In this episode, Nicole introduces you to an often-overlooked technique for solidifying the programming knowledge you encounter: visualization. I first discovered visualization when in 2017, when I was working as a freelance web developer. I had my first client, but I found myself regularly needing to brush up on what I was learning. Additionally, I was spending a lot of time with my grandfather and found myself away from keyboard quite a bit. Fortunately, there wasn't a massive rush on the project. While I was away from my laptop, I'd think about the code I was writing... as we often do while we're learning. I walked through it in my mind, and made mental notes of things that struck me as unfamiliar or where I experienced uncertainty. What I was doing was visualizing my coding experience. In this episode, you'll learn more about visualization, why it works, and how you can leverage it to practice coding when you're AFK. I hope it's helpful! Read the episode notes!

In this episode, Nicole introduces you to an often-overlooked technique for solidifying the programming knowledge you encounter: visualization. I first discovered visualization when in 2017, when I was working as a freelance web developer. I had my first client, but I found myself regularly needing to brush up on what I was learning. Additionally, I was spending a lot of time with my grandfather and found myself away from keyboard quite a bit. Fortunately, there wasn't a massive rush on the project. While I was away from my laptop, I'd think about the code I was writing... as we often do while we're learning. I walked through it in my mind, and made mental notes of things that struck me as unfamiliar or where I experienced uncertainty. What I was doing was visualizing my coding experience. In this episode, you'll learn more about visualization, why it works, and how you can leverage it to practice coding when you're AFK. I hope it's helpful! <a href="https://www.lavieencode.net/48" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Read the episode notes!</a>

048: Visualize Your Code (and Practice Anywhere!)

In this episode, Nicole helps you work through your feelings and obstacles when you feel like giving up on learning to code. It happens to all of us. We're plugging alone, doing tutorials and maybe building some small projects. And then things start to get hard. (It's super rare that people continue feeling confident like they do in the beginning, trust me!) So what do you do? You can hunker down and work harder or smarter, or you can choose the easier option: giving up entirely. I gave up entirely when I switched out of my Computer Science degree, and it still bothers me somewhat to this day although I've ultimately come to terms with it. The stress and imposter syndrome even in low-level college CS courses drove me to believing I wasn't a good fit for the industry. And seeing where I am now... I couldn't have been more wrong. I just wasn't learning properly. Whatever your reason, when you find yourself at the point where you want to give up, there are things you can do to mitigate those strong emotions leading you to question your skills and potential. I want to help you build that resilience so that when you inevitably fall... you'll always get back up. :) Even if you're not looking at the exit currently, I hope this episode will help you to understand the reasons why we decide to quit, a little about my own story, and how to stay standing when the experience of learning to code gets super rocky. Peace, love, and code,

In this episode, Nicole helps you work through your feelings and obstacles when you feel like giving up on learning to code. It happens to all of us. We're plugging alone, doing tutorials and maybe building some small projects. And then things start to get hard. (It's super rare that people continue feeling confident like they do in the beginning, trust me!) So what do you do? You can hunker down and work harder or smarter, or you can choose the easier option: giving up entirely. I gave up entirely when I switched out of my Computer Science degree, and it still bothers me somewhat to this day although I've ultimately come to terms with it. The stress and imposter syndrome even in low-level college CS courses drove me to believing I wasn't a good fit for the industry. And seeing where I am now... I couldn't have been more wrong. I just wasn't learning properly. Whatever your reason, when you find yourself at the point where you want to give up, there are things you can do to mitigate those strong emotions leading you to question your skills and potential. I want to help you build that resilience so that when you inevitably fall... you'll always get back up. :) Even if you're not looking at the exit currently, I hope this episode will help you to understand the reasons why we decide to quit, a little about my own story, and how to stay standing when the experience of learning to code gets super rocky. Peace, love, and code,

047: What to Do When You Wanna Give Up Coding

In this episode, Nicole tells the story of how she decided to create online tech courses, and why they were powerful enough to make them into an immensely fulfilling (AND very lucrative!) career! Online courses are more popular than they've ever been, especially in the age of social distancing. And they're not going anywhere anytime soon. They revolutionized education as we know it, providing visual and auditory learners with more customized and accessible learning media. I personally leveraged online courses to teach myself front-end web development starting back in 2015. Treehouse TOTALLY revolutionized my education as I knew it, helping me to understand concepts that I absolutely could NOT contextualize before. While listening to this episode, I hope that you'll begin to see options for you in the Educational Technology industry! I did a previous episode of the podcast on why I decided to become an entrepreneur, which may also help you decide if creating online courses could be something you'd be interested in pursuing. Peace, love, and code,

