02:26 - Aimee Knight Introduction
02:48 - Figure Skating => Programming
- Persistence
- Balance Between Mind and Body
05:03 - Blogging (
Aimee’s Blog)06:02 - Becoming Interested in Programming
08:43 - Why Boot Camps?10:04 - Mentors
- Identifying a Mentor
- Continuing a Mentorship
13:33 - Picking a Boot Camp16:23 - Self-Teaching Prior to Attending Boot Camps20:33 - Finding Employment After the Boot Camp
26:27 - Being a “Woman in Tech”30:57 - Better Preparing for Getting Started in Programming
32:07 - Interviews
- Getting to Know Candidates
- Coding Projects and Tests
41:05 - Should you get a four-year degree to be a programmer?
Picks
Aarti Shahani: What Cockroaches With Backpacks Can Do. Ah-mazing (Jamison)
Event Driven: How to Run Memorable Tech Conferences by Leah Silber (Jamison)
The Hiring Post (Jamison)
Kate Heddleston: Argument Cultures and Unregulated Aggression (Jamison)
Axios AJAX Library (Dave)
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (Dave)
[YouTube] Good Mythical Morning: Our Official Apocalypse (AJ)
Majora's Mask Live Action: The Skull Kid (AJ)
The Westin at Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa (Joe)
Alchemists (Joe)
Valerie Kittel (Joe)
The Earthsea Trilogy: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin (Chuck)
Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman (Chuck)
Freelancers’ Answers (Chuck)
Drip (Chuck)
Brandon Hays: Letter to an aspiring developer (Aimee)
SparkPost (Aimee) Exercise and Physical Activity (Aimee)Special Guest: Aimee Knight.
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