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S15:E9 - What it looks like when you start coding very early in life (Opemipo Disu) Apr 12, 2021

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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.

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.

S15:E8 - What good soft skills look like (Ben Halpern, Kristen Palana, Liana Felt) Mar 29, 2021

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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.

S15:E7 - How to communicate complex technical topics (Anna Skoulikari) Mar 22, 2021

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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.

S15:E6 - What is cryptography and how to get into it ( Marcus Carey) Mar 15, 2021

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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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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.

S15:E5 - What you need to know about APIs (Sue Smith) Mar 08, 2021

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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.

S15:E4 - What is Node.js and when might you use it (Danielle Adams) Mar 01, 2021

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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.

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.

S15:E3 - How to build an app from idea to maintenance (Kyle Lee) Feb 22, 2021

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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.

S15:E2 - How to code without typing (Matt Wiethoff, Tommy MacWilliam) Feb 15, 2021

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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.

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.

S15:E1 - What are the skills you need to go from developer to entrepreneur (Ben Halpern) Feb 08, 2021

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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.

Ben Halpern

Ben Halpern is co-founder of Forem.

S14:E9 - How to build tech for social justice (Alex Qin) Dec 28, 2020

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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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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.