In this episode, Nicole tells the story of how she decided to create online tech courses, and why they were powerful enough to make them into an immensely fulfilling (AND very lucrative!) career! Online courses are more popular than they've ever been, especially in the age of social distancing. And they're not going anywhere anytime soon. They revolutionized education as we know it, providing visual and auditory learners with more customized and accessible learning media. I personally leveraged online courses to teach myself front-end web development starting back in 2015. Treehouse TOTALLY revolutionized my education as I knew it, helping me to understand concepts that I absolutely could NOT contextualize before. While listening to this episode, I hope that you'll begin to see options for you in the Educational Technology industry! I did a previous episode of the podcast on why I decided to become an entrepreneur, which may also help you decide if creating online courses could be something you'd be interested in pursuing. Peace, love, and code,

046: How I Created My Dream Career with Online Tech Courses

In this episode, Nicole walks you through the process of breaking a complex problem down into smaller pieces—making it easier to solve, with less stress! Solving code challenges is hard enough as it is, but new developers sometimes run away because they can't see past the surface complexity. In reality, each problem or code challenge we face can be broken down into smaller problems that are much easier to solve. Then, you connect the dots to put together a solution to the larger problem as a whole. I'll provide some examples and advice for pulling apart your problems that you can use immediately! My hope is that after this episode, you'll feel more confident leveraging problem breakdown as a valuable tool in your problem solving toolbox. (Technically, it's one step of 8 in a problem solving approach!) Peace, love, and code,

In this episode, Nicole walks you through the process of breaking a complex problem down into smaller pieces—making it easier to solve, with less stress! Solving code challenges is hard enough as it is, but new developers sometimes run away because they can't see past the surface complexity. In reality, each problem or code challenge we face can be broken down into smaller problems that are much easier to solve. Then, you connect the dots to put together a solution to the larger problem as a whole. I'll provide some examples and advice for pulling apart your problems that you can use immediately! My hope is that after this episode, you'll feel more confident leveraging problem breakdown as a valuable tool in your problem solving toolbox. (Technically, it's one step of 8 in a problem solving approach!) Peace, love, and code,

045: How to Break Down a Problem

In this episode, Nicole highlights the different, distinct stages of our growth as web developers, from beginner to expert, so you always know where you are! We all know we can't go from beginner to expert overnight. Your growth process from "hello world" to building on advanced codebases is going to be a long one. Fortunately for us, there are competency scales that can help us understand where we are in terms of how confident and capable we are in using our skills—whatever language you may be using. The problem is, a lot of new coders in particular don't really "see" their skills increasing, and don't know how to graduate from one stage to the next. Allow me to walk you through this process, and define the requirements of each unique stage as you grow. My hope is that after listening to this episode, you'll gain a much better understanding of what you need in order to grow and build your skills (and get a job if that's your goal!) Peace, love, and code,

In this episode, Nicole highlights the different, distinct stages of our growth as web developers, from beginner to expert, so you always know where you are! We all know we can't go from beginner to expert overnight. Your growth process from "hello world" to building on advanced codebases is going to be a long one. Fortunately for us, there are competency scales that can help us understand where we are in terms of how confident and capable we are in using our skills—whatever language you may be using. The problem is, a lot of new coders in particular don't really "see" their skills increasing, and don't know how to graduate from one stage to the next. Allow me to walk you through this process, and define the requirements of each unique stage as you grow. My hope is that after listening to this episode, you'll gain a much better understanding of what you need in order to grow and build your skills (and get a job if that's your goal!) Peace, love, and code,

044: Growing as a Newbie Dev

Your early stages of learning to code are really something special! 🥰 Basically everyone starts out fairly confident, because things are easy and straightforward. It’s the honeymoon period. But as soon as we dig in a ways, it can go from a positive experience to a negative one, depending on how you respond to those super strong emotions. We start comparing ourselves to other developers, and imposter syndrome can kick in too. It might not feel so fun anymore, and you might want to take “a break”. In this episode, I'll show you why you're in a fantastic place as a new developer, how you're more valuable to the industry than a lot of experienced developers, and tell a bit about my story of learning to love the experience of learning to code. I hope you'll turn off the episode with a greater sense of peace and purpose—you totally got this. ❤️ Peace, love, and code,

