality applications in JavaScript, React, and Angular and she enjoys working with RESTful APIs, Node.js, and Express.js. She likes being challenged and believes there is always an opportunity to learn something new in web development, and that is what gets her excited about this industry.

Today, Saron talks with Phoebe Voong-Fadel, a self-taught Frontend Developer at the National Foundation for Educational Research. After having transitioned from a successful 14-year career in Higher Education in 2017, Phoebe made the courageous decision to pursue coding full-time while balancing the responsibilities of being a mother to her two children. Along with learning about her experience balancing learning to code and being a mom we talk to Phoebe about her passions that extend beyond her professional role. She actively contributes to the coding community by writing articles for freeCodeCamp and mentors early-career developers.

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• Udemy
• React
• The Collab Lab
• Paired programming
• OpenLayers
• Front-end Development
• Python
• CS50
• JavaScript
• #100DaysOfCode
• freeCodeCamp
• HTML

Phoebe Voong-Fadel

Phoebe was born and educated in the U.K. Before entering the world of web development, she worked for over a decade at various universities in London. Throughout her career in Higher Education, she was a strong advocate of using technology and software to automate repetitive administrative tasks. So she decided to pursue a more technical career. She is currently working full-time as a front-end developer at the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER).

Saron talks with Africa, a former Occupational Therapist specializing in virtual therapy and assistive technology. Saron and Africa talk about transitioning from Occupational Therapy to working as an Accessibility Engineer testing government software and teaching developers how to build more inclusive web applications. Africa also talks about her journey teaching herself how to code, what stretches are useful for Software Engineers, and how important coffee chats and networking are. Be sure to listen for the mini-guided stretch break during the episode as well!

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• The Odin Project
• freeCodeCamp
• Occupational Therapy

Africa Mincey

Africa Mincey is a Software Engineer and accessibility specialist specializing in: - human centered full-stack web development - assistive technology and web accessibility - technical writing, content creation, and community building. She uses web development tools to create dynamic and responsive web applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, express, mongoDB and NodeJS.

Saron talks to Senior Accessibility iOS Engineer at Spotify, Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats. Daniel talks all about accessibility and specifically delves in on how he got interested in the field, examples of how to make code more accessible, and how others listening can add accessibility to their tool kit of coding skills. Author of the “Developing Accessible iOS Apps” book, he keeps himself busy by writing a daily tweet about accessibility and iOS with the hashtag #365DaysIOSAccessibility.

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• VoiceOver
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• Mobile A11y
• WWDC23
• Developing Accessible iOS Apps
• Screen Readers
• Accessibility

Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats

Dani has his dream job as an iOS Engineer on Spotify’s Accessibility team. He has previously loved working at Skyscanner or the BBC, where he learned a ton about how to make iOS apps more accessible. Sometimes he lets Xcode have a break and spreads the love for accessibility at conferences. Author of the “Developing Accessible iOS Apps” book, he keeps himself busy by writing a daily tweet about accessibility and iOS with the hashtag #365DaysIOSAccessibility.

Saron sits down again with Frankie Nicoletti who we heard from in Season 23. This time Saron and Frankie talk about neurodivergence. They talk about what neurodivergence is, how listening to people's needs and making accommodations to allow people to do their best work is and will always be good for everyone, not just those who are neurodivergent, and the benefits of being neurodivergent.

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• Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want
• Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
• Laziness Does Not Exist
• Loom
• Dyslexia
• Bottom-up thinking
• Autism
• ADHD
• Neurodivergence

Frankie Nicoletti

Francesca Kerberos Nicoletti (she/they) is an engineer, leader, educator, and polymath, and currently VP of Engineering at SoLo Funds. Previously they were AI Engineering Lead at a martech unicorn, Head of Engineering at a seed stage grocery startup, interim CTO at a big data startup, and an IC at several early-stage startups ranging from ecommerce to social media. They have been a career coach for 7 years. They hold several state records in power lifting.

Tae’lur Alexis is a self taught software developer, application security enthusiast and content creator. Her mission is to help people with non traditional backgrounds break into tech. Tae'lur sits down with Saron to talk about her coding journey going from fast food to tech and the habits and tips she has learned to get to where she is today.

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• Tae'lur's Talk at BSides Baltimore 2023
• Beer & Chocolate Delivery App
• The Pomodoro Technique
• freeCodeCamp
• The Web Developer Bootcamp 2023
• Codeacademy

Tae'lur Alexis

Tae'lur is a software developer, application security researcher / pentester and content creator. She transitioned into tech in 2018 after working in retail and fast food. Since then she's had the pleasure of traveling around the world speaking at conferences, have worked with startups helping improve their user experience and have helped get more people into tech. Tae'lur write about all things tech – her favorite being web app pentesting. Her goal is to explain technical concepts in way that people can understand. Tae'lur want to do her part in helping make the tech space more inclusive and accessible for those transitioning from non traditional backgrounds.

For our Season 23 Finale, Saron talks to Pariss Chandler, Software Engineer turned Founder & CEO of Black Tech Pipeline. You may have heard of her before, as she was the mobilizer behind the hashtag, movement, and community #BlackTechTwitter. Pariss talks about getting into tech, being in tech at ad agencies and a beauty company, and how life changed after just one tweet. Pariss also talks about Black Tech Pipeline, the company Pariss started after seeing a lack of Black programmers in tech and wanting to change that.

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• Black Tech Pipeline
• #BlackTechTwitter
• React
• CSS
• Vanilla JS
• HTML
• JavaScript
• Resilient Coders
• Frontend development

Pariss Chandler

Pariss Chandler is a Software Engineer turned Founder & CEO of Black Tech Pipeline and mobilizer of the hashtag, movement and community #BlackTechTwitter.

Saron sits down with Brittney Ball, Documentation Engineer at Meta. Brittney shares her experience going from being a homeless single mom living in a shelter to a Software Engineer. She talks about her journey to get to where she is today, the role a viral tweet played in kick-starting her coding journey, tips for those who are self-taught to stand out when job searching, and what a Documentation Engineer is.

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• Brittney Ball Blog
• Documentation Engineering
• Charlotte Developers
• Lynda.com
• HTML
• JavaScript
• Year Up

Brittney Ball

Through hard work and determination, Brittney's proven that your past doesn’t define your future. Six years ago, she was a single mom living in a shelter. Now, she's a self-taught software engineer, documentation engineer, keynote speaker, event organizer, technical bootcamp instructor, and mentor.

Today, Saron talks with Alice Goldfuss, Principal Software Engineer and Systems Programmer specializing in building resilient distributed systems at scale. Alice delivered industry-impacting talks on container platforms, infrastructure operations, and organizational best practices, as well as written on the SRE field, kernel crashes, and personal security. We hear about her coding journey and learn all about her take on various programs and the tech world as a whole.

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• How to Get Into SRE
• Rust
• CSS
• Notepad++
• Inline CSS
• HTML4

Alice Goldfuss

Alice Goldfuss is a systems punk with years of experience working on cutting-edge container platforms. She's an international speaker who enjoys building modern infrastructure at-scale and writing fiction on the weekends. Alice has written articles, consulted on publications, built communities, and sipped many cups of tea. She haven't written a book, but you’ve probably read her tweets (@alicegoldfuss).

In this episode we sit down with Kyle Shevlin from Virta Health, who talks to us about his journey from ministry into tech. Kyle is a senior software engineer (JavaScript, React, and more) who spends his free time golfing, woodworking and playing video games. Hear as he describes his experience with ADHD in the workplace.

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• Justice Sensitivity
• ADHD
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• From Pastor to Programmer

Kyle Shevlin

Kyle Shevlin is a software developer that lives and works in wonderful Portland, Oregon. He describes himself as a simple, Midwestern man who happens to be the forbidden lovechild between a Vulcan and a Viking. Make of that what you will. He has a motto that is the driving force behind his work, “With all things, leave them better than you find them.” He sees something that could be better, he tries to find a way to make it better. Lastly, lest you think of him as only a software developer. When he's not working, he's probably working on his golf game. He plays in tournaments all around the Pacific Northwest and occasionally even wins one once in a while. He has a nascent golf blog he's just getting started to share some of his insights into the game with others. When he's not playing golf, you can probably find him playing video games with his wife 5 or having a good beer and food with some friends.

In this episode we sit down with Leemay Nassery who talks to us about all things A/B testing. Leemay is a Senior Engineer Manager at Spotify who is passionate about tying engineering to business and user impact while keeping her team's career growth at the forefront. If you have ever been interested in learning more about A/B testing or have been confused about what exactly A/B testing might be, this episode is for you.

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Leemay Nassery

Leemay Nassery is an engineering leader at Spotify. Before Spotify, she led data engineering and personalization efforts at Etsy, Dropbox, and Comcast. Leemay is passionate about tying engineering to business and user impact while keeping her team's career growth at the forefront.

In this episode we talk to Frankie Nicoletti, VP of Engineering at SoLo Funds. We learn how throughout their career Frankie has always said yes to opportunities that came their way and it has made all the difference. Tune in to find out about what saying yes looks like and how to best look for and apply to jobs when you're a new bootcamp grad.

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• Hackathon
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Frankie Nicoletti

Francesca Kerberos Nicoletti (she/they) is an engineer, leader, educator, and polymath, and currently VP of Engineering at SoLo Funds. Previously they were AI Engineering Lead at a martech unicorn, Head of Engineering at a seed stage grocery startup, interim CTO at a big data startup, and an IC at several early-stage startups ranging from ecommerce to social media. They have been a career coach for 7 years. They hold several state records in power lifting.

This week we talk to Tanya Reilly, Senior Principal Engineer at Squarespace, about having a growth mindset. Having a growth mindset includes recognizing our limitations and challenging ourselves to learn at any stage of our coding journey. We also talked about interviewing and advocating for ourselves.

