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The freeCodeCamp Podcast

freeCodeCamp.org

The official podcast of the freeCodeCamp.org open source community. Each week, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews developers, founders, and ambitious people in tech. Learn to math, programming, and computer science for free, and turbo-charge your developer career with our free open source curriculum: https://www.freecodecamp.org

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01:24:28

Ep. 76: How to become a successful freelancer

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/08/12

In this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with software developer and freelancer Kyle Prinsloo who lives and works in South Africa. Kyle knew from a young age that he wanted to pursue a career in business. He launched websites with his brother, worked various jobs, and eventually gained experience in marketing and tech. Although he had a job he enjoyed working for people he respected, he wanted more from his work and life. He wanted to marry his now wife, and he wanted to be

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01:05:02

Ep. 75: How an army vet went from English major to...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/08/05

In this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with software developer and army veteran Jami Gibbs about her journey into tech. Jami was born and raised in the Chicago area, and her first encounter with programming was in high school. While majoring in English in college, she joined the National Guard and did several tours overseas. During her time in the army, she came back to the world of tech and started learning more about coding. After leaving the military and finishing her

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01:03:27

Ep. 74: From biochemical engineer to software...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/07/29

On this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with London-based software engineer Linh about how she left the field of biochemical engineering, taught herself to code, struggled to get her first dev job, and now gets to work at LEGO. Linh moved to England when she was 11 years old. She spoke no English, but quickly learned and settled into her life there. She became fascinated with cosmetics and wanted to learn how to create them, so she decided to study biomedical and biochemical

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01:11:33

Ep. 73: How taking risks catapulted one developer's...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/07/22

On this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with developer and wearer of many hats Princiya about how she changed careers, moved to Berlin, and worked her way up to a lead role. Princiya grew up in India and studied computer science in school - like many of her family members and friends. She even taught some computer science and web development classes at the university level, but missed coding. So she decided to get back into it. After working at a startup and starting to

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01:09:25

Ep. 72: JavaScript Joe - from linguistics to...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/07/15

On this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with front-end developer Joe Previte who lives and works in Arizona. Joe shares the story of how he made the tough decision to leave grad school, how he discovered coding, and how he stays motivated and continues to learn. Joe had his life planned out: he'd get a PhD in linguistics, get a teaching job, and be part of the academic world. But as he worked his way through his Masters degree, he began to realize that the academic lifestyle

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02:01:30

Ep. 71: Harvard CS50's David Malan and Colton Ogden...

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2019/07/08

CS50 is the most popular course at Harvard, and hundreds of thousands of people have taken the free online version of the course as well. We recently posted the lectures for the course on freeCodeCamp's YouTube channel - including the CS50 game development course - all free and commercial-free. During this interview, David Malan and Colton Ogden talk about how they got into technology. They share tips for how to effectively learn computer science, and some advice for teachers and community leaders

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01:01:52

Ep. 70: How one young developer, masters student, and...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/07/01

In this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with Greek developer and designer Eleftheria Batsou about her passion for creating content and how she balances work, school, travel, and personal time. Eleftheria moved around a lot when she was young, but settled in Thessaloniki in northern Greece as a teenager. When she had to decide which track to take in school, she picked technology, science, and math. It turned out to be a good decision! After bouncing around a bit and

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01:08:57

Ep. 69: from successful plumber to full-time developer

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2019/06/24

On this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with self-taught developer Rick West who lives and works in the UK. Rick shares how he went from owning his own successful HVAC business to stumbling upon coding and slowly falling in love with tech. Even though Rick's plumbing business was booming, he told himself that, by the time he was 30, he wanted to start another career. And he ended up doing just that. After meeting a couple developers through various contracts, he became

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01:20:32

Ep. 68: From homeschooler to self-taught full stack...

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2019/06/17

In this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with Madison Kanna, a full-stack developer who works remotely for Mediavine. Madison describes how homeschooling affected her future learning style, how she tackles imposter syndrome and failure, and how she helps others teach themselves to code. Growing up, Madison's parents encouraged her to follow her curiosity - she once spent months learning everything she could about dinosaurs. She was 10. Once she decided to learn to code, this

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53:56

Ep. 67 - Digital artist, game developer, and...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/06/10

In this week's episode, Abbey chats with artist and game dev Angela He who's a college student at Stanford University. Angela creates beautiful digital art and develops games that speak to emotional issues - and she's almost completely self-taught. Angela grew up in a wealthy suburb of Washington, D.C., and started studying art at the tender age of 3 (after her parents found her drawing on the walls of their home). From there, she has worked with and learned about all different kinds of art, and

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01:49:52

Ep. 66: Cult survivor, activist, and developer...