Your early stages of learning to code are really something special! 🥰 Basically everyone starts out fairly confident, because things are easy and straightforward. It’s the honeymoon period. But as soon as we dig in a ways, it can go from a positive experience to a negative one, depending on how you respond to those super strong emotions. We start comparing ourselves to other developers, and imposter syndrome can kick in too. It might not feel so fun anymore, and you might want to take “a break”. In this episode, I'll show you why you're in a fantastic place as a new developer, how you're more valuable to the industry than a lot of experienced developers, and tell a bit about my story of learning to love the experience of learning to code. I hope you'll turn off the episode with a greater sense of peace and purpose—you totally got this. ❤️ Peace, love, and code,

043: How to Love the Experience of Learning to Code

Twitter is Where Tech Happens™! When you create a Twitter account as a developer, you're effectively stepping into the tech community. You'll expose yourself to all kinds of helpful content (like the content I write! 😊) and valuable people posting it. I want to help you understand the nuances of the platform, how it differs from other social media platforms, what to post, and a bunch of valuable advice. Not being on the platform will actually hurt your career opportunities, especially if you're a new developer and/or career changer. I hope this episode helps you connect with others, find great resources and events, and make some awesome friends! 💕 Peace, love, and code,  P.S. Be sure to follow me at @lavie_encode!

Twitter is Where Tech Happens™! When you create a Twitter account as a developer, you're effectively stepping into the tech community. You'll expose yourself to all kinds of helpful content (like the content I write! 😊) and valuable people posting it. I want to help you understand the nuances of the platform, how it differs from other social media platforms, what to post, and a bunch of valuable advice. Not being on the platform will actually hurt your career opportunities, especially if you're a new developer and/or career changer. I hope this episode helps you connect with others, find great resources and events, and make some awesome friends! 💕 Peace, love, and code, P.S. Be sure to follow me at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/lavie_encode" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@lavie_encode</a>!

042: Leveraging Twitter as a Developer

Mentorship can really help you gain clarity on your personal and career goals. By finding someone doing what you want to do, but better/for longer, you have a clear vision of what your future could look like, and what steps you need to take in order to get there. In this episode, we'll talk about what mentorship is, and I'll offer some insight into my own (current!) search for mentorship to fit my career goals. As always, I hope this episode will help you in your education and career. 😊

Mentorship can really help you gain clarity on your personal and career goals. By finding someone doing what you want to do, but better/for longer, you have a clear vision of what your future could look like, and what steps you need to take in order to get there. In this episode, we'll talk about what mentorship is, and I'll offer some insight into my own (current!) search for mentorship to fit my career goals. As always, I hope this episode will help you in your education and career. 😊

041: Let's Talk About Mentorship

In this episode, Nicole walks through your first steps into the developer world, and how you can align your goals with actions to get your first paying work! If you're learning to code with the hopes of getting a job and launching a developer career, you know that there's like 500 things going on at once. There are a lot of folks out there telling you what to do and how to do it. But like, how do you choose which path to go? Where do you learn the skills? How do you apply for jobs? Although the answers are complex, we can begin to pull the curtain back and welcome you to your first steps. Once you get the ball rolling and connect with your community, you'll have a much clearer idea of how everything fits together, and how you can turn your skills into paying work. As always, I hope this episode will help you in your education and career. 😊

In this episode, Nicole walks through your first steps into the developer world, and how you can align your goals with actions to get your first paying work! If you're learning to code with the hopes of getting a job and launching a developer career, you know that there's like 500 things going on at once. There are a lot of folks out there telling you what to do and how to do it. But like, how do you choose which path to go? Where do you learn the skills? How do you apply for jobs? Although the answers are complex, we can begin to pull the curtain back and welcome you to your first steps. Once you get the ball rolling and connect with your community, you'll have a much clearer idea of how everything fits together, and how you can turn your skills into paying work. As always, I hope this episode will help you in your education and career. 😊

040: A Guide to Learning to Code and Getting a Job

In this episode, Nicole shines a light on what it really means to "think like a programmer", and highlights some of the traits of individuals who tend to think this way. When I first began learning to code, it felt like some people just had more natural aptitude than I did. I had to wonder: what did they have that I didn't? Or did I have it in me, but I just wasn't channeling it properly? It turns out, I'm quite the programmatic thinker! (You'll learn what that means in the episode) Being aware of powerful programmatic mental approaches and interpretations will also help you to hone this perspective, so you can improve them on an ongoing basis. You'll be able to notice the little things that newbie coders and advanced beginners tend to overlook. I hope this episode will help you in your education and career! 😊