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• The Staff Engineer's Path
• Growth Mindset and Code
• System Design
• Linux
• Memoization
• Graph Traversal
• Project Euler
• Stanford Computer Science
• Platform Engineering

Tanya Reilly

Tanya Reilly is the author of The Staff Engineer's Path, and a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Squarespace. Before Squarespace she spent 12 years in Site Reliability Engineering at Google. She is originally from Ireland, but is now an enthusiastic New Yorker. Tanya likes raspberry pi, coding on trains and figuring out how systems will break. She blogs at noidea.dog.

Welcome back to Season 23 of the CodeNewbie Podcast! We sit down and talk to Taylor Poindexter, co-founder of Black Code Collective, an organization that strives to create a safe space for software engineers to thrive. She is also an Engineering Manager at Spotify. In her downtime you can find her adventuring, tweeting about tech, and creating whiskey videos for Instagram. She talks to us about her coding experience, the importance of taking breaks and what psychological safety in the workplace looks like. She also talks to us about her organization Black Code Collective.

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Taylor Poindexter

Taylor Poindexter is the co-founder of Black Code Collective, an organization that strives to provide a safe space for Black Engineers to collaborate and grow their skills. In addition to this, she is an Engineering Manager at Spotify, Some awards she’s received include: 2019 Power Woman of DC Tech, DC Fem Tech’s 2018 Power Woman in Code, DC’s 2017 Top Technologist, and 2017 Power Woman of DC Tech. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, working out, whiskey tasting, and spending time with her two amazing nephews.

Happy New Year! In this final episode of Season 22, Saron speaks with Mark Thompson, Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Google. Mark loves to teach and code. He is an award-winning university instructor and engineer with a passion for creating meaningful learning experiences. Listen as they discuss Mark's interest in code, coding bootcamps and how to manage your career.

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• Svelte
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• React
• Angular

Mark Thompson

Mark loves to teach and code. His love for both of these disciplines has led to becoming an award winning university instructor and software engineer. He comes with a passion for creating meaningful learning experiences. With over a decade of developing solutions across the tech stack, Mark likes to use that experience to break down the fear of technology and make challenging technical topics more accessible. Lately, Mark has been spending time creating a disruptive fitness community by building Totally Strong, Inc. Oh, he also has a 1000+ day streak practicing Spanish on Duolingo!

In this episode, Saron talks to Anna McDougall, Director of Product and Engineering for the tech subsidiary of Europe's largest media publisher, Axel Springer National Media & Tech. Anna grew up in Sydney, Australia, and moved to Germany to pursue a career as an opera singer. At 32 she rediscovered her love for code and technology and made the switch to software engineering. She quickly discovered her mix of software and social skills made her perfect for leadership and technical speaking. Today, Saron and Anna discuss her experience in tech and navigating the career transition from entertainment to code. She is also the author of "You Belong in Tech: How to Go from Zero Programming Knowledge to Hired", and is passionate about getting historically excluded individuals into tech.

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• Rubberducking
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• React
• JavaScript
• The Odin Project
• CSS
• HTML

Anna McDougall

Former opera singer turned software engineer Anna McDougall is originally from Australia, but now lives in Leipzig, Germany. She currently works as Director, Product and Engineering (Projects and Organisation) for Axel Springer National Media & Tech GmbH, based in Berlin. There, she consults on project teams spanning AI, ML, web development, data science/analytics, AR/VR, DevOps, and more. Her work involves lifting up other engineers to better advocate for their work; representing the company's technical teams at conferences, meetups, and events; and also promoting diversity and inclusion initiatives for technical staff. Anna has consistently striven to motivate and drive practical results for others trying to transition into a tech career.

On today's episode, Saron speaks with Brian Douglas, founder and CEO of Open Sauced, where he works on increasing the knowledge and insights of open-source communities. In the past he’s lead Developer Advocacy at GitHub by fostering a community of early adopters through conversations with the top open source maintainers on GitHub. Hear them discuss how Brain learned to code to start his own company, takeaways from working at startups, open source insights and learning through rejection.

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• Open Sauced
• FreeCompute
• Electron
• React Native
• WebPack
• NoJS
• CSS
• SDK
• Node
• Angular 2.0
• Angular JS
• JavaScript
• React
• API
• Linked List
• Go
• Open Source
• Ruby On Rails

Brian Douglas

Outside of Open Sauced, Brian was most recently a member of the Developer Relations team at GitHub where he worked on the increasing use of GitHub and its API by fostering a community of early adopters through the developer programs. In the past, he’s led Developer Advocacy and Front-end development at Netlify, where he sat in a hybrid role as Frontend Engineer and Developer Advocate. Today, Brian finds a lot of enjoyment in encouraging folks to get involved in Open Source through his organization, Open Sauced.

Saron sits down with writer, programmer, and creator, Philip Kiley. Philip is the author of Writing for Software Developers and Life-Changing Email. They discuss how he first got into technical writing while studying abroad in Budapest, what technical writing is, what technical content platforms are out there, why new developers should publish content early in their careers, and more.

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• Coding TikTok
• Technical writing
• GitHub
• AIT-Budapest
• Life-Changing Email
• Writing for Software Developers

Philip Kiely

Philip Kiely is a technical writer at BaseTen and the author of Writing for Software Developers. He runs PK&C, the world's smallest conglomerate. He graduated from Grinnell College in May 2020 with a degree in computer science. Before a stint as Head of Marketing at Gumroad, he began his career writing code for Markforged, Principal Financial, and CUNA Mutual Group. Philip’s professional hobbies include appearing on podcasts and panels, sending cold emails, and tweeting about business. He also plays D&D, practices martial arts, and reads widely.

This week we’re bringing a bonus featured episode from Compiler, a show made to simplify tech for tomorrow’s IT leaders, from our friends at Red Hat. Jen Krieger and Dr. Erika Hamden join us on the show to discuss failure, and how approaching it in healthier ways can help individuals learn and grow. Take a listen!

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Compiler

Do you want to stay on top of tech, but without the time spend? Compiler presents perspectives, topics, and insights from the industry free from jargon and judgment. They want to discover where technology is headed beyond the headlines, and create a place for new IT professionals to learn, grow, and thrive.

Joining Saron today is Jason Lengstorf, host of Learn with Jason, where he pair programs with experts from around the community to learn something new in 90 minutes. Jason talks about how he found his way into tech after being in a band, his passion for code and all things Developer Relations. He helps companies form stronger connections with their communities through creative media and special events. Jason also discusses the importance of showing up in tech, and what it really means.

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• Generative Art
• SVG animations
• React
• Serverless Functions
• API
• Flash
• PHP
• JavaScript
• CSS
• HTML
• dHTML
• iFrame
• Learn With Jason
• DevRel / Dev Experience
• Engine X
• Front End Architect

Jason Lengstorf

Jason Lengstorf is a principal developer experience engineer at Netlify and the host of Learn With Jason, a live-streamed video show where he pairs with people in the community to learn something new in 90 minutes. He’s passionate about building healthy, efficient teams and systems, and he’s done his best to positively influence the community, leadership, and technical health of open source and companies including Gatsby and IBM. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Joining Saron today is Matt Newkirk, Engineering Director at Etsy. Matt talks about his coding journey, his current role at Etsy, leadership tips and advice for people on their coding journey. Matt's found a career in paying forward the help he received along the way, starting as a volunteer MUD developer and finding a path to becoming a director of engineering at Etsy. His engineering efforts cover Quality Engineering, Infrastructure and Operations, with the most value coming from finding improved collaboration across teams.

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• Peer One-on-Ones
• LPC
• APIs
• Fullstack
• Asynchronous Calls
• PHP
• JavaScript
• C
• A+
• CI System (continuous integration)
• Observability Tools
• Unit Tests
• AWS
• Selenium
• VoIP
• Telnet
• Multi User Dungeon (MUD)
• Apple 2C

Matt Newkirk

Matt Newkirk cares a lot about code quality, having started in a Code/Design Review position in 1997 for The Two Towers LPMud. Since then, he's worked in a variety of industries, always preaching testability and always building tools to support that philosophy. He now is the Director of Engineering at Etsy, where he leads the charge focusing on market localization, international search, and internal localization platforms such as machine and human translation.

Joining Saron today is Michelle Glauser, CEO & Founder of Techtonica. Ever since joining the industry as a software engineer, Michelle recognized the glaring lack of diversity within the world of tech, which is why she's dedicated herself to addressing this issue. Techtonica is a nonprofit that provides tuition-free tech training with laptops, living stipends, and job placement or search support to women and non-binary adults with low incomes. Michelle shares insights she's gained through her coding journey and advice for those looking to start their path today.

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• Women Who Code
• freeCodeCamp
• Feedback Framework
• I Look Like An Engineer
• Class Straddling
• Tech Gap
• Python
• JavaScript
• Hackbright

Michelle Glauser

Michelle Glauser is the founder and CEO of Techtonica, a nonprofit that offers low-income women and non-binary adults free tech training, along with living and childcare stipends, then places them in positions at sponsoring companies that are ready to support more diverse teams. She learned to code at Hackbright Academy in 2012 and became a software engineer, where she quickly realized that the industry was severely lacking diversity. Michelle is also the lead organizer for PyLadiesSF, and in 2015, she spearheaded the #ILookLikeAnEngineer ad campaign.

To welcome back our show for Season 22, we talk with a familiar face to the CodeNewbie Podcast, Chris Ferdinandi. Chris is the author of the Vanilla JS Pocket Guide series and the creator of the Vanilla JS Academy training program. On today's episode, Chris talks about what he's learned since coming on the show in 2020, how he sees the future of frontend development evolving over the next few years, and what tools might help in your next job search.

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• 11ty
• API
• Angular
• Astro
• Browser Native JavaScript
• CSS
• Client-side vs. Server-side
• DOM
• Go
• HTML
• JavaScript
• jQuery
• Lodash
• Netlify
• Next
• Nuxt
• Petite Vue
• Preact
• React
• Ruby
• Static Site Generator
• Svelte
• Umbrella
• Underscore
• Vanilla JS
• Vue
• WordPress

Chris Ferdinandi

Chris Ferdinandi is the author of the Vanilla JS Pocket Guide series, creator of the Vanilla JS Academy training program, and host of the Vanilla JS Podcast. My developer tips newsletter is read by over 8,500 developers each weekday.

