Ranked #1
#28: Rodney Urquhart - How a 16-year-old High School Dropout became a Software Engineer at Slack
#28: Rodney Urquhart - How a 16-year-old High School Dropout became a Software Engineer at Slack
Rodney Urquhart grew up in a North Philly neighborhood ridden with gang violence and effects of the crack epidemic. Afte... Read more
25 Feb 2017
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1hr 51mins
Ranked #2
#7: Max Rencoret - Deep dive into Growth Marketing and building a product
#7: Max Rencoret - Deep dive into Growth Marketing and building a product
Max Rencoret grew up in Chile where he first got exposed to its education system, startup culture, economic climate, gov... Read more
15 Dec 2016
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57mins
Ranked #3
#76: Gary Vaynerchuk - CEO of VaynerMedia
#76: Gary Vaynerchuk - CEO of VaynerMedia
Gary Vaynerchuk does not need an introduction. For those of you who haven’t heard of him yet, he is not only a rockstar ... Read more
19 Feb 2018
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56mins
Ranked #4
#4: Haseeb Qureshi - Professional Poker Player turned Software Engineer
#4: Haseeb Qureshi - Professional Poker Player turned Software Engineer
Haseeb Qureshi is a Texas-native who dominated the poker world and decided to pursue his dream of becoming a software en... Read more
3 Dec 2016
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #5
#67: Bangaly Kaba - Journey to a Product Manager Role at Facebook & Instagram
#67: Bangaly Kaba - Journey to a Product Manager Role at Facebook & Instagram
Bangaly Kaba shares his story on how he broke into product management from a non-traditional backgrounds in Education an... Read more
11 Oct 2017
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #6
#107: Rich Smith - How A College Dropout Became A Senior Engineer at Netflix
#107: Rich Smith - How A College Dropout Became A Senior Engineer at Netflix
Announcements: Watch the video recording of this episode on Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rg8SHeq1NsRich Smith... Read more
11 Dec 2018
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #7
#81: Melissa Hereford - How to Win in a Salary Negotiation
#81: Melissa Hereford - How to Win in a Salary Negotiation
Melissa has been teaching negotiation tactics for the last 22 years. Today, Melissa Hereford is going to teach us how to... Read more
2 Apr 2018
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #8
#121: Kesha Lake - How a Mom from Atlanta became a Remote Software Engineer at Stitch Fix
#121: Kesha Lake - How a Mom from Atlanta became a Remote Software Engineer at Stitch Fix
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kesha Lake is a member of the Career Karma community from Atlanta. She joined Career Kar... Read more
30 Dec 2019
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1hr 27mins
Ranked #9
#18: Preethi Kasireddy - How Investment Banker & a VC quit her job to became a Software Engineer
#18: Preethi Kasireddy - How Investment Banker & a VC quit her job to became a Software Engineer
After excelling at Goldman Sachs and top venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Preethi Kasireddy decided she wanted ... Read more
23 Jan 2017
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43mins
Ranked #10
#3: Kevin Lee - Founder of Product Manager HQ where he teaches people how to become PMs.
#3: Kevin Lee - Founder of Product Manager HQ where he teaches people how to become PMs.
Kevin Lee is dedicated to teaching people the fundamentals of product management through Product Manager HQ and also cur... Read more
2 Dec 2016
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43mins
Ranked #11
#96: Building Reddit, Posterous.com & Initialized Capital with Alexis Ohanian & Garry Tan
#96: Building Reddit, Posterous.com & Initialized Capital with Alexis Ohanian & Garry Tan
Today, we have two amazing people behind the widely successful early stage venture capital firm, Initialized. Today, the... Read more
17 Aug 2018
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53mins
Ranked #12
#63: Saron Yitbarek - Self-taught Engineer & Founder of CodeNewbie Podcast
#63: Saron Yitbarek - Self-taught Engineer & Founder of CodeNewbie Podcast
From New York to San Diego, Saron has launched one of the biggest coding podcasts called CodeNewbie. The show has over 1... Read more
8 Sep 2017
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51mins
Ranked #13
#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp)
#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp)
#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp) by Breaking Into Startups
14 Oct 2019
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1hr 19mins
Ranked #14
#92: Marlon Nichols - Deep Dive on Venture Capital with the Co-Founder of Cross Culture VC
#92: Marlon Nichols - Deep Dive on Venture Capital with the Co-Founder of Cross Culture VC
Marlon Nichols is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Cross Culture Ventures, along with co-founder Troy Carter. Ma... Read more
4 Jul 2018
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51mins
Ranked #15
#80: Jason Mayden - CEO 0f Superheroic and Former Designer at Jordan Sneaker
#80: Jason Mayden - CEO 0f Superheroic and Former Designer at Jordan Sneaker
Jason is widely known as a global brand director for the Jordan Brand at Nike, where he led and contributed to the creat... Read more
22 Mar 2018
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1hr 1min
Ranked #16
#71: Jon Deng - U.S. Army Captain who Became a Software Engineer at Snapchat
#71: Jon Deng - U.S. Army Captain who Became a Software Engineer at Snapchat
Jon Deng is a mentor who has helped several people break into tech. He is widely known as a software engineer at Snap In... Read more
2 Dec 2017
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52mins
Ranked #17
#91: Laurence Bradford - Founder of Learn To Code With Me
#91: Laurence Bradford - Founder of Learn To Code With Me
From economic development to a career in tech, Laurence Bradford is a software engineer and she’s now working as a produ... Read more
24 Jun 2018
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38mins
Ranked #18
#100: David Harris - How an App Academy graduate became a Software Engineer at Omada Health
#100: David Harris - How an App Academy graduate became a Software Engineer at Omada Health
Moving from Atlanta to the Bay Area, from being a writer, artist, to mathematician, David Harris completed App Academy a... Read more
20 Sep 2018
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1hr 45mins
Ranked #19
#12: Shawn Drost - Founder of Hack Reactor
#12: Shawn Drost - Founder of Hack Reactor
Shawn Drost is the Co-Founder of Hack Reactor, a coding bootcamp founded in 2012 along with his college friends Tony Phi... Read more
3 Jan 2017
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48mins
Ranked #20
#93: Saif Ishoof - How College Students Should Prepare for the Future of Work
#93: Saif Ishoof - How College Students Should Prepare for the Future of Work
Miami-native Saif Ishoof is the VP of Engagement at Florida International University and a leader in the Future of Work.... Read more
15 Jul 2018
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1hr 6mins