In this episode, Nicole shines a light on what it really means to "think like a programmer", and highlights some of the traits of individuals who tend to think this way. When I first began learning to code, it felt like some people just had more natural aptitude than I did. I had to wonder: what did they have that I didn't? Or did I have it in me, but I just wasn't channeling it properly? It turns out, I'm quite the programmatic thinker! (You'll learn what that means in the episode) Being aware of powerful programmatic mental approaches and interpretations will also help you to hone this perspective, so you can improve them on an ongoing basis. You'll be able to notice the little things that newbie coders and advanced beginners tend to overlook. I hope this episode will help you in your education and career! 😊

039: Learning to Think Like a Programmer

La Vie en Code is a podcast for self-taught web developers, hosted by fellow self-taught web developer and EdTech entrepreneur Nicole Archambault. The podcast focuses on front-end, entrepreneurship, and the experiences of underrepresented groups in tech.

The DOM episode really cleared up a lot of questions I had! Please keep making episodes!!!

I’ve learned so much from this podcast!

I love the podcast. Nicole reviews topics relatable to developers.

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La Vie en Code

Writing about your experience learning to code can be a valuable, though challenging, endeavor. In this information-packed hour-long episode, Nicole talks about why it's a worthwhile exercise, and some critical things you'll want to consider before starting your own coding blog. For show notes, transcript and links, visit the episode page at http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/012-how-to-start-and-keep-up-a-blog-while-learning-to-code.

Writing about your experience learning to code can be a valuable, though challenging, endeavor. In this information-packed hour-long episode, Nicole talks about why it's a worthwhile exercise, and some critical things you'll want to consider before starting your own coding blog. For show notes, transcript and links, visit the episode page at <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/012-how-to-start-and-keep-up-a-blog-while-learning-to-code" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/012-how-to-start-and-keep-up-a-blog-while-learning-to-code</a>.

012: How to Start (and Keep Up!) a Blog While Learning to Code

In this episode, I detail 10 things I've identified that new coders absolutely need to know before they begin teaching themselves the technical stuff. Why is this important? Every day, students start learning to code without any type of plan or goal. The end result is generally frustration, and eventual drop-off. Furthermore, many of these students are career changers, unhappy with their existing jobs, and unable to afford a loss. Everyone can learn to code, but it's not going to be easy, and I'm here to help set you up for success! For show notes and transcript, visit the LVEC site: http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/008-things-you-need-to-know

In this episode, I detail 10 things I've identified that new coders absolutely need to know before they begin teaching themselves the technical stuff. Why is this important? Every day, students start learning to code without any type of plan or goal. The end result is generally frustration, and eventual drop-off. Furthermore, many of these students are career changers, unhappy with their existing jobs, and unable to afford a loss. Everyone can learn to code, but it's not going to be easy, and I'm here to help set you up for success! For show notes and transcript, visit the LVEC site: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/?p=888&amp;preview=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/008-things-you-need-to-know</a>

008: 10 Things You Need to Know Before Learning to Code

Barbara Oakley

In this two-part discussion, we welcome special guest Dr. Barbara Oakley, Professor of Engineering at Oakland University, to adapt some key topics from her record-setting Learning How to Learn and Mindshift Coursera courses and her new book (Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential) to self-taught web development students.

In this two-part discussion, we welcome special guest Dr. Barbara Oakley, Professor of Engineering at Oakland University, to adapt some key topics from her record-setting <a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learning How to Learn</a> and Mindshift Coursera courses and her new book (<a href="http://amzn.to/2qKNJ7j" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential</a>) to self-taught web development students.

005: The Science of Learning with Dr. Barbara Oakley (Part 1)

Casey Bartholomew

Self-Taught Student Talks is a sub-series of the LVEC podcast, highlighting self-taught students' accomplishments. This week, we meet Casey Bartholomew, a self-taught front-end web development student juggling full-time work while learning to code.

Self-Taught Student Talks is a sub-series of the LVEC podcast, highlighting self-taught students' accomplishments. This week, we meet Casey Bartholomew, a self-taught front-end web development student juggling full-time work while learning to code.