In this episode, we talk about how to get into Web3 development, with Nader Dabit, developer relations engineer at Celestia and founder of Developer DAO. Nader talks about how Web3 differs from Web2, when it makes sense to build something as a Web3 app, and what are the tools and concepts a developer needs to know in order to build an app for Web3.

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• Web3
• Developer DAO
• Celestia
• WordPress
• PHP
• HTML
• CSS
• AWS
• Stack Overflow
• MetaMask
• SDK
• Blockchain
• Ethereum
• Ethereum Virtual Machine
• MPM
• Infura
• Alchemy
• QuickNode
• Anchor
• Proof of Stake Vs. Proof of Work
• Solana
• Avalanche
• Polygon
• Ceramic
• Amazon S3
• arweave
• Node.js
• Solidity
• Rust
• Stablecoin

Nader Dabit

Nader Dabit is a developer relations engineer at Celestia and founder of Developer DAO.

In this episode, we talk about what it means to be a part of the software development life cycle with Cliff Craig, senior software engineering manager at Samsung. Cliff talks about getting into software engineering over 22 years ago, why it’s important for developers at every level to understand the software development life cycle, and what the major stages of the software development life cycle are.

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• Intellivision
• Basic
• Python
• Java
• Scrum Master
• Jira
• Kubernetes
• Next.js
• Ruby on Rails
• Figma
• Waterfall model
• Agile software development
• Git
• GitHub
• JUnit
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Cliff Craig

Cliff Craig has over 22 years of professional software engineering experience. He is a mobile software engineer expert that possesses a diverse skill set ranging from iOS development to Linux bash and zshell to OSX.

In this episode we talk about what being an apprentice engineer is like with Alison Quaglia, software engineer at Pinterest. Alison talks about switching careers into tech, landing an apprentice engineer role at Pinterest, what that apprenticeship looked like, and leveling up at Pinterest to software engineer.

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Alison Quaglia

Alison Quaglia is a full stack engineer with a passion for UX/UI, currently helping to bridge the gap between development and design at Pinterest. Prior to transitioning into tech, she earned a BA in Anthropology from NYU and spent over 10 years working in various creative industries in NYC including fashion magazines, photo shoots, product development, brand consulting and special events for clients like Showtime, Hulu and Wu-Tang Clan.

In this episode, we talk about what is the Metaverse and what does it look like to build for it with Daniel Liebeskind, co-founder and CEO of Topia. Daniel talks about what goes into building something for the web3 space like Topia, where the line between something being a part of the Metaverse and not being a part of the Metaverse is, and what the future of the Metaverse might looks like.

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Daniel Liebeskind

Daniel Liebeskind is the Co-founder and CEO of Topia, a fully customizable spatial-based virtual community platform that launched in May 2020 and has had close to 1 million visitors and hundreds of events every week.

In this episode, we talk about SQL and why you should learn it with Sia Seko, data engineer at Spotify. Sia talks about what SQL is, what makes SQL different from other technical languages, and what it is best at.

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Sia Seko

Sia Seko is a senior data analytics professional with experience as a data ops and pipeline management lead; including data cleaning, wrangling, analysis, visualization, and storytelling. With extensive teaching experience and a love of learning, sharing, and writing, she's interested in working on and finding solutions to challenging data engineering problems with industry leaders.

In this episode, we talk about documentation, with Eddie Hinkle, lead front-end engineer at Glassdoor, and host of the WebJoy podcast. Eddie talks about what documentation means in the context of development, why good documentation is so important, and how gaining good documentation skills early on can give you an edge in your career.

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Eddie Hinkle

Eddie Hinkle is an engineering leader at the intersection of technology and people. His passions range from how we deal with the user experience in our digital products to how we deal with the developer experience of our employees; balancing those aspects with the need to execute and ship value to our users consistently.

In this episode, we talk about what your bootcamp isn’t teaching you with Caitlyn Greffly, software engineer at The Motley Fool, and author of The Bootcamper’s Companion. Caitlyn talks about not seeing herself as someone who would fit into the tech industry, falling in love with data and analytics, and then transitioning careers and eventually writing The Bootcamper’s Companion to cover some important tech topics that aren’t typically taught at coding bootcamps.

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Caitlyn Greffly

Caitlin Greffly is a software engineer at The Motley Fool, and author of The Bootcamper's Companion. She works in Angular, C# and AWS, while her side projects are mostly in React. Other passions and hobbies include: thinking about UX, writing about her experiences in tech, playing with colors and design for way too long, and renovating her recently purchased 1930s home in Portland, Oregon.

In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to be an AR/VR engineer with Luca Mefisto, software engineer at Meta Reality Labs. Luca talks about being drawn to augmented reality and virtual reality early on, the main tools you need to know in order to be an effective AR or VR engineer, and some of the most interesting things he thinks people are currently doing with AR and VR.

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Luca Mefisto

Luca Mefisto is a software engineer at Oculus VR and the director of MefistoFiles.

In this episode, we talk about how to be a successful soloprenuer with Jen Yip, founder of Lunch Money. Jen talks about the impetus for creating her popular personal finance app, Lunch Money, how to balance building something for yourself but that is also good for general consumption, and how the lines between personal life and work life can become even more blurred when being a solopreneur.

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Jennifer Yip

Jen Yip is the founder of Lunch Money, a multicurrency personal finance tool for the modern day spender.

In this episode, about what we can all learn from the experience of being a neurodivergent developer, with Alex Karp, author of the new book Running Start: How to get a job in tech, keep that job, and thrive. Alex talks about some of the biggest misconceptions about autism, how putting effort into accessibility and inclusion helps everyone, and what has personally helped him thrive in his career.

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Alex Karp

Alex Karp is an #ActuallyAutistic developer who loves to bring new people into tech and grow leaders.

In this episode, we talk about how to create successful mobile games, with Bria Sullivan CTO and founder of Honey B Games. Bria talks about her diverse tech background, deciding to dive into game development after years in web development, and how she still feels like a newbie when it comes to game development even with the massive success she has seen.

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Bria Sullivan

Bria Sullivan likes playing and making games about food.

In this episode, we about what are some fundamentals of machine learning and AI, with Oscar Beijbom, co-founder of Nyckel.

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Oscar Beijbom

Oscar Beijbom is co-founder of Nyckel. Previously, he was lead developer at Hövding where he created the algorithmic framework and hardware design for their invisible bicycle helmet. he also manages and developed CoralNet, deploying deep convolutional neural networks to help coral reef ecologists mine image data. He got his Ph.D in computer vision and machine learning at UCSD under David Kriegman and Serge Belongie, and his M.S. in engineering physics at Lund University under Kalle Åström.

In this episode, we talk about how to transition from the arts into a career in tech, with Jessica Wilkins, software developer at This Dot Labs, technical writer at Free Code Camp, and former professional classical musician.

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• How freeCodeCamp has evolved over time
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Jessica Wilkins

Jessica Wilkins is a classical musician turned software developer and technical writer. Prior to joining the tech industry, she spent her time running her own sheet music company (JDW Sheet Music) as well as performing and teaching in Los Angeles, CA.

In this episode, we talk about how to think like a CTO with Joel Beasley, author of Modern CTO, and host of the Modern CTO podcast. Joel talks about getting hit by a car when he was younger and using that rehabilitation period to learn how to code, selling his first technology at the age of 18 for one million dollars, and what he’s learned from interviewing so many CTO’s.

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Joel Beasley

Joel began writing code at age 13 selling his first technology by age 18 for one million dollars. In his first three transactions, he developed key relationships and began working with Investors and Chief Technology Officers collaborating and building products in Real Estate, Law, Finance, and Fitness. Today, Joel is a Chief Technologist with clients from Startups up to Billion dollar companies. Joel maintains majority ownership of a highly selective App Development Firm Logic17. Joel has a clear vision and passion for modern technology, placing him as one of the most exciting Chief Technology Officers to watch out for.

In this episode, we talk about what you need to be prepared for your job interview with Randall Kanna, author, speaker, and Lead Product Engineer at Trim. Randall talks about being discouraged from majoring in computer science, finding her way back to a career path in tech, and all of the things she learned about getting hired for technical roles along the way.

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Randall Kanna

Randall Kanna has 8 years of experience as an engineer at companies such as Eventbrite, Ticketfly, and Pandora. Randall is also a published O'Reilly author and speaker.

In this episode, we talk about where you can find quality live coding instruction online with Leon Noel, Managing Director of Engineering at Resilient Coders and creator and educator of 100Devs. Leon talks about coding to pay the bills, helping underprivileged communities get into tech, and then creating the live online education and community space he wanted to see in the world, 100Devs.

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• Active Recall
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Leon Noel

Leon Noel is Managing Director of Engineering for Resilient Coders, and creator and educator at 100Devs. He is also a Distinguished Faculty Member at General Assembly were he's been helping people learn to code for the past 9 years.

In this episode, we talk about how being demoted could be the right career move, with Kristina Lustig, software developer at Stack Overflow. Kristina talks about transitioning from being director of design to an associate software developer, the different factors that went into making that decision, and whether she would do her journey differently if she had the chance.

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Kristina Lustig

Kristina Lustig is a former qualitative UX researcher turned director of design turned developer. She is passionate about making games and learning new things.

In this episode, we talk about the evolution of freeCodeCamp with the teacher who founded freeCodeCamp, Quincy Larson. Quincy talks about creating the online learning resource he wished he had when he transitioned mid-career into tech, how freeCodeCamp has grown over time in community and content, and what the future of freeCodeCamp holds.

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• COBOL
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• Learn to Code RPG – A Visual Novel Video Game Where you Learn Computer Science Concepts
• Web3
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• The Coding Bootcamp Handbook: Immersive Engineering Programs Explained

Quincy Larson

Quincy Larson is a JavaScript developer and the teacher who founded Free Code Camp.

In this episode, we talk about making databases fun and approachable with Joe Karlsson, Senior Developer Advocate at Single Store DB. Joe talks about going from hating coding to loving it, the relationship between databases and backend work, and how people can bring creativity and fun into their learning and their work in databases.

