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The freeCodeCamp Podcast

The official podcast of the freeCodeCamp.org open source community. Each week, founder Quincy Larson interviews developers, entrepreneurs, and professors. You'll learn all about how to build your skil... Read more

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Ep. 59: Shawn Wang left a $350K/year finance job to learn to code

Ep. 59: Shawn Wang left a $350K/year finance job to learn to code

On this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Quincy interviews Shawn Wang (@swyx). We talk about "learning in pub... Read more

15 Apr 2019

2hr 6mins

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Ep. 76: How to become a successful freelancer

Ep. 76: How to become a successful freelancer

In this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with software developer and freelancer Kyle Prinsloo who... Read more

12 Aug 2019

1hr 24mins

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Ep. 80: How to get a job, stay focused, and create quality content - advice from a senior software engineer

Ep. 80: How to get a job, stay focused, and create quality content - advice from a senior software engineer

On this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey interviews senior software engineer and prolific content creat... Read more

16 Sep 2019

1hr 16mins

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Ep. 61: How Tim Myers survived a 12 year prison sentence then became a web developer

Ep. 61: How Tim Myers survived a 12 year prison sentence then became a web developer

Tim Myers is a developer from Denver. In the 1990s he finished high school and immediately enlisted in the US Army. When... Read more

29 Apr 2019

2hr 30mins

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Ep. 28 - How to land a six figure job in tech with no connections

Ep. 28 - How to land a six figure job in tech with no connections

Austin was stuck in a job he hated. But given his non-traditional background and lack of Silicon Valley network, he knew... Read more

30 Apr 2018

1hr 1min

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Ep. 4 - Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I was Learning How to Code

Ep. 4 - Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I was Learning How to Code

Cecily Carver, a developer at Google, recounts her coding journey and the many lessons she learned along the way. Read b... Read more

17 Nov 2017

11mins

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Ep. 71: Harvard CS50's David Malan and Colton Ogden on Computer Science

Ep. 71: Harvard CS50's David Malan and Colton Ogden on Computer Science

CS50 is the most popular course at Harvard, and hundreds of thousands of people have taken the free online version of th... Read more

8 Jul 2019

2hr 1min

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Ep. 40 - The main pillars of learning programming - and why beginners should master them

Ep. 40 - The main pillars of learning programming - and why beginners should master them

Learning how to code can be overwhelming - especially if your intro course asks you to build a Facebook clone. But if yo... Read more

30 Jul 2018

10mins

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Ep. 68: From homeschooler to self-taught full stack developer

Ep. 68: From homeschooler to self-taught full stack developer

In this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with Madison Kanna, a full-stack developer who works rem... Read more

17 Jun 2019

1hr 20mins

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Ep. 39 - Learning how to learn: the most important developer skill

Ep. 39 - Learning how to learn: the most important developer skill

Learning to code - or learning any new skill - is hard, but it doesn't have to be overwhelming. In this episode, Preethi... Read more

23 Jul 2018

13mins

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Ep. 77: How a former music teacher taught herself to code and landed a job at GitHub

Ep. 77: How a former music teacher taught herself to code and landed a job at GitHub

This week, I got to chat with Briana Swift, who used to teach music to elementary school children. She loved teaching an... Read more

19 Aug 2019

1hr

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Ep. 32 - How you can start a career in a different field without experience

Ep. 32 - How you can start a career in a different field without experience

Austin had a biology degree, a poor GPA, and a job in the medical field, but he wanted to transition into tech. He had n... Read more

28 May 2018

43mins

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Ep. 69: from successful plumber to full-time developer

Ep. 69: from successful plumber to full-time developer

On this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Abbey chats with self-taught developer Rick West who lives and works... Read more

24 Jun 2019

1hr 8mins

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Ep. 19 - Don't worry, be happy: how to build your future tech career in 5 simple steps

Ep. 19 - Don't worry, be happy: how to build your future tech career in 5 simple steps

Changing careers is very difficult. Add in a full-time job and a couple of kids, and the task seems nearly impossible. B... Read more

26 Feb 2018

13mins

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Ep. 21 - What is an API? In English, please.

Ep. 21 - What is an API? In English, please.

Many people have a vague or incorrect idea of what the fairly common term "API" means. Heads up: it's not a type of beer... Read more

12 Mar 2018

6mins

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Ep. 6 - Which Programming Language Should You Learn First?

Ep. 6 - Which Programming Language Should You Learn First?

Quincy reads his popular article on how to choose your first programming language when you learn to code. He discusses ... Read more

17 Nov 2017

17mins

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Ep. 35 - How I went from zero to San Francisco software engineer in 12 months

Ep. 35 - How I went from zero to San Francisco software engineer in 12 months

One day, Sean was working as a route setter at a rock climbing gym in Tennessee. The next, he was driving to San Francis... Read more

18 Jun 2018

10mins

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Ep. 57: Adam Hollett, From Writer to Developer

Ep. 57: Adam Hollett, From Writer to Developer

Guest: Adam Hollett, developer at Shopify: https://twitter.com/admhlt Host: Quincy Larson, the teacher who founded freeC... Read more

1 Apr 2019

1hr 7mins

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Ep. 58: Ariel Leslie, software developer and freeCodeCamp superstar

Ep. 58: Ariel Leslie, software developer and freeCodeCamp superstar

In this week's episode, Abbey interviews Ariel Leslie, a software developer with an interesting background (she was once... Read more

8 Apr 2019

1hr 3mins

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Ep. 3 - How I Went From Selling Food in the Street to Working as a Developer at Companies Like Apple Part 3 - First Week on the Job

Ep. 3 - How I Went From Selling Food in the Street to Working as a Developer at Companies Like Apple Part 3 - First Week on the Job

We conclude the tale of Alvaro Videla, who learned to code, got a job as a developer, and is now facing his first week o... Read more

17 Nov 2017

16mins

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