003: Self-Taught Student Talks with Casey Bartholomew

WordPress is a great addition to your front- and back- web development education - especially if you're open to learning PHP, which already powers 80% of the web, and isn't going anywhere anytime soon. In this episode, Nicole provides some insight as to why new front-end web developers may want to consider growing their career skills with WordPress as a backbone. With a dip of the toes into advanced WordPress development topics like plugin development and Content Management System decoupling, this episode has something for everybody, and will hopefully spark your curiosity about the world's most iconic CMS. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/014-newbie-dev-intro-to-wordpress-development

WordPress is a great addition to your front- and back- web development education - especially if you're open to learning PHP, which already powers 80% of the web, and isn't going anywhere anytime soon. In this episode, Nicole provides some insight as to why new front-end web developers may want to consider growing their career skills with WordPress as a backbone. With a dip of the toes into advanced WordPress development topics like plugin development and Content Management System decoupling, this episode has something for everybody, and will hopefully spark your curiosity about the world's most iconic CMS. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/014-newbie-dev-intro-to-wordpress-development" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/014-newbie-dev-intro-to-wordpress-development</a>

014: The Newbie Dev's Intro to WordPress Development

Do you like tools? Who doesn't! This week, I share my top 10 web development tools—for my education, and for my freelancing. Pick up a new tool, and let me know what you think! For full show notes and transcript, visit the La Vie en Code podcast episode page at http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/010-top-ten-web-dev-tools.

Do you like tools? Who doesn't! This week, I share my top 10 web development tools—for my education, and for my freelancing. Pick up a new tool, and let me know what you think! For full show notes and transcript, visit the La Vie en Code podcast episode page at <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/010-top-ten-web-dev-tools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/010-top-ten-web-dev-tools</a>.

010: Nicole's Top 10 Web Development Tools

What do you do when you just can’t bring yourself to start or finish a course or project? Learning web development is a heavily cognitive endeavor, and motivation issues are largely standard. Learn how Nicole has identified and works to overcome her motivation issues, and pick up some tools of your own in the process. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website:  http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/022-choosing-motivation-while-learning-to-code

What do you do when you just can’t bring yourself to start or finish a course or project? Learning web development is a heavily cognitive endeavor, and motivation issues are largely standard. Learn how Nicole has identified and works to overcome her motivation issues, and pick up some tools of your own in the process. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/022-choosing-motivation-while-learning-to-code" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/022-choosing-motivation-while-learning-to-code</a>

022: Choosing Motivation While Learning to Code

What is deliberate practice, and how does it differ from “regular” practice? Nicole answers these questions and more, and discusses how you can become a better web developer by integrating deliberate practice into your learning routine. You’ll finish the episode with a new perspective on what it really means to practice something for improvement, versus just going through motions aimlessly. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/020-improve-your-skills-with-deliberate-practice

What is deliberate practice, and how does it differ from “regular” practice? Nicole answers these questions and more, and discusses how you can become a better web developer by integrating deliberate practice into your learning routine. You’ll finish the episode with a new perspective on what it really means to practice something for improvement, versus just going through motions aimlessly. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/020-improve-your-skills-with-deliberate-practice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/020-improve-your-skills-with-deliberate-practice</a>

020: Improve your Skills with Deliberate Practice

Host Nicole Archambault learned to code in 2015 with Treehouse, one of the most popular video-based web development e-Learning platforms. Hear more about why she chose Treehouse over other platforms, how she got the most out of Treehouse's videos and community, and her own personal advice for leveraging Treehouse to land your first web development job. For show notes, Tweetables, and links mentioned in the episode, check out the episode page.

Host Nicole Archambault learned to code in 2015 with <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/treehouse" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Treehouse</a>, one of the most popular video-based web development e-Learning platforms. Hear more about why she chose Treehouse over other platforms, how she got the most out of Treehouse's videos and community, and her own personal advice for leveraging Treehouse to land your first web development job. For show notes, Tweetables, and links mentioned in the episode, check out the <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/28" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">episode page</a>.

028: Learning to Code with Treehouse

Nicole opens up about her first web development position, in a story about why expectation (vs. reality) matters, and how our newbie coder experiences can affect our future career choices.

Nicole opens up about her first web development position, in a story about why expectation (vs. reality) matters, and how our newbie coder experiences can affect our future career choices.