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Joe Karlsson

Joe's career has taken him from building out database best practices and demos for MongoDB, architecting and building one largest eCommerce websites in North America at Best Buy, and teaching at one of the most highly-rated software development boot camps on Earth. Joe is also a TEDx Speaker, film buff, and avid TikToker and Tweeter.

In this episode, we talk about some very common relatable mistakes when you learn to code with Ceora Ford, developer advocate at Apollo GraphQL. Ceora talks about 5 major mistakes she learned in her first year learning to code, how to avoid them, and some new mistakes she’s encountered in her second year of coding.

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Ceora Ford

Ceora Ford is a developer advocate based in Philadelphia. Her career thus far has centered around creating educational content focused on making the tech industry more accessible to everyone. She specializes in making abstract computer science topics understandable for everyone, students, new developers, or people on engineering adjacent teams. She's worked with companies like CodeSandbox, DigitalOcean, egghead.io, and Apollo GraphQL, helping them craft great content and make their platforms and products better for all users.

In this episode, we talk about WordPress development with Ebonie Butler, senior web developer at YIKES, Inc. Ebonie talks about finding her way back to her pursuit of coding as a career after challenges she faced in undergrad, falling in love with working in WordPress, and what being a WordPress developer looks like.

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Ebonie Butler

Ebonie Butler, also known as Metal & Coffee, is a full-time web developer, part-time livestreamer & part-time radio DJ based in Philadelphia, US. She is passionate about representation in the tech and gaming industry.

In this episode, we talk about Python with Meredydd Luff, founder of Anvil. Meredydd talks about why python continues to be one of the most popular coding languages, what the language is best at, and about the tool he created to help developers build full stack web apps with just Python.

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Meredydd Luff

Meredydd Luff is the founder of Anvil, a tool that allows you to build full stack web apps with just Python. Meredydd has also worked on everything from messaging apps to the Linux kernel, and holds a PhD in Computer Science.

In this episode we talk about Swift and iOS development with Marc Aupont, senior iOS engineer at Nike. Marc talks about transitioning from a career in IT to iOS development, why he prefers iOS development over web development, and how you can start to code in the iOS language Swift without needing to buy expensive Apple products, which can be a huge barrier to entry for many communities.

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Marc Aupont

Marc Aupont is a first-generation Haitian American with a passion for helping others break into tech.

Since CodeNewbie is doing a learn in public challenge this month, in this episode we talk all about learning in public with Gift Egwuenu, Frontend Developer, and past CodeLand speaker on the topic of learning in public. Gift talks about why learning in public is the fastest way to learn, what learning in public can look like for different people, and getting over the hurdle of the anxiety of putting yourself out there.

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Gift Egwuenu

Gift Egwuenu is a developer and content creator based in the Netherlands, She has worked in tech for over 4 years with experience in web development. Her work and focus are on helping people navigate the tech industry by sharing her work and experience in web development, career advice, and developer lifestyle videos.

In this featured episode of DevNews, hosts Saron Yitbarek and Josh Puetz talk about The New York Time’s Wordle acquisition, and Apple App Stores new unlisted apps option. Then we speak with Hector Monsegur, director of research at Alacrinet and former black hat hacker about what a cyberwar between Russia and Ukraine would look like and what its effects could be. Finally, we speak with Jamshid Hashimi, founder of CodeWeekend, a coding bootcamp that is still providing education and hope within the chaos caused by the US pullout from Afghanistan and the new Taliban regime.

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Josh Puetz

Josh Puetz is Principal Software Engineer at Forem.

Jamshid Hashimi

Jamshid Hashimi is a software engineer, teacher and founder of CodeWeekend, the first and largest developer community in Afghanistan.

Hector X. Monsegur

Hector X. Monsegur is director of research at Alacrinet and a former black hat hacker.

In this episode, we talk about how to use different memory techniques to learn coding with Kylo Robinson, full stack developer, coding coach, and creator of The Great Sync Javascript Mental Model. Kylo talks about how realizing he wasn’t understanding the fundamentals of javascript led him to create a world of memory techniques, what some of those memory techniques are, and how he uses them to retain different coding principles.

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Kylo Robinson

Kylo is a full stack javascript developer and creator of The Great Sync, currently working at a tech company in Dubai. He teaches javascript visually through workshops and online courses. Above all he loves to teach, and takes a different approach to understanding javascript by combining memory technique and visual learning, with the help of story, characters and imagined landscapes.

In this episode, we talk about product management with Shruti Anand, product manager at Lacework. Shruti talks about getting a bachelors in computer science and masters architecture and software engineering, then pivoting to product management, and how her technical background has given her an edge in her product management career.

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Shruti Anand

Shruti Anand is a Senior Technical Product Manager at Lacework, where her day to day revolves around bridging gaps between the customer and engineering when it comes to building scalable platforms. She has 7+ years of experience as a product manager in the technology sector, working for companies like HPE and Splunk, where she has worked with engineering teams to deliver solutions which focused on addressing self-service and manageability challenges for the platform. In her leisure time, Shruti either loves spending time with family and her two dogs or could be found reading a book, one of the recent being - My Life in full by Nooyi.

In this episode, we talk about how you can use music to learn code with Sam Aaron, creator and CEO of Sonic Pi. Sam talks about how programming basic games on calculators helped him learn to code, developing a passion for combining music and code, and creating Sonic Pi.

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Sam Aaron

Sam Aaron is a live coder who, through considering programming as performance, focusses on enhancing the productivity and power of modern programming languages and environments. Sam believes that a programming environment which has sufficient liveness, rapid feedback and tolerance of failure to support the live performance of music is an environment ripe for mining novel ideas that will not only benefit artistic practices themselves but also the computer industry and education more generally. In pursuit of this unique perspective Sam has created Sonic Pi, a free live coding environment designed to large both the needs of education and professional musicians.

In this episode, we talk about how military veterans can translate their skills into tech with iAsia Brown, military veteran and program manager at Microsoft. iAsia talks about transitioning from the military into tech, documenting her learning and landing a job at Microsoft, and helping other military veterans to break into tech as well.

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iAsia Brown

iAsia Brown also known as “The Tech Picasso” is an eccentrically prodigious humanist, she is a globally recognized Storyteller, commissioned artist, host of upcoming "The Butterfly Revolutions " Podcast all while enjoying her day job as a Data & AI Specialist at Microsoft. Having grown up in the concrete jungle of Queens, New York and traveling the world selflessly serving both in the United States Air Force and Marine Corps, she developed an intellectual acuity that allows her to relate, assess, adapt and conquer anything she applies herself to. She is an “ARTIST” of many mediums.

In this episode, we talk about how to make sense of the testing landscape with Sergei Egorov, Java Champion and co-founder and CEO of AtomicJar. Sergei talks about how he got into testing through game development, the different major types of testing, and some classic types of failures that are revealed by each type.

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• Martin Fowler
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Sergei Egorov

Sergei Egorov is CEO at AtomicJar, co-maintainer of Testcontainers, a Java Champion, Reactive Foundation TOC Member, Apache Software Foundation committer, contributor to a variety of open source projects, and former staff engineer at Pivotal (acquired by VMware).

In this episode, we talk about how you develop a CI/CD workflow with Victoria Lo, solutions engineer at PayPal. Victoria talks about transitioning from pursuing business and finance to web development, how her personal coding blog was key to landing her job at PayPal, and understanding CI/CD devops.

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Victoria Lo

Victoria Lo is a Solutions Engineer at PayPal and a technical blogger at https://lo-victoria.com. Her background is in full-stack software/web development. She loves to share her knowledge on programming and give advice for new developers on her blog.

In this episode, we talk about essential skills you’ll need to be successful in your coding journey with Fernando Doglio, data engineering manager at Accenture and author of the book Skills of a Software Developer. Fernando talks about the importance of learning computer science fundamentals, misconceptions early career developers have, and how to tackle the personal side of coding. After listening if you want to get a copy of the book, go to the link in our show notes and use offer code poddevdisc21 for a 35% discount.

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Fernando Doglio

Fernando Doglio is a technical manager, blogger, book author and maker of software things. He loves writing, especially about software, and you can get in touch with him at fdoglio.com.

In this episode, we talk about Scalable Vector Graphics, or SVGs, with Christina Gorton, developer advocate at Forem. Christina talks about what an SVG is, and when might use SVGs over CSS or Javascript for your graphics or animations, and why using SVGs has grown in popularity in recent years.

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• CSS layout
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Christina Gorton

Christina Gorton is a Developer Advocate at Forem. She is a LinkedIn Instructor and technical writer.

In this episode, we talk about database architectures and some of their use cases, with Kyle Bernhardy, CTO of HarperDB. Kyle talks about what a database is, different types of databases, and when you might want to use one type of database over another.

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• Datadog
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Kyle Bernhardy

Kyle has over 20 years of experience in the industry and has held leadership roles in product development, support, and consulting. Kyle is the co-inventor of 2 patents and an expert in cloud architecture as well as multiple programming languages.

In this episode, Ben and I talk about the conception of CodeLand, last year's CodeLand, which had to switch to a virtual conference due to covid-19, and the biggest differences between CodeLand 2020 and CodeLand 2021. Registration for CodeLand is pay-what-you-want -- starting at $0. Grab your CodeLand 2021 ticket today at codelandconf.com. That’s codelandconf.com.

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Ben Halpern

Ben Halpern is co-founder of Forem.

In this episode, we talk about the cloud with Erica Windisch, principal engineer at New Relic, and founder of IOpipe. Erica talks about some of the history of the cloud, some of the major cloud providers, and what things as a newbie you might want to consider when deciding to use the cloud.

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• Virtual machine
• Serverless
• CI/CD
• Bitbucket
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• Apache HTTP Server
• What are microservices?
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• What are containers?
• SQL
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Erica Windisch

Erica Windisch is principal engineer at New Relic.

In this episode, we talk about how to transition into development after over a decade in your field, with Christine Fletcher, UI/UX developer/designer at capSpire. Christine talks about experiencing burnout working as a nurse and deciding to take the leap to learn to code, what her experience was going the bootcamp route to learn, and how she landed her first coding job.

