The Stack Overflow podcast is a weekly conversation about working in software development, learning to code, and the art and culture of computer programming. Hosted by Paul Ford and Ben Popper, the series features questions from our community, interviews with fascinating guests, and hot takes on what’s happening in tech. Founded in 2008, Stack Overflow is empowering the world to develop technology through collective knowledge. It’s best known for being the largest, most trusted online community for developers and technologists. More than 100 million people come to Stack Overflow every month to ask questions, help solve coding problems, and develop new skills.
The first ten years of our programming lives
This episode was inspired by Joma Tech's review of his first ten years in coding.
Ben Popper shared a fair amount of his coding journey through the series Ben Popper is the Worst Coder in the World.
Should you actually write out code on paper as some of us had to do? Maybe.
Modding games gets people into programming. For Ryan, Freedom Force got him into Python. Today, it's Minecraft and Roblox.
Want to jump start your career? Find a community on Discord or Twitter and make some contacts. The software industry is made of people.
Hackathons helped Cassidy find a deeper love for coding, oh and her husband too.