004: My First Dev Job Used ColdFusion (or, Why I'm a Freelancer)

Andrew Cook

Self-taught software developer and cloud computing enthusiast Andrew Cook helps web developers understand why projects are so important to their career, and how they can get started building their own! I first met Andrew through CodeNewbie chats on Wednesday nights—my favorite night of the week—and we got to chatting about his work. I was really fascinated by a few aspects of his story. First, he had made this career transition from the medical industry to software development. I'm always interested to hear someone's story when they make a big jump like that! But on top of that, a consistent theme kept coming up in Andrew's story—and that theme was projects. Andrew's true passion, as he'll tell you, is in cloud computing. When he began building his skills for his first job in web development, he still working as a paramedic. During this time, Andrew began building projects to provide a publicly visible application of what he was learning. Those projects helped him to get his first job, and they've greatly benefited him since. In this episode, Andrew tells us what inspired his first projects, what he did right, and what he could have done better. We also discuss some important topics for new web developers, like:  Learning how to learn Where to find help when you get stuck Protecting your projects as you build them What employers are REALLY looking for when they ask about your projects in a job interview  So strap in for some Grade A-quality insight and advice from Andrew! (And myself... but mostly Andrew) Show notes and Tweetables on the episode page at: http://www.lavieencode.net/27

Self-taught software developer and cloud computing enthusiast <a href="http://www.codingwithcookie.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Cook</a> helps web developers understand why projects are so important to their career, and how they can get started building their own! I first met Andrew through CodeNewbie chats on Wednesday nights—my favorite night of the week—and we got to chatting about his work. I was really fascinated by a few aspects of his story. First, he had made this career transition from the medical industry to software development. I'm always interested to hear someone's story when they make a big jump like that! But on top of that, a consistent theme kept coming up in Andrew's story—and that theme was projects. Andrew's true passion, as he'll tell you, is in cloud computing. When he began building his skills for his first job in web development, he still working as a paramedic. During this time, Andrew began building projects to provide a publicly visible application of what he was learning. Those projects helped him to get his first job, and they've greatly benefited him since. In this episode, Andrew tells us what inspired his first projects, what he did right, and what he could have done better. We also discuss some important topics for new web developers, like: <ul> <li>Learning how to learn</li> <li>Where to find help when you get stuck</li> <li>Protecting your projects as you build them</li> <li>What employers are REALLY looking for when they ask about your projects in a job interview</li> </ul> So strap in for some Grade A-quality insight and advice from Andrew! (And myself... but mostly Andrew) Show notes and Tweetables on the episode page at: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/27" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/27</a>

027: The Power of Projects with Andrew Cook

In this episode, you'll learn about problem solving, and how you can approach code challenges using a 7-step approach that will give you enough information to confidently solve your problems. Many students overlook these crucial steps, or blow past them to begin coding—which really doesn't help them once they hit a wall and are unsure how to proceed. So, if this sounds like an area where you could use some work, have a listen and become a more confident, competent problem solver in just half an hour! For show notes and links, visit the La Vie en Code Podcast episode page at http://www.lavieencode.net/29.

In this episode, you'll learn about problem solving, and how you can approach code challenges using a 7-step approach that will give you enough information to confidently solve your problems. Many students overlook these crucial steps, or blow past them to begin coding—which really doesn't help them once they hit a wall and are unsure how to proceed. So, if this sounds like an area where you could use some work, have a listen and become a more confident, competent problem solver in just half an hour! For show notes and links, visit the La Vie en Code Podcast episode page at <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/29" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/29</a>.

029: 7 Steps to Solving Code Challenges

For the fourth and final episode of EdTech September, Nicole shares her tips for getting the most out of your e-Learning platform of choice. She goes more in-depth for each, explaining how they specifically relate to new web development students. You’ll come away from this episode with a better understanding of how your e-Learning platform and other EdTech resources can be best used to jump-start your learning—and keep you ahead of the game! EdTech September brings together for LVEC listeners key topics in the field of Educational Technology (EdTech). As a new web developer, you need to know how you learn most successfully, so you can apply that approach to everything you need to learn in the future. You also need to know how and where to best apply your tech skills in the Web Development industry. EdTech September involves both of these topics, by helping students understand their career opportunities in EdTech, and forming a deeper connection between learner and learning style. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/018-tips-for-maximizing-your-web-dev-learning-experience