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Christine Fletcher

Christine Fletcher is a full-stack software engineer incorporating JAMstack technologies in her web applications. She is proficient in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node, and Python.

In this episode, we talk about Amazon Web Services, or AWS, with Hiroko Nishimura, AWS Hero, instructor on LinkedIn Learning and egghead.io, and creator of AWS Newbies. Hiroko talks going from IT to cloud computing, creating AWS Newbies, and some of the major cloud concepts newbies should know about that would make their journey easier when diving into cloud engineering.

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Hiroko Nishimura

Hiroko Nishimura is a Special Education Teacher turned IT Helpdesk Engineer turned SysAdmin turned Technical Writer and Technical Instructor, helping other "Cloud Newbies" break into AWS and cloud computing.

In this episode, we talk about management and mentorship with Tanaka Mutakwa, VP of engineering at Names & Faces. Tanaka talks about the skills he looks for while hiring early career developers, what makes a good manager and mentor, and how one even goes about finding a mentor.

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Tanaka Mutakwa

Tanaka Mutakwa is a technology leader who is driven to help software engineers have fulfilling careers. He has a passion for technology, leadership, and building high performing teams.

In this episode, we talk about remote work with Kara Luton, software engineer at CrowdStrike. Kara talks about her biggest challenges transitioning into remote work, how she managed those challenges, and her experiences working remotely before and after the pandemic.

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Kara Luton

Kara went from tutus to tech. After working as a music publicist and pursuing a career as a ballerina, Kara now works as a software engineer. She has a passion for introducing others to this industry and showing them they can succeed.

In this episode, we chat with Jason Rohrer, game designer and creator of Project December, whose GPT-3-powered chatbot has been used by people to talk to historical figures and personalities, and was even used by one person to talk to his late fiancé for closure.

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Jason Rohrer

Since 2004, Jason Rohrer has designed, programmed, and released 19 games: Transcend, Cultivation, Passage, Gravitation, Perfectionism, Idealism, Police Brutality, Immortality, Regret, i45hg, Crude Oil, Between, Primrose, Sleep Is Death, Inside a Star-filled Sky, Diamond Trust of London, The Castle Doctrine, Cordial Minuet, and One Hour One Life.

In this episode, we talk about linux with Courtney Wilburn, engineering manager at Elastic.Courtney talks about Linux distributions, the pros and cons of using Linux, and whether Linux is something people should add to their list of things to learn.

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Courtney Wilburn

Courtney Wilburn is an experienced DevOps Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the publishing industry. Skilled in ColdFusion, PHP, Python, WordPress, XHTML, .NET Framework, HTML and many other languages. She is a strong operations professional with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) focused in Physical and Biological Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into frontend development with Laurie Barth, senior software engineer at Netflix. Laurie talks about the difference between frontend and backend development, the difference between a frontend language and a framework, and what those new to coding should consider when learning frontend development.

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Laurie Barth

Laurie is a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix. You can also find her creating content and educating the technology industry as an egghead instructor, member of the TC39 Educators committee, and technical blogger.

In this episode, we talk about how to build communities and diversify tech with Veni Kunche, founder of Diversify Tech. Veni talks about her struggles landing her first coding job, often being the only woman of color at tech meetups in the past, and how she set out to diversify tech.

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Veni Kunche

Veni is a coder, a maker, a founder, and a mom. After working as a software engineer for 15 years, she launched Diversify Tech, where she connects underrepresented people in tech to opportunities as well as helps companies hire them.

In this episode, we talk all about technical interviews, with Farhana Mustafa, software engineer at Intuit. Farhana gets into the importance of having a support system of other learners when getting her computer science degree, her process for applying for jobs, and what she learned from failing technical interviews.

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Farhana Mustafa

Farhana Mustafa is a software engineer working on iOS development for Intuit. She has worked with various technologies over the past 3 years, such as web development, chatbots, virtual reality, and mobile development.

In This episode we talk about the quirks that come with being a developer with Tyler Hawkins, senior software engineer at Workfront, and the author of the very fun and cheeky post, “I Wish I Never Learned to Code.” Tyler talks about how statistics led him to coding, the pros and cons of working in a silo versus working in a team, and some of the interesting traits that developers can develop.

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• Vanilla JavaScript
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• React
• Vue.js
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Tyler Hawkins

Tyler is a self-taught frontend software engineer who loves to create, learn, write, and teach. He's passionate about web accessibility, clean code, and building healthy engineering cultures. When he's not coding, Tyler enjoys playing drums, reading, and spending time with his wife and two kids.

In this episode, we talk about good back-end options for front-end developers, with Lee Robinson, head of developer relations at Vercel. Lee talks about the major differences between frontend and backend development, how the backend has developed over time, and the array of backend options that can be easier and work well for those who mostly work in frontend development.

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• Stripe
• Twilio
• Auth0
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• Relational database
• NoSQL
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• Airtable
• Notion
• Squarespace
• Wix
• Webflow
• Zapier
• PostgreSQL
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Google Cloud
• DigitalOcean
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• Supabase
• Hasura
• Firebase

Lee Robinson

Lee is a developer, writer, and course creator. He works at Vercel as the Head of Developer Relations and frequently speaks about front-end development, design, and the future of the web.

In this episode, we talk about content creation and building communities with Cassidy Williams, principal developer and experience engineer at Netlify. Cassidy talks about her strategy for doing internships, the intersection of content and community, and where she draws inspiration from.

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Cassidy Williams

Cassidy likes making memes, dreams, and software. But actually though, she's a Principal Developer Experience Engineer at Netlify, and makes developer-friendly content across the internet to help people learn and laugh.

In this episode, we talk about creative coding and generative art with Varun Vachhar, developer experience engineer at Chromatic. Varun talks about what his role as a developer experience engineer looks like, how he got his start in coding with generative art, what it is and some of his favorite tools and resources to do it.

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Varun Vachhar

Varun is a DX engineer at Chromatic and a contributor to Storybook. He specializes in component-driven development and generative art. Previously, he led the design systems practice at Rangle.io.

In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to break into tech as a mother, with Arit Amana, software engineer at Forem. Arit talks about moving from WordPress freelancer to web developer, the challenges she has faced being a mother in tech, and her advice on how to level up and get promoted.

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Arit Amana

Arit Amana is a bootcamp-educated software engineer who transitioned to her current role at 37, after being a public-health analyst, and then a stay-at-home mom of two. In her free time, Arit passionately supports those attempting similar career transitions through speaking and mentoring.

In this episode of DevNews, we cover companies rescinding job offers after they have been accepted. Then we speak with Nikolas Guggenberger, executive director of the Yale Information Society Project, about Justice Clarence Thomas arguing for categorizing some digital platforms as utilities and why this is a huge deal for the tech world. Finally, we chat with Jason Scott, co-founder of Archive Team, about their efforts to archive Yahoo Answers which is shutting down after 16 years.

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Josh Puetz

Josh Puetz is Principal Software Engineer at Forem.

Nikolas Guggenberger

Nikolas Guggenberger is the executive director of the Yale Information Society Project and a Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. His research focuses on the intersection of law and technology, specifically platform regulation, antitrust, and privacy.

Jason Scott

Jason Scott is the co-founder of Archive Team who speaks passionately on the never-ending and critical saving of online history. He has been a video game art director, unix administrator, documentary filmmaker and public raconteur.

In this off-season mini episode we talk about what it looks like when you start coding very early in life, with Opemipo Disu, 15-year-old developer advocate at urspace. Opemipu talks about what got him into coding so young, the resources and tools he enjoys using, and what his life looks like juggling high school and his coding projects.

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Opemipo Disu

Opemipo is a Developer who is passionate about making things more accessible for Developers using JAMstack and Machine learning technologies. He’s an IBM Champion and a top contributor in the IBM Community.

We do a crossover episode with DevDiscuss and CodeNewbie talking about, and role playing different soft skills, because this topic of soft skills is so important that we thought both of our audiences could benefit from it. To talk about these skills and to help us show what they can look like, we are joined by artist and educator, Kristen Palana, and Liana Felt, senior people operations manager at Forem.

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Ben Halpern

Ben Halpern is co-founder of Forem.

Kristen Palana

Kristen Palana is an award-winning American/Portuguese multimedia artist and international educator based in Lilongwe, Malawi. More: https://kpalana.com/about_new/

Liana Felt

Liana Felt is the Senior People Operations Manager at Forem.

In this episode, we talk about how to communicate complex technical topics, with Anna Skoulikari, technical writer at Mambu. Anna talks about transitioning from UX designer to front end development, how to explain complex topics like Git, and why technical writing isn’t as boring as some might think it sounds.

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Anna Skoulikari

Anna is the instructor on the highest-rated Udemy course Git Learning Journey that teaches Git version control. She is currently working as a technical writer at Mambu and in the past has worked as a UX designer and frontend developer.

In this episode, we talk about cryptography with Marcus Carey, enterprise architect at ReliaQuest. Marcus talks about going to the military and learning cryptography, what cryptography is, and the foundational things you need to know in order to make sure the apps you’re building are secure.

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• SSL
• SSH (Secure Shell)
• OAuth
• GitHub
• NIST: Cryptographic Standards and Guidelines
• HoneyDocs
• OWASP Top Ten
• Burp Scanner
• OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP)

Marcus Carey

Marcus J. Carey is an Enterprise Architect at ReliaQuest where he does security research and product development. Prior to joining ReliaQuest, Marcus was the founder and CEO at Threatcare (acquired by ReliaQuest) and has 20 years of cybersecurity experience. Marcus has worked in penetration testing, incident response, and digital forensics with federal agencies such as NSA, DC3, DIA, and DARPA.

In this episode, we talk about what you need to know about APIs, with Sue Smith, developer educator at Postman. Sue talks about transitioning careers at 30, what APIs are, and why it’s important to have a good understanding of them.

