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Ep. 116 - Diversity in Tech - Part I (Ashe Dryden)
Diversity in tech is a big topic. In our conversation with Ashe Dryden, programmer, organizer and diversity consultant, we unpack the many questions, misconceptions, and realities of diversity in our industry. In part I of our interview, Ashe gives us a diversity primer, explains why this topic is so important, and tells us how she’s crafted a conference based on inclusion called AlterConf. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Kronda Christina Morillo Model View Culture AlterConf What I've been trying to say is I'm sick (blog post) Programming Diversity Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 115 - Getting a Computer Science Degree (Terri Burns)
Terri Burns didn’t start off as a computer science major, but she ended up not only graduating with a CS degree but running one of the largest student tech organizations in the country. She tells us what it’s like to be a computer science major, the projects and topics she’s covered in school, and the value of that degree in the real world. If you’ve been curious about the elusive CS degree, take a listen to this awesome, behind-the-scene conversation and see what it’s all about. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) NYU Computer Science Stack Overflow Tech@NYU Processing Processing CodeNewbie Interview with Dan Shiffman Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 114 - What's an Innovation Accountant? (Nick DePrey)
Nick is an Innovation Accountant, a mash-up of data, analytics, coding, running experiments, and explaining to leadership how it’s all going. He talks about what it’s like to build NPR One, the listening app created by NPR, a decades-old, non-profit media company, what he’s learned from the data about the way people listen to podcasts, and what technical skills he uses on the job. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Radiolab MySQL Firebase Remote Config Desk.com NPR Google Analytics NPR One Developer Center Codeland, our CodeNewbie conference Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 113 - Hackathons (Leslie Hitchcock)
Leslie Hitchcock started her career writing white papers on information security. Now, she organizes some of the largest hackathons and tech events in the world for TechCrunch. She shares her tips on how new developers can make the most out of a hackathon, what types of coding projects people work on, and how she helps make hackathons more inclusive. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) GroupMe Alexandra Jordan Titstare TechCrunch Disrupt TechCrunch Ford Sync Black Girls Code TechCrunch Include Stuxnet virus Codeland, our CodeNewbie conference Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 112 - Comedy and Code - Part II (Baratunde Thurston)
In part two of our interview with comedian Baratunde Thurston, we talk about how he brought together product development and comedy to create entertaining apps in his recent role at the Daily Show, how he uses coding and technology as tools in the many unique positions he’s held, and how we should balance our coding responsibility with the simple goal of having fun. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Twilio Collabora hierarchical decomposition David Malan USDS Source Forge Acumen The Daily Show March Madness parody app AlexaSite wins TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon SquareSpace CS50 Tickets for Codeland, our CodeNewbie conference CodeNewbie's Patreon Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 111 - Comedy and Code - Part I (Baratunde Thurston)
Baratunde Thurston’s made a career of combining tech, comedy, and politics. From launching Comedy Hack Day to his recent role as the Daily Show’s first Supervising Producer for Digital Expansion, he’s found innovative ways to use code as a tool for satire, entertainment, and activism. In part I of our interview, he tells us why he started as a computer science major but ended with a philosophy degree instead, how he sees satirical apps as technology’s art-form, and how projects like Comedy Hack Day bring people together for a unique, and highly entertaining, coding experience. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) NPR Fact Check Denial of Service attack NY Tech Meetup Cultivated Wit Black Girls Code Comedy Hack Day Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 110 - Coding in Uganda (Emily Karungi)
Emily Karungi went to university for software engineering, but when she walked into class and had no idea what the students were talking about, she started to doubt about whether or not she belonged. She tells us how she tackled that intimidation, what it’s like to build software in her country of Uganda, and how she uses her skills and love of mentorship to help others learn to code. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Django Con US Django Girls Django Girls Kampala Code School Euro Python Mbale in Uganda Open Street Map Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 108 - Tech Internships (Dara Oke)