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2019/06/03

In this episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with developer advocate Alejandra Olvera-Novack about how she broke free from her restrictive cult upbringing, moved to the United States, and taught herself how to code. Alejandra was raised without technology, without formal schooling, and in an extremely conservative environment. When she was in her late teens, she left her village and moved to Florida. After a couple years of googling everything under the sun to catch up on the world's

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01:54:44

Ep. 65: CodeNewbie founder talks about her immigrant...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/05/27

Saron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saronyitbarek Quincy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ossia Get tickets to Codeland in NYC on July 22, 2019: http://codelandconf.com Quincy's review of his Codeland experience: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/5f01cadf0a42 In this week's podcast, Quincy interviews Saron about her childhood, and her winding path into tech as an adult. Saron moved from Ethiopia to the US as a child. Her parents had high standards for her academics, and they would even make up extra

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01:01:18

Ep. 64: How Colleen Shnettler runs her business while...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/05/20

In this episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with freelance Ruby on Rails developer Colleen Shnettler about how she switched from electrical engineering to development, how she founded her business, and how she makes time for kids and family - among many other things. Colleen studied electrical engineering at Purdue and then went to work for Motorola in Chicago - a job she loved. After getting married and moving to Virginia to be with her husband, she worked one of the only tech jobs

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01:21:46

Ep. 63: Building community and career through live...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/05/13

In this episode, Beau chats with Jesse Weigel, who live streams on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel and is a Senior Software Engineer at DICK'S Sporting Goods. He talks about his career path, live streaming, getting a developer job, speaking at conferences, React Native, dealing with mental health issues, and more. Jesse's career has benefited a lot by live streaming. He talks about the benefits and offers suggestions for other people who want to get started with it. Jesse currently builds

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01:05:53

Ep. 62: How Kate Illsley learned to code and got...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/05/06

In this episode, Abbey chats with Kate Illsley, a tech recruiter and budding developer in Melbourne, Australia. Kate talks about how learning to code helps her be better at her job, and they also discuss Kate's journey into tech, how she got so involved in volunteering for various organizations in Melbourne, and what she loves about working with young women just starting out. Kate's path from university to her current job was fairly straightforward, but once she discovered coding, she realized

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02:30:36

Ep. 61: How Tim Myers survived a 12 year prison...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/04/29

Tim Myers is a developer from Denver. In the 1990s he finished high school and immediately enlisted in the US Army. When he got out, he started coding. He was working as a developer at an accounting firm when he got into a drunken brawl and ended up injuring somebody. Tim was convicted of 2nd degree assault and got a 12 year prison sentence. He earned his college degree entirely while in prison, and was released after 8 years for good behavior. He spent the next 3 years working various jobs like

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01:00:01

Ep. 60: How Rachel Tobac went from medicine to infosec

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2019/04/22

In this episode, Abbey interviews social engineering expert Rachel Tobac and learns how she transitioned from teaching to infosec by way of one exhilarating competition. Growing up, Rachel’s family didn’t have normal dinner table conversations. Her father was in medicine, so their chats revolved around strange diseases and scary edge cases. So when Rachel went to college, she aimed to follow in her father’s footsteps. However, life had other plans, and she ended up becoming a teacher instead. But

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02:06:41

Ep. 59: Shawn Wang left a $350K/year finance job to...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/04/15

On this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Quincy interviews Shawn Wang (@swyx). We talk about "learning in public" and his transition into tech from finance, where he left behind a job that paid him US $350,000 per year. Shawn grew up in Singapore and came to the US as a college student. He worked in finance, but at age 30, he burned out. So he decided to learn to code. He used freeCodeCamp and a ton of other resources, and since then he's worked as a freelance developer, and at several

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01:03:06

Ep. 58: Ariel Leslie, software developer and...

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/04/08

In this week's episode, Abbey interviews Ariel Leslie, a software developer with an interesting background (she was once a knife salesperson, among other things!) who lives and works in Colorado. While she can't discuss all the details of her super-secret job, she fills us in on how she got to where she is now. You'll hear about the benefits of her university degrees and how supportive communities have helped her along the way, why she loves tough problems and how she battles her insecurities, and

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01:07:58

Ep. 57: Adam Hollett, From Writer to Developer

The freeCodeCamp Podcast ·

2019/04/01

Guest: Adam Hollett, developer at Shopify: https://twitter.com/admhlt Host: Quincy Larson, the teacher who founded freeCodeCamp: https://twitter.com/ossia On today's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Quincy interviews Adam Hollett. He's a software developer at Shopify in Ottawa, Canada. Adam started building basic websites and forums when he was in high school, but he never saw coding as something he could do professionally. He got a degree in English Literature, worked in food prep, and taught

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