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Sue Smith

Sue Smith has worked in developer education since 2007, focusing on using tech to enable people from a variety of backgrounds. Having worked in open source, community, and developer advocacy, highlights including contracting and partnering with the Mozilla Foundation, co-founding education non-profit Hack Aye, and driving API education at Postman, Sue is most enthusiastic about programs that connect people to opportunity.

In this episode, we talk about Node.js with Danielle Adams, Node core team member, and lead software engineer at Heroku. Danielle talks about what Node is, when you might want to use it, and what her role is like on the Node core team, as well what the best way to learn Node is, and whether you need to focus on and get really comfortable in JavaScript first, or if you can jump right into it.

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• SemVer
• Java
• C
• C++
• Rust
• Express.js

Danielle Adams

Danielle Adams is a lead software engineer at Heroku, release manager on the Node.js core team, and director of Women Who Code NYC.

In this episode, we talk about how to build an app from idea to maintenance with Kyle Lee, senior developer advocate at Amazon Web Services. Kyle talks about having some trouble with JavaScript and then diving into mobile development instead, his advice for learning the basics of mobile app development, and where he draws inspiration from.

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Kyle Lee

Kyle Lee is a self-taught iOS Engineer with over five years of software development experience. He is currently a senior developer advocate at Amazon Web Services.

In this episode, we talk about how to code without typing, with Serenade co-founders, Matt Wiethoff and Tommy MacWilliam. They talk about how Matt’s repetitive wrist injury started to derail his coding career, how they needed to invent the accessibility tool, which one of them literally needed to help build the tool itself, and what stack they used to build it.

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• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Tendinitis
• Electron
• Python
• TypeScript
• React
• C++
• QBasic

Matt Wiethoff

Matt is co-founder at Serenade, where he works on enabling programmers to write code with voice. Matt entered the voice space when a career-ending injury forced him to look for an alternative way to be productive. Before Serenade, Matt was a machine learning engineer and tech lead at Quora.

Tommy MacWilliam

Tommy is the co-founder and CEO of Serenade. Previously, he was Quora's Head of Platform, leading teams focused on developer tools, and a developer at CS50, Harvard's introductory Computer Science course.

In this episode, we talk about what are the core skills you need to go from developer to entrepreneur with Ben Halpern, co-founder of Forem, which acquired CodeNewbie in 2020. Ben talks about getting into development with entrepreneurship on the brain, building DEV and now his new venture, Forem, and what skills he looks for when hiring developers.

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Ben Halpern

Ben Halpern is co-founder of Forem.

In this episode, we talk about how to build tech for social justice, with Alex Qin, co-founder and CEO of Emergent Works. Alex talks about the challenges she had to face being a woman in tech, how shaving her head caused people to treat her with more respect and launched her on a path toward social justice, and her company’s first in-house app, Not 911.

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• Gamergate
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• The New Jim Crow
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• React
• Doodle Jump

Alex Qin

Alex Qin is the founder of Emergent Works, a nonprofit software company that trains and employs formerly incarcerated coders. She is a reformed software engineer who has been working in the space of prison reentry and criminal justice reform since 2018. She spent most of her career before that writing code and advocating for a more diverse and equitable tech industry. She is also an international public speaker and some of you may have seen her talk about how shaving her head made her a better programmer. And she is a performance and visual artist. Her first solo show, Losing Things, premiered in New York in December 2019.

In this episode, we talk about .NET with Maria Naggaga, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft for .NET interactive and ASP.NET. Maria talks about how coding was actually a great path because of her dyslexia, what .NET is, what it’s good for and what the learning curve is to use it effectively.

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• Flatiron School
• BlackBerry
• PowerShell
• Microsoft Teams
• Jupyter Notebook
• University of Waterloo
• The University of British Columbia
• AWS
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• Java
• C#
• F#
• Visual Basic
• React
• Ruby on Rails
• Docker
• Django
• Python
• JavaScript
• CRUD
• GraphQL

Maria Nagagga

Maria Nagagga is the senior program manager at Microsoft for .NET interactive and ASP.NET.

In this episode, we talk about how to stay motivated and get your first job, with Danny Thompson, software engineer at Frontdoor and the chapter founder and organizer of GDG Memphis, a meetup for providing resources and supporting developers along their careers. Danny talks about going from gas station fry cook to developer, how to maintain drive and motivation on your coding journey, and his four steps to landing your first job.

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• LinkedIn
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Danny Thompson

Danny Thompson is a software engineer, community leader, and the chapter founder and organizer of GDG Memphis, a meetup for providing resources and supporting developers along their careers.

In this episode, we talk Typescript with Dan Vanderkam, principal software engineer at Sidewalk Labs, and author of Effective TypeScript. Dan talks about the difference between working on a personal project versus a project at scale, what typescript is, and how it can help you once you move to those larger projects.

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Dan Vanderkam

Dan Vanderkam, a principal software engineer at Sidewalk Labs, has built engineering teams and processes for all of its products and spinouts, all of which use TypeScript. He previously worked on open source genome visualizations at Mt. Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine and on search features used by billions of users at Google (try "population of france" or "sunset nyc"). He has a long history of working on open source projects, including the popular dygraphs library and source-map-explorer, a tool for visualizing JavaScript code size. He is also a co-founder of the NYC TypeScript meetup.

In this episode, we talk about learning to code when you’re older, with Allison Sheridan, creator of the NosillaCast Mac Podcast, and former IT Fellow at Raytheon. Allison talks about why she picked up coding in her retirement, her challenges and successes on her coding journey, as well as her tips for learning.

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• Visual Studio Code
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• Taming the Terminal
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Allison Sheridan

Allison Sheridan is the host of several tech podcasts including the NosillaCast, Chit Chat Across the Pond and co-host of Programming By Stealth with Bart Busschots. She's a mechanical engineer who took up programming after she retired.

In this episode, we talk about how to use code to build cross-cultural understanding, with Laura Gutierrez Funderburk, data science intern at Cybera’s Callysto Project. Laura talks about how diving into projects and finding mentors helped push her through her coding journey, using Jupyter Notebooks to create curriculums for teachers with the goal of cross-cultural understanding, and why building tech with that mission in mind is important.

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Laura Gutierrez-Funderburk

Laura Gutierrez-Funderburk holds a mathematics degree from Simon Fraser University, located in Vancouver, British Columbia. She’s experienced in creating in-person and online data science lessons for Grades 5-12 students and teachers that spark creativity, celebrate diversity, and foster critical thinking skills. In her spare time she likes building software with RLadies and PyLadies and doesn’t miss a chance to learn how she can use her Python skills to interact with databases.

In this episode of DevNews, hosts Saron Yitbarek and Josh Puetz, cover how Apple server problems caused slowdowns and crashes for app launching in all versions of MacOS, the rise of school districts being the targets of ransomware attacks, and GitHub reinstating youtube-dl, a program to download videos from YouTube and other video sites, after a Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown. And then they chat with Senior Staff Writer at Motherboard, Joseph Cox, whose piece titled, “How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps,” shines a spotlight on the location data industry, and who is being targeted.

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• Apple Addresses Privacy Concerns Surrounding App Authentication in macOS

Joseph Cox

Joseph Cox covers privacy, hackers, and crime for Motherboard.

In this episode, we chat we talk about spatial computing with April Speight, cloud advocate for spatial computing at Microsoft. April talks about moving from fashion to development, what spatial computing is, and her personal curriculum to learn what she needed to in order to make the switch from project management to the world of extended reality.

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• Scott Hanselman: Announcing free C#, .NET, and ASP.NET for beginners video courses and tutorials
• Mixed Reality Toolkit
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• Microsoft Azure
• Facial Recognition
• MIT Reality Hack
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April Speight

April Speight is a Cloud Advocate at Microsoft with the Spatial Computing technical team. Her interests include playing with holograms and creating new realities.

In this episode, we talk about about going from convict to coder with software engineer, Rick Wolter. Rick talks about being sent to prison for murder as a teen, deciding to learn to code while being locked up, and what it takes to land that first job with a felony on your record.

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Rick Wolter

In this episode, we talk about how to learn data science and machine learning, with Jay Feng, co-founder and head of data science at Interview Query. Jay talks about how data science got him back into development after some bad coding experiences, how the different tools for machine learning and data science work together, and if machine learning is really as difficult as it sounds.

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Jay Feng

Jay is a data scientist and co-founder of Interview Query. He's worked in data for five years before starting his own business working on getting more data scientist enthusiasts into the industry.

In this episode, we talk about React with Sophie Alpert, engineering manager at Humu, former manager of the React core team at Facebook. Sophie talks about the decision to drop out of college to work full-time at Kahn Academy, what her favorite things about React are, and going from the top open source contributor to React to then building it on the core team.

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Sophie Alpert

Sophie Alpert is an engineering manager at Humu. Previously, she worked at Facebook as the engineering manager for React, an open-source library used by millions of developers. She’s an expert at fixing software systems and really enjoys good food.

In this episode, we talk about accessibility in tech and how tech can be used to empower people from a variety of backgrounds, with Sareh Heidari, Software engineer at BBC News. Sareh talks about transitioning from physics to development, how networking and meetups helped her land her first job, and how the BBC integrates accessibility in their workflow.

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Sareh Heidari

Sareh is a Senior Software Engineer at BBC News, based in London, UK. She cares about web performance, accessibility, and how we can use tech to change the way we live and work, for the better.

In this episode, we talk Ruby with Jay McGavren, author of Head First Ruby and Head First Go, and web developer at Kajabi. Jay talks about the pros and cons of using Ruby, what coding in Ruby looks like, and if it’s a good language for beginners to first learn.

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• Perl
• Programming Perl
• Unix
• Scripting language
• Programming Ruby
• Yukihiro Matsumoto
• Ruby on Rails
• Dave Thomas
• Java
• Go
• Stack Overflow
• New Relic
• Unit Testing
• Head First Java
• Head First Design Patterns
• O'Reilly Media
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• Head First HTML and CSS
• Sinatra
• MINASWAN
• The Rails Way

Jay McGavren

Jay is the author of the books Head First Ruby and Head First Go. He has over 15 years of software development experience, including 4 years of teaching development online.