For the fourth and final episode of EdTech September, Nicole shares her tips for getting the most out of your e-Learning platform of choice. She goes more in-depth for each, explaining how they specifically relate to new web development students. You’ll come away from this episode with a better understanding of how your e-Learning platform and other EdTech resources can be best used to jump-start your learning—and keep you ahead of the game! EdTech September brings together for LVEC listeners key topics in the field of Educational Technology (EdTech). As a new web developer, you need to know how you learn most successfully, so you can apply that approach to everything you need to learn in the future. You also need to know how and where to best apply your tech skills in the Web Development industry. EdTech September involves both of these topics, by helping students understand their career opportunities in EdTech, and forming a deeper connection between learner and learning style. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/018-tips-for-maximizing-your-web-dev-learning-experience" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/018-tips-for-maximizing-your-web-dev-learning-experience</a>

018: 15 Tips for Maximizing Your Web Dev E-Learning Experience

Have you ever thought of what your career could be like without the constraints of others affecting your output? To have total control over your income potential? In this episode, Nicole talks about why she finally decided that she’d had enough of the company job/freelancing rat race, and instead sought out the entrepreneurship rat race. She takes a humorous, refreshingly honest approach to the challenges of trying to find your place in the web development/tech world, and offers some perspectives and advice for web developers who may want to pursue entrepreneurship for themselves. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/019-why-i-became-a-tech-entrepreneur

Have you ever thought of what your career could be like without the constraints of others affecting your output? To have total control over your income potential? In this episode, Nicole talks about why she finally decided that she’d had enough of the company job/freelancing rat race, and instead sought out the entrepreneurship rat race. She takes a humorous, refreshingly honest approach to the challenges of trying to find your place in the web development/tech world, and offers some perspectives and advice for web developers who may want to pursue entrepreneurship for themselves. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/019-why-i-became-a-tech-entrepreneur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/019-why-i-became-a-tech-entrepreneur</a>

019: Why I Became a Tech Entrepreneur

George Mandis

In this episode, I talk to my first in-person coding instructor and good mentor friend, George Mandis of Snaptortoise Development. George is a Portland, Oregon-based freelance web developer, who taught the first classroom-based web development bootcamp I attended when first learning to code, Code Academy at Mount Hood Community College. It turned out, I was already pretty advanced for the class, and he ended up being a great mentor to me! For show notes and episode details, visit the LVEC Podcast site: http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/007-lessons-from-code-academy-with-george-mandis

In this episode, I talk to my first in-person coding instructor and good mentor friend, George Mandis of Snaptortoise Development. George is a Portland, Oregon-based freelance web developer, who taught the first classroom-based web development bootcamp I attended when first learning to code, Code Academy at Mount Hood Community College. It turned out, I was already pretty advanced for the class, and he ended up being a great mentor to me! For show notes and episode details, visit the LVEC Podcast site: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/007-lessons-from-code-academy-with-george-mandis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/007-lessons-from-code-academy-with-george-mandis</a>

007: Lessons from Code Academy with George Mandis

Hackathons can be a scary prospect for new web developers—but they don’t have to be. Nicole tells the story of her first hackathon (which her team won!), and debunks a lot of the myths surrounding hackathons. She highlights women’s hackathons, and why they’re so important to helping women gain confidence in their skills. Finally, she sends listeners off with actionable advice to bring to their first or hackathon. EPISODE BONUS: Download your free checklist “Your Trusty Hackathon Checklist” on the episode page at www.lavieencode.net/podcast/021-rock-your-first-hackathon. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/021-rock-your-first-hackathon

Hackathons can be a scary prospect for new web developers—but they don’t have to be. Nicole tells the story of her first hackathon (which her team won!), and debunks a lot of the myths surrounding hackathons. She highlights women’s hackathons, and why they’re so important to helping women gain confidence in their skills. Finally, she sends listeners off with actionable advice to bring to their first or hackathon. EPISODE BONUS: Download your free checklist “Your Trusty Hackathon Checklist” on the episode page at <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/021-rock-your-first-hackathon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.lavieencode.net/podcast/021-rock-your-first-hackathon</a>. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/021-rock-your-first-hackathon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/021-rock-your-first-hackathon</a>

021: Rock Your First Hackathon

Kalalau Cantrell

I just love getting to know fellow students from diverse backgrounds, who taught themselves web development! This week's episode is a Self-Taught Student Talk with fellow self-taught web developer Kalalau Cantrell (or "Kal", for short). Kal entered the web development industry from a background in sound engineering, and teaching physics (!). I met him after reading his awesome article on the freeCodeCamp Medium page, "From Sound Engineer to Software Engineer—Why I'm Learning to Code". In our conversation, Kal talks about his educational background in physics and sound engineering, the valuable skills he picked up along the way, and how he's leveraging his existing skills to power through his web development education. For show notes and Tweetables, visit the episode page at http://www.lavieencode.net/26.

