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Breaking Into Startups

The Breaking Into Startups Podcast is a platform where we feature stories of people who broke into tech from non-traditional backgrounds. Curious about how startups work, how to get a job without a de... Read more

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#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

1hr 51mins

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#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

57mins

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#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

56mins

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#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

1hr 8mins

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#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

1hr 3mins

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#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

1hr 7mins

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#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

1hr 28mins

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#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

1hr 27mins

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#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

43mins

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#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

43mins

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#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

53mins

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#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

51mins

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#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

1hr 19mins

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#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

51mins

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#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

1hr 1min

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#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

52mins

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#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

38mins

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#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

1hr 45mins

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#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

48mins

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#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

1hr 6mins

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