In this episode, we talk about learning and loving CSS, with Hui Jing Chen, UX Developer at Shopify. Hui Jing talks about how playing professional basketball led to becoming a developer, how she became a CSS expert, and why you should always read the specs.

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• JavaScript
• Codecademy
• Rachel Andrew
• CSS Specifications
• Writing Mode
• Chrome Canary
• Firefox Nightly
• Safari Technology Preview
• w3c / csswg-drafts
• CSS Shapes

Hui Jing Chen

Hui Jing is a self-taught designer and developer living in Singapore, with an inordinate love for CSS.

In this episode, we talk auth, with Sam Julien, developer advocate engineer at Auth0. Sam talks about how he got out a rut and into development with a little help from his friends, what auth is, and what are the things you really need to know about it

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• jQuery
• OAuth
• OpenID Connect
• React
• Angular
• Vue.js
• Application programming interface (API)
• Authorization server
• Multi-factor authentication
• Developer Advocate
• DEV
• Twitch

Sam Julien

Sam Julien is an Angular GDE and Collaborator, a Sr. Developer Advocate Engineer at Auth0, and the creator of UpgradingAngularJS.com and GetAJobIn.Tech. He's also an author for Thinkster.io and egghead. His favorite thing in the world is sitting outside drinking good scotch next to a fire he built himself.

In this episode, we talk about getting into open source, with Janessa Tran, junior software engineer at Ten Forward Consulting. Janessa talks about being one of a triplet of coders, how contributing to open source early on helped her to level up her dev skills, and what you should look for as a beginner when choosing what open source projects to work on.

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• Node.js
• Python
• Learn Python the Hard Way
• Lorenz system
• #100DaysOfCode
• Data for Democracy
• Ruby Together
• Ruby Me
• if me
• A Beginner’s Guide to Contributing to Open Source
• Hacktoberfest
• GitHub
• Ruby for Good
• Diaperbase

Janessa Tran

Janessa is a data analyst turned software engineer who was inspired to make a transition in her career upon discovering the Ruby programming language and community. She is a triplet, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, and a first-generation college graduate who currently works at Ten Forward Consulting as a Junior Software Engineer in Madison, WI.

In this episode, we’re talking about live coding with Jesse Weigel, senior software engineer at Dicks Sporting Goods, and YouTube live streamer for freeCodeCamp. Jesse talks about how he got into live streaming his work, the ways in which live streaming has helped him as a developer, and his advice for folks who want to start their own coding livestream.

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• JavaScript
• WordPress
• freeCodeCamp
• Codecademy
• Udacity
• Open source
• Git
• GitHub
• Twitch
• Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)
• Gwendolyn Faraday
• Vue.js
• noopkat
• The Matrix
• StarCraft

Jesse Weigel

Jesse Weigel is a senior software engineer at Dick's Sporting Goods who live codes for the freeCodeCamp YouTube channel. He is currently building things with React Native. Jesse loves sharing his coding experiences with other developers, including his struggles and failures, and is happy when he gets a chance to encourage new developers.

As an industry, tech is not well equipped to accept when people change their names. This problem effects a range of people, including those who have a change of marital status. However, it can especially effect the security of those who are survivors of domestic violence, and those who are trans, who have to suffer through deadnaming by their tech accounts. This constant barrage of deadnaming can be very psychologically and emotionally harmful. DevDiscuss hosts Ben Halpern and Jess Lee speak with Penelope Phippen, director at Ruby Central, and author of the DEV post, "Changing your name is a hard unsolved problem in Computer Science," about this issue and what can be done to make it better.

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• Changing your name is a hard unsolved problem in Computer Science
• Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names
• GitHub
• One Medical
• Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
• GLAD
• SheCodes
• LivingSocial
• Rubyfmt

Penelope Phippen

Penelope Phippen (she/her) is a multifaceted Rubyist who works as a Director at Ruby Central, is the creator of Rubyfmt, and was formerly a lead maintainer of the RSpec project. She frequently writes and speaks about about complex aspects of the Ruby grammar, and issues of social justice for trans people in computer science. She's sad that she can't hug every cat.

Ben Halpern

Ben Halpern is co-founder of Forem.

Jess Lee

Jess Lee is co-founder of DEV.

In this episode, we’re talking about how as an industry, tech should strive for equitable design, and how you can harness your privilege to help create diversity, with Aubrey Blanche, director of global head of equitable design and impact at Culture Amp, and Founder and CEO of The Mathpath. Aubrey talks about how the term “diversity and inclusion” might not be as actionable as you might think, how “culture fit” may not be the thing you actually want, and how we should all be using our individual privileges to help other marginalized groups.

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• Plantir
• Meritocracy
• Diversity and Inclusion (DNI)
• Atlassian
• Atlassian: How to start a learning circle with your colleagues
• Culture fit
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
• Textio
• Diversity in tech too often means ‘hiring white women.’ We need to move beyond that.
• How white women in tech can harness their privilege to help create diversity
• The Diana Initiative
• Intersectionality
• Culture Amp: Diversity & Inclusion Survey
• The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table

Aubrey Blanche

Aubrey Blanche is The Mathpath and Director of Equitable Design & Impact at Culture Amp, and startup investor and advisor. In all her work, she partners with organizations to design equitable talent processes and programs, products that create fairness and inclusion, and helps individuals reach their potential as allies to build a better world.

In this episode, we talk about how frontend development has changed over the past 20 years, and how to keep on learning new skills, with Crysfel Villa, Senior Software Engineer at InVision, and backend lead at Coding Coach. Crysfel talks about how he navigated his english language barrier learning to code 20 years ago, how putting himself out there through blogs and remote and on-site teaching led to the most opportunities, and how he ended up diving into being a backend lead, even with his primary experience being a frontend developer.

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• C++
• C
• PHP
• Learning Ext JS 4
• Integrated development environment (IDE)
• JSON
• Node.js
• Application programming interface (API)
• GraphQL
• Stack Overflow
• Object-oriented programming
• Functional programming
• webpack

Crysfel Villa

Crysfel Villa is a senior software engineer at InVision, and backend lead at Coding Coach. He has over 20 years of experience with more than 9 years of working with JavaScript on a daily basis.

In this episode, we’re talking about personal projects, with Ze Frank, former president of Buzzfeed Motion Pictures, and creator of the massively popular website, zefrank.com. Ze talks about his creative process, the wild west that was the internet of the early aughts, and the ubiquity of Flash. He also shares his journey into coding by creating funny and obtuse interactive projects on his personal website, zefrank.com, which won a 2002 Webby Award for Best Personal Website and in 2005, was featured in Time Magazine’s “50 Coolest Websites.”

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• Quake
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• IBEAM
• Bug
• Athiest
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• Christian
• The Show
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Ze Frank

Ze Frank is the former president of Buzzfeed Motion Pictures, and the creator of True Facts, The Show. and zefrank.com, which won a 2002 Webby Award for Best Personal Website and in 2005, was featured in Time Magazine’s “50 Coolest Websites.”

In this episode we’re talking about technical debt, with Nina Zakharenko, Principal Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft. Nina talks about what causes technical debt, what can happen when it gets out of control, and how we can mitigate the accumulation of that debt.

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• Technical Debt: The code monster in everyone's closet
• Style guide
• PEP 8
• Unit testing
• Code review
• Git
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• Visual Studio Code
• PyCon US
• The Ultimate Guide To Memorable Tech Talks
• CFP
• Open source

Nina Zakharenko

Nina Zakharenko is a developer advocate, software engineer, pythonista, & speaker.

In this episode, we talk about using no-code tools to aid in your coding journey and your work, with David Hoang, director of design at Webflow. David talks about how he got into code through the fine arts, the utility of using no-code tools both for learning to code as well as in your career, and what some of his favorite no-code tools are.

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• Webflow
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• Adobe Dreamweaver
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• Apple II
• Commodore 64
• Microsoft Excel
• HTML
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• Myspace
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Codeless innovation: experience prototyping with visual programming
• One Medical
• Bubble
• Airtable
• Quartz Composer
• Makerpad
• Ruby on Rails

David Hoang

David Hoang is a design leader, technologist, teacher, and startup advisor. He's currently the Director of Design at Webflow and User Experience Design Instructor at General Assembly.

In this episode, we're talking about how to hack legally with Karen Miller, associate cyber security engineer at the Software Engineering Institute. Karen talks about getting into cyber security through forensic and security competitions, reliable and safe resources to learn how to hack, and how to do it legally.

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• Steganography
• For loop
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• Kali Linux
• Penetration testing
• Python
• Ruby
• Perl
• C
• C#
• Visual Basic
• White Hat Hacker
• Black Hat Hacker
• HackHub
• Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
• Malware analysis
• CTFtime
• picoCTF
• VulnHub
• virtual private network (VPN)
• Hack The Box

Karen Miller

Karen Miller is a Carnegie Mellon University graduate from the Information Security, M.S. program and currently works full-time as an Associate Cyber Security Engineer at the Software Engineering Institute. Although introverted and still early in her career, Karen is passionate about making tech and security accessible to people of all backgrounds and helping others learn new skills that align with their goals.

In this episode, we're talking about COBOL, with Pete Dashwood, CEO of PRIMA Computing, a company that helps other companies move off of COBOL. Pete talks about what it was like to be a programmer working in COBOL in the 60’s, what the programming language is good at, and the current state of COBOL.

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• High-level programming language
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• C#
• Python
• IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors
• Mainframe computer
• BASIC
• PL/I
• Von-Neumann Model
• Object-oriented programming
• Batch processing
• Cretaceous COBOL Can Spawn Jurassic Java
• Object-oriented COBOL
• Commodore 64
• Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours
• Straight and Crooked Thinking

Pete Dashwood

Pete Dashwood is the CEO of PRIMA Computing, which helps companies migrate off of COBOL. He started programming computers before what most people call a "computer" was invented. He started with punched cards and paper tape, and much of the history of computing is the history of his career.