I just love getting to know fellow students from diverse backgrounds, who taught themselves web development! This week's episode is a Self-Taught Student Talk with fellow self-taught web developer <a href="http://www.twitter.com/kalalaucantrell" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kalalau Cantrell</a> (or "Kal", for short). Kal entered the web development industry from a background in sound engineering, and teaching physics (!). I met him after reading his awesome article on the freeCodeCamp Medium page, "<a href="https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-and-why-a-sound-engineer-started-learning-to-code-2a3ae7fac5cc" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">From Sound Engineer to Software Engineer—Why I'm Learning to Code</a>". In our conversation, Kal talks about his educational background in physics and sound engineering, the valuable skills he picked up along the way, and how he's leveraging his existing skills to power through his web development education. For show notes and Tweetables, visit the episode page at <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/26" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/26</a>.

026: Self-Taught Student Talks with Kalalau Cantrell

Mental illness is a key part of Nicole’s story as a self-taught web developer, and it thoroughly complicated the experience of teaching herself to code. Hear her personal story of struggling against anxiety, depression, and mood disorders while making the career transition from customer service to web development, and some valuable advice for pushing through the hard parts to keep your motivation going. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/013-when-mental-illness-affects-your-coding-goals

Mental illness is a key part of Nicole’s story as a self-taught web developer, and it thoroughly complicated the experience of teaching herself to code. Hear her personal story of struggling against anxiety, depression, and mood disorders while making the career transition from customer service to web development, and some valuable advice for pushing through the hard parts to keep your motivation going. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/013-when-mental-illness-affects-your-coding-goals" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/013-when-mental-illness-affects-your-coding-goals</a>

013: When Mental Illness Affects Your Coding Goals

Michael Berhane

Color

The number of online spaces for people of color in the tech industry is low, and they are few and far between. These communities are desperately needed for underrepresented groups to tell their stories and share their experiences in this industry, which tend to be very different from those of majority groups. Join Nicole for a chat with Michael Berhane, co-founder of People of Color in Tech (POCiT), a rapidly-growing website and community featuring... people of color in tech! Listeners will learn about Michael’s experience becoming a full-stack JavaScript developer, the journey of their community from idea to their current iteration, our opinions of things like bootcamps and new developer resources, why it’s important to celebrate and center people of color’s experiences, and much more! For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: http://www.lavieencode.net/25

The number of online spaces for people of color in the tech industry is low, and they are few and far between. These communities are desperately needed for underrepresented groups to tell their stories and share their experiences in this industry, which tend to be very different from those of majority groups. Join Nicole for a chat with <a href="http://michaelberhane.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Berhane</a>, co-founder of <a href="http://www.peopleofcolorintech.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">People of Color in Tech (POCiT)</a>, a rapidly-growing website and community featuring... people of color in tech! Listeners will learn about Michael’s experience becoming a full-stack JavaScript developer, the journey of their community from idea to their current iteration, our opinions of things like bootcamps and new developer resources, why it’s important to celebrate and center people of color’s experiences, and much more! For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/25" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/25</a>

025: Celebrating People of Color in Tech with Michael Berhane

Ryan Carson

What happens when you teach people how to learn, then teach them how to code, while putting THEIR needs at the center of your entire platform? Treehouse CEO Ryan Carson joins me on the show for an enlightening discussion around the intersection of technology and education, and how they tackle the enormous challenge of teaching students the skills they need to fill the millions of open software engineering jobs available today. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/011-intersection-of-edtech-with-ryan-carson

What happens when you teach people how to learn, then teach them how to code, while putting THEIR needs at the center of your entire platform? Treehouse CEO Ryan Carson joins me on the show for an enlightening discussion around the intersection of technology and education, and how they tackle the enormous challenge of teaching students the skills they need to fill the millions of open software engineering jobs available today. For show notes, transcript and key moments, visit the LVEC Podcast website: <a href="http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/011-intersection-of-edtech-with-ryan-carson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lavieencode.net/podcast/011-intersection-of-edtech-with-ryan-carson</a>

011: At the Intersection of Technology and Education with Treehouse CEO Ryan Carson

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