Five years of freeCodeCamp (Interview)

Today we have a very special show for you – we’re talking with Quincy Larson the founder of freeCodeCamp as part of a two-part companion podcast series where we each celebrate our 5 and 10 year anniversaries. This year marks 5 years for freeCodeCamp and 10 years for us here at Changelog. So make sure you check out the freeCodeCamp podcast next week when Quincy ships our episode to their feed. But, on today’s episode we catch up with Quincy on all things freeCodeCamp.

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Featuring:

• Quincy Larson – Website, GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• Go back and listen to The Changelog #195, Quincy’s first appearance here on The Changelog
• The Future of freeCodeCamp.org - Lessons From 5 Years of Teaching the World to Code
• The Future of the freeCodeCamp Forum
• WeWork is Desperately Squeezing Cash Out of Meetup.com by Taxing 225,000 Communities
• Every donation you’ve ever made to freeCodeCamp is now tax deductible
• Check out the freeCodeCamp podcast
• freeCodeCamp Chapter - a self-hosted event management tool for nonprofits

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