In this episode, we talk about about vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi, author of the Vanilla JS Pocket Guide series, and creator of the Vanilla JS Academy training program. Chris talks about how he went from HR professional to JavaScript expert, the pros of getting rid of all that tooling and learning good old fashion vanilla JS, and why this is relevant, not only from a personal perspective, but from a public safety perspective as well.

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• JavaScript
• Framework
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• Vue
• Angular
• JSX
• jQuery
• virtual DOM (VDOM)
• Preact
• hyper(HTML)
• Svelte
• gzip
• GitHub
• MeetSpace
• Stephanie's Design and Technical Musings
• Go Make Things: Daily Developer Tips
• Wes Bos Courses
• Learn Vanilla JS
• gomakethings.com/codenewbie
• PAWS New England

Chris Ferdinandi

Chris Ferdinandi is the author of the Vanilla JS Pocket Guide series, creator of the Vanilla JS Academy training program, and host of the Vanilla JS Podcast. My developer tips newsletter is read by over 8,500 developers each weekday.

In this episode, we’re talking about tackling imposter syndrome and succeeding, with Allen Whearry, software engineer at Yelp. Allen talks about his strategy for teaching himself to code, conquering his self-doubt, and how after applying for job after job, he finally landed a position at Yelp.

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• Full Stack
• React
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• JavaScript
• Pyramid
• Django (web framework)
• Front and back ends
• Objective-C
• Swift
• Big Nerd Ranch
• TestFlight
• Stanford CS193P iOS 11 Swift 4
• Sean Allen
• Paul Hudson
• Ray Wenderlich

Allen Whearry

Allen is a self-taught iOS Developer who made the switch from a professional sales career and now sits as a software engineer at Yelp. He believes anyone can learn to program, they just have to put in the time and effort.

In this episode, we're talking about site reliability with Molly Struve, lead site reliability engineer at DEV Community. Molly talks about going from studying aerospace engineering, to becoming an options trader, to then becoming a site reliability engineer. She gets into the history of site reliability, what it is, and what it takes to do it well.

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• Elasticsearch
• Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems
• DevOps

Molly Struve

Molly Struve is a self-taught software engineer turned SRE. During her time working in the software industry, she has had the opportunity to work on some challenging problems and thrives on creating reliable, performant infrastructure that can grow as fast as a booming business. When not making systems run faster, she can be found fulfilling her need for speed by riding and jumping her show horses.

In this episode, we’re talking about civic tech with Aidan Feldman, Technology Director at General Service Administration’s Technology Transformation Services. We get into the pros and cons, and hurdles and hoops of working in civic tech, as well as the skills you need if you want a career in it.

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• Cloud.gov
• Login.gov
• Python
• Open source
• Code for America

Aidan Feldman

Aidan Feldman is the Technology Director at the Technology Transformation Services (TTS), where he supports the programs and people that transform how government uses technology. Previously, Aidan worked at startups like GitHub and Artsy, and has taught software development at places like Cornell, New York University, and General Assembly.

In this episode, we’re talking about getting hired with Caitlin Cooke, former VP of HR at Nava, and current Career Mentor at Pathrise. We get into the difference between getting hired in tech as opposed to other types of industries, the different steps to step up your interviewing, including creating a “behavioral matrix,” and the pipeline strategy of the job search process, including when to do cold emails and when to use a wide spread approach to send out your applications.

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• Karel the Robot Learns Java
• Java

Caitlin Cooke

Caitlin formerly led all things people at Nava and was GitHub's first recruiting leader. With her deep background in recruiting, she helps students and professionals land jobs in the tech space.

In this episode, we’re talking about game development with Jonathan Jennings, software engineer at RelayCars. We get into how he got into game design, the struggles of learning to code, and what it takes to be a successful game designer.

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• Resident Evil
• Open GL
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• 3ds Max
• Flash
• Temple Run
• Angry Birds
• Unity
• Virtual reality (VR)
• Augmented reality (AR)
• C#
• Unreal Engine
• C++
• JavaScript
• Newgrounds
• Game engine
• Particle system
• GameMaker Studio
• Godot Engine
• Facebook Instant Games
• Pong
• Breakout
• X Reality (XR)
• Mixed reality
• Gamasutra
• Thunder Jack's Log Runner

Jonathan Jennings

Jonathan Jennings is a software engineer who works in the AR, VR, and video game spaces. He currently works at RelayCars developing Automotive VR and AR applications. He’s been a speaker at the Blacks In Tech Conference, Urban Tech Connect, and multiple colleges. His first published essay, Black Unicorn, is available to read in the book Game Devs & Others : Tales From The Margins. He’s been involved in multiple development roles including rapid prototyping, core mechanic programming, user Interface engineering, multiplayer programming, and publishing processes for release, among others. He has over 8 years of development across both games and VR / MR / AR applications experience and titles he has worked on have had over 2 million cumulative downloads across several platforms. When not working he is most likely playing and studying the latest giant mainstream release or an obscure indie game.

In this episode, we talk about the necessity of coding apprenticeships in making the tech world a more diverse and inclusive place, with Ryan Carson, CEO and founder of Treehouse. He talks about the limitations of the pure bootcamp model and how apprenticeship programs can lead to real change in terms of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

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• Netscape Navigator
• AltaVista
• C++
• ColdFusion
• The New Jim Crow
• Seeing White
• Treehouse Techdegree
• Agile software development
• Stand-up
• Full Stack JavaScript
• PHP
• How to Win Friends and Influence People
• PalmPilot

Ryan Carson

Ryan Carson is the CEO & Founder of Treehouse, an online school that's taught software engineering to over 850,000 people. He is a leader and champion of self-directed learning--inspiring others to take the helm of their own education. He is also an advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion within the tech industry, specializing in helping companies like Verizon, Nike, Adobe, Mailchimp, and more, invest in their local communities, building diverse teams, and creating generational wealth for families who have been locked out of tech. Treehouse is partnered with AnitaB.org and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America on a massive movement to build the ladder to high-paying jobs in tech with projectunlocktheamericandream.org.

In this episode, we’re talking about testing code with Angie Jones, Senior Developer Advocate at Applitools, and former Senior Software Engineer in Test at Twitter. Angie talks about how she got into testing, some of the testing and problems she had to solve while working at Twitter, and why all developers should understand the basics of testing.

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• Boolean expression
• Test Automation Frameworks
• Codebase
• Unit testing
• UI (User interface)
• Code review
• Test Automation University
• JavaScript
• Debugging
• React
• Ministry of Testing
• Conditional
• For loop
• Data structure
• Language-agnostic

Angie Jones

Angie Jones is a Senior Developer Advocate who specializes in test automation strategies and techniques. She shares her wealth of knowledge by speaking and teaching at software conferences all over the world, as well as and leading the online learning platform, Test Automation University. As a Master Inventor, Angie is known for her innovative and out-of-the-box thinking style which has resulted in more than 25 patented inventions in the US and China. In her spare time, Angie volunteers with Black Girls Code to teach coding workshops to young girls in an effort to attract more women and minorities to tech.

In this episode, we're talking about ethics in open source with Coraline Ada Ehmke, software developer, and creator of the Contributor Covenant, as well as the Hippocratic License. Coraline talks about her coding journey, open source, licenses, and how and why it’s important to create an ethical framework for those licenses.

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• The Hippocratic License
• Free software movement
• The Open Source Definition
• Open Source Initiative
• Open Source License
• PHP
• GNU General Public License
• The MIT License
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Contributor Covenant
• MUSH
• Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Coraline Ada Ehmke

Coraline Ada Ehmke is an international speaker, writer, and developer with over 25 years of experience in software engineering. She was recognized for her work on diversity in open source with a Ruby Hero award in 2016. Coraline is the creator of the Contributor Covenant, the most popular open source code of conduct in the world with over 40,000 adoptions. She is a founding panelist on the Greater than Code podcast. Coraline is co-authoring a book on practicing empathy in software development, and writes and records music in her home studio.

With the explosion of coding bootcamps, video courses, and other resources for coding, it can be tough for somebody starting out to cut the wheat from the chaff. We chat with Colt Steele, Colt Steele, developer and bootcamp instructor at Udemy, about his winding road to becoming a coder, what makes a good course, and the best way to find and learn from them.

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• NYU: ITP Physical Computing
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• Udemy
• Python (programming language)
• Node
• Angular
• jQuery
• JavaScript
• Udacity
• Java (programming language)
• Parallax Inc

Colt Steele

Colt Steele is one of the most successful web development instructors on Udemy, and also runs a consultancy where he helps companies turn non-technical employees into developers while leveling-up existing engineers.

We chat with John Maeda, Chief Experience Officer at Publicis Sapient, about his journey into combining art and technology, going from working in academia to silicon valley, and his new book, “How to Speak Machine: Laws of Design For a Computational Age.”

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• Kickstarter
• Publicis Sapient

John Maeda

John Maeda is an American technologist, designer, engineer, artist, investor, author, and teacher. He is Chief Experience Officer at Publicis Sapient, the technology consulting and delivery arm of communications and marketing conglomerate Publicis. He has held positions with Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com; the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins; served as president of the Rhode Island School of Design; and began his early career at the MIT Media Lab at the intersection of computer science and visual art. Named as one of the “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century” by Esquire, Maeda draws on his diverse background as an MIT-trained engineer, award-winning designer, and MBA-community translator to bring people and ideas together at scale. He is the author of several celebrated books, including The Laws of Simplicity and Redesigning Leadership. He has appeared as a speaker all over the world, from Davos to Beijing to São Paulo to New York, and his talks for TED have received millions of views.

We chat with Tim O'Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media, about what we’re doing wrong and what we’re doing right with teaching programming today, and how we need to make coding more inclusive for more than just career developers.

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• Graphical user interface
• Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
• R (programming language)
• Jupyter Notebook
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• Fortran
• AWK
• ed (text editor)
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• Make (magazine)
• O'Reilly Media
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• The Last Mile (prison rehabilitation program)
• NumPy
• Shell script
• Minecraft
• Python (programming language)
• Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
• HTML
• Unix
• Assembly language
• PEARL (programming language)
• sed
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi
• WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
• The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog, Academic Edition