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Tech Without A Degree: Alvaro Videla Sep 25, 2017

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Alvaro Videla works with Migros, one of Switzerland's largest supermarket chains. Originally from the countryside in Uruguay, Alvaro self taught himself development skills while selling food door to door. With the help of friends, family and his own determination he overcame a series of challenges to become a developer in the capital. He's continued to grow and learn, authoring books on RabbitMQ and being a leading developer, speaker and one of tech's best loved thinkers. You can read more about his journey at this blog post he's written for FreeCodeCamp.

Tech Without a Degree: Thayer Prime Sep 18, 2017

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This episode we look at another profile of a technologist who got into the digital technology industry without a degree. Thayer Prime is a self-taught programmer, who now works in organisational design and digital technology recruitment with her company Team Prime. She joined us to talk about her journey into tech, recruitment and more.In this episode we talked about getting into the digital technology industry without a degree, best practise ideas for hiring processes and found out about Thayer's path into the industry as a self taught developer. Some companies that were mentioned: MillerHare Hypothesis Outlandish Team Prime

Working with recruiters featuring Hannah Mitchell Aug 22, 2017

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A look at how to select great recruiters and avoid the sleazeballs when jobhunting in tech with guest Hannah Mitchell from Technical Team Solutions.

Developer Relations, what is it and how do I get in? Aug 15, 2017

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Bruce Lawson and Jessica Rose talk about developer relations. What is developer relations, how you can break into the industry and the pain points contextualized within Bruce's story of working in developer relations.

Planning Your Own Tech Event Aug 04, 2017

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A look at the challenges and rewards of running your own tech events from Mike Elsmore, the founder of the Hackference conference and hackathon.

Tech Without a Degree: Apprenticeship Perspective Jul 26, 2017

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A look at Tanja Lichtensteiger's experiences getting into technology as an apprentice without a university degree as well as her current work as a tech lead.

Building Great Junior Portfolio Sites Jul 03, 2017

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Jessica Rose and Steven Pitchford look at what a great portfolio site for junior developers needs and look at some fantastic examples of existing sites.

Why get into tech? Jun 29, 2017

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Noted Afrofuturist Florence Okoye and Ed-tech darling Nadeem Shabir talk about their motivations in entering the technology industry and the path they travelled into the industry. Advice and cautions, warnings and rewards of getting into the tech industry, alongside the question of you need a degree to work in tech.

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