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Hundreds of developers share the stories behind how they learned to code.

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#012 – How Caroline Hatwell Became a Software Engineer

This week I have a great conversation with Caroline Hatwell about how she became a software engineer. She’s been full-time as a developer for about a year and has...

This week I have a great conversation with Caroline Hatwell about how she became a software engineer. She’s been full-time as a developer for about a year and has some really solid advice on how to best learn how to code. Anchor Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Breaker Castbox Overcast Pocket Casts Radio Public Spotify Stitcher

September 21, 2018

#011 – How #100DaysOfCode Landed Dan Page a Job

This week, I chatted with Dan Page. His background is in technical recruiting for a financial company in London. He has tons of experience hiring developers, so he decided...

This week, I chatted with Dan Page. His background is in technical recruiting for a financial company in London. He has tons of experience hiring developers, so he decided to try to learn how to code an be on the other side of the interview table. He attributes a lot of his success to the...

September 14, 2018

#010 – How To Land Your First Job as a Software Developer

On this episode of I CODE HIRE ME, I talk with Josh Beckman. Josh is the Lead Engineer at OfficeLuv in Chicago. We have a great conversation about what...

On this episode of I CODE HIRE ME, I talk with Josh Beckman. Josh is the Lead Engineer at OfficeLuv in Chicago. We have a great conversation about what it’s like contributing to open source software and why it can be critical during your job search. Find out how he saved his company millions of...

September 7, 2018

From Dead-end Jobs to Self-taught Developer

Hello! What is your name, and what do you do? Hi my name is Declan I am a web developer What were you doing before you knew how to...

Hello! What is your name, and what do you do? Hi my name is Declan I am a web developer What were you doing before you knew how to code? How long ago was this? Well before learning to code I was working from one dead end minimum job to another. I was trying to...

September 7, 2018

#009 – From Mortgage Banker to Software Developer in 6 Months

On today’s show, we have Joe Cuanan. Joe started his career off in economics, working for a mortgage bank…but over time realized he had a passion for software. With...

On today’s show, we have Joe Cuanan. Joe started his career off in economics, working for a mortgage bank…but over time realized he had a passion for software. With a huge amount of dedication and time management, he taught himself how to code using online platforms like TeamTreehouse ( bit.ly/2MqlGpb ) Email: [email protected] Anchor...

August 31, 2018

How a Concussion Prepared Me for Software Development Interviews

Hello! What is your name, and what do you do? My name is Jessica Del Grande, and I’m a front-end developer. Technically: I build PaaS web and mobile applications...

Hello! What is your name, and what do you do? My name is Jessica Del Grande, and I’m a front-end developer. Technically: I build PaaS web and mobile applications on a Salesforce platform. What I tell my family: I build software for banks. I’m also working on a style guide and pattern library and developing...

August 31, 2018

How I Used Hacker News as a Virtual Mentor to Learn How to Code

Hello! What is your name, and what do you do? Hi! My name is Austin Pocus, and I’m a Software Developer. I’ve co-founded two startups, one of which, YesInsights,...

Hello! What is your name, and what do you do? Hi! My name is Austin Pocus, and I’m a Software Developer. I’ve co-founded two startups, one of which, YesInsights, was acquired by Design Pickle in 2017. Since then, I’ve been hacking on a couple of side projects, and working at eFlex Systems. What were you...

August 24, 2018

#008 – How This Mom Learned to Code While Raising Twins

Anchor Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Breaker Castbox Overcast Pocket Casts Radio Public Spotify Stitcher Today’s episode of I CODE HIRE ME is a great one! Priscilla had a lot...

Anchor Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Breaker Castbox Overcast Pocket Casts Radio Public Spotify Stitcher Today’s episode of I CODE HIRE ME is a great one! Priscilla had a lot of major life changes all at the same time: quit her job, moved cities, had twins. She took this transition period to learn how to code...

August 24, 2018

#007 – From Hair-stylist to Web-stylist w/ Brian Polonia

On this episode of The I CODE HIRE ME Podcast, I chat with Brian Polonia, who spent 12 years styling mens hair in NYC and then transitioned careers into software development....

On this episode of The I CODE HIRE ME Podcast, I chat with Brian Polonia, who spent 12 years styling mens hair in NYC and then transitioned careers into software development. He attributes much of his early success to software learning platform TeamTreehouse. He offers tons of advice on how to get started and how to land...

August 17, 2018

How I Went From Uber Driver to Self-Taught Developer in One Year

Hello! What is your name, and what do you do? Hi! My name is Daniel Dailey, and I build full-stack web applications for small to medium sized businesses. I...

Hello! What is your name, and what do you do? Hi! My name is Daniel Dailey, and I build full-stack web applications for small to medium sized businesses. I work on a wide range of different technologies, from automating Photoshop design tasks to building a robust internal employee tracking application. What were you doing before...

August 17, 2018

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