Dara Oke graduated with four tech internships under her belt. She’s worked at Intel, Microsoft, and Twitter building features in languages she hadn’t studied and on topics she hadn’t yet covered in school. But now as a program manager at Microsoft, she looks back at those internships as an essential part of her success and education. We talk about the day-to-day of a tech internship, how she found her place at these powerful tech companies, and how codenewbies everywhere can find their own opportunities to learn through real-world experience. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Microsoft Explore Program Neopets UT Austin GitHub Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 107 - Mom and Son Learn To Code (Lorraine Hutter, Bobby Hutter)
Lorraine Hutter watched her son Bobby go to a bootcamp and learn to code. She saw him come home happy and excited, and she wanted to feel that same fire. So months later, she signed up for a coding program, and her son ended up as her teacher’s assistant. Lorraine and Bobby talk about what it’s like to watch each other grow as coders, how learning to code has affected their relationship, and what they’ve learned so far as junior developers. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Ruby Warrior Rails Silicon Valley Novell Tech Talent South Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 106 - Open Sourcing Mental Health - Part II (Julia Nguyen)
We continue our conversation with developer Julia Nguyen on her mental health journey, how it's affected her life as a programmer, and what unique product decisions she has to make for "if me," her mental health open source project. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) if me HIPAA Vim Neopets Evanescence University of Waterloo ThoughtWorks Emacs Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 105 - Open Sourcing Mental Health - Part I (Julia Nguyen)
Julia Nguyen was diagnosed with OCD when she was in high school. It took a long time for her to talk about it, but soon she was writing and giving talks on mental health. She’s even created an open source project to help those dealing with mental illness. In this incredibly open and honest interview, she talks about her own struggles with mental health and how she hopes to help others through her open source project, “if me.” Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) OCD Neopets if me if me README Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 104 - Scrum Master (Anjuan Simmons)
Have you ever heard of a scrum master and wondered what that was? Anjuan Simmons, certified scrum master and project manager, breaks it down for us in this highly informative interview. He explains the practical applications of agile, the different tools and processes used to apply its key principles, and how you can apply the agile philosophy to your learn-to-code journey. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Manifesto for agile software development Principle 2: Welcome Changes 4 Ls Retrospective Dan Savage AutoCAD Lean Scrum Velocity Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 103 - Algorithms (Carina C. Zona)
Carina C. Zona helps us understand algorithms, both what they are and how they are used. She walks us through fascinating examples of how they've been used in technology over the years, exploring the benefits and unintended consequences they've had along the way, and how we as developers can boost those benefits and decrease those unintended consequences. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Consequences of an Insightful Algorithm Schemas for the Real World Cracking the Coding Interview (book) How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did Google's Autotagging Feature Flickr's Autotagging Feature Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 102 - My Very First App (Aurelian Sennett)
A lot can happen in a year. For high school biology teacher Aurelian Sennett, that time was spent writing his first program that launched his tech business to help schools solve scheduling problems. Long-time listener and codenewbie, Aurelian tells us how he started learning to code, how he built his education app, and what it's like to have thousands of people pay for and use the first product he's ever built. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) AJAX Github VPN Ep. 20 - Accessibility Laravel DRY Stack Overflow Tech Crunch Cribs Codeland Conf Codeland 2019
Ep. 101 - Open Sourcerer of Django (Jacob Kaplan-Moss)
Jacob Kaplan-Moss is often credited for co-creating Django, one of the most popular web frameworks written in python. But that’s not exactly true. He’s also given credit for being an amazing developer. But that’s not very accurate either. Jacob tells us the true story of Django’s creation, why he calls himself a mediocre programmer, and unpacks the concept of the talent myth. Show Links DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) New Relic (sponsor) Retool (sponsor) Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (sponsor) Saron's Vlog Channel The Difference MySQL Django Found Fellowship Program Hypercard HyperTalk AppleTalk Adrian Holovaty Simon Wilson CodeNewbie Newsletter Sign up CodeNewbie Community Newsletter Submission Guidelines Django Python Software Foundation Codeland Conf Codeland 2019