Marcelo Claure is a Bolivian tech entrepreneur who founded Brightstar which was later sold to Sprint after they reached $10 billion in revenue, becoming the largest Hispanic-owned business in US history. Currently, Claure serves as Chief Execut

#125: Erik Torenberg - What Is Venture Capital? & How It Helps Job Seekers

Aug 13th, 2020 1h 5m

Not only a true believer in the power of networking, Erik Torenberg definitely walks the talk. Erik is big on community building and networking. He is known for organizing huge events as well as intimate meetups called On Deck, where they allow

#124: Jake Schwartz - CEO of General Assembly on COVID-19 Response

Jul 27th, 2020 1h 2m

Jake Schwartz is the co-founder and chief executive officer of General Assembly, a global company advancing the future of work. Jake leads GA's growth, creating sustainable talent pipelines for businesses, and building transparent career pathwa

#123: Dan Friedman - COVID-19 Response from the Co-Founder of Thinkful

Apr 21st, 2020 50m 12s

Dan Friedman is the Co-Founder of Thinkful, a coding bootcamp that provides online courses Software Engineering, Design and Data Science courses. Dropping out of Yale, Dan is proof that you don't need a college degree or certain qualifications

#122: Vaibhav Sahgal - Head of Growth at Reddit - How to be a Growth Product Leader

Mar 4th, 2020 53m 14s

Vaibhav Sahgal is the Head of Growth at Reddit, Inc. which has 500 million unique users around the world. Prior to this, he worked at Zynga for 8 years as a product manager. He led teams building games like Words with Friends, Cityville, and Ma

#121: Kesha Lake - How a Mom from Atlanta became a Remote Software Engineer at Stitch Fix

Dec 30th, 2019 1h 27m

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kesha Lake is a member of the Career Karma community from Atlanta. She joined Career Karma in the beginning of 2019. Less than a year later, she got a job as a remote software engineer at Stitch Fix. Today, s

#120: Jerrick Warren - How Career Karma's first member became a Software Engineer at Gemini

Dec 3rd, 2019 1h 9m

Jerrick Warren has an inspiring story of breaking into the Blockchain Tech Startup Gemini coming from a background in medicine. He went from joining the Career Karma community, to getting accepted into Lambda School to getting a Software Engi

#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp)

Oct 14th, 2019 1h 19m

#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp) by Breaking Into Startups

#118: Darrell Silver - CEO of Thinkful

Sep 30th, 2019 51m 49s

Darrell Silver is the CEO and Co-Founder of Thinkful. Their mission? To build the world’s next workforce. Since its inception in 2012, Thinkful has graduated thousands of students. Founded based on two elements – transparency and return on

#117: Chok Ooi - CEO of Kenzie Academy

Sep 23rd, 2019 56m 28s

Coming to the states with two suitcases and a pocketful of dreams, Chock Ooi is currently the CEO of Kenzie Academy. Chok is a startup veteran working at places like Loopt and AgilityIO, and is a 500 Startups mentor. He has a background in Fi

#116 - FFTSquad – A Career Karma Squad of Highly Motivated People Breaking Into Tech Together

Jul 15th, 2019 1h 35m

Today, we have a special group of people joining us who go by the #FFTSquad. #FFTSquad is a group of people on Career Karma who are working together to help each other grow, learn how to code and switch careers into tech. They were with us

#115: Angela Ceresnie - CEO of Climb Credit on Helping to Finance People's Career Transitions

Jul 1st, 2019 54m 5s

Angela Ceresnie is the CEO of Climb Credit. She has experience working in and starting multiple startups. She has led teams at Citibank and American Express. Interestingly, she studied computer engineering at the University of Michigan with a t

#114: Phaedra Ellis - CEO of Promise on How to Build Power and Take Control of Your Career

May 27th, 2019 1h 2m

Phaedra Ellis is the CEO of Promise, a startup that uses technology for good in the process to change the criminal justice system.Prior to this, she was the leader of the South Bay Labor Council, managing over 110,000 members. Before that,

#113: Tonio DeSorrento - Income Sharing Agreements Explained by CEO of Vemo

Apr 16th, 2019 52m 28s

Tonio DeSorrento is a New York-native who spent time in the Marines as a captain. He has also worked at several institutions including SoFi. Currently, he serves as the CEO of Vemo Education, a leading provider of income share agreements, whi

#112: Chasing your Dreams with Young Guru & Rodney Sampson

Apr 9th, 2019 55m 2s

Rodney Sampson is the CEO of OHUB while Young Guru is widely known as Jay-Z's DJ. On today’s episode, Ruben joins Rodney & Young Guru to discuss how and why they came together and why they're passionate about creating opportunities for people o

#111: Ameer Brown - Coding Bootcamp Graduate who is a Software Quality Engineer at Adobe

Mar 23rd, 2019 53m 41s

Ameer Brown is a Software Quality Engineer at Adobe. He talks about what it takes to be a successful engineer at Adobe. Outside of work Ameer also organizes parties. He also covers how that helped him take it to another level hosting parties in

#110: Dan Rosensweig - CEO of Chegg, the Playbook for the Modern Day Student

Feb 12th, 2019 50m 28s

Dan Rosensweig is the CEO of Chegg, an American education company with the aim to provide education that is less expensive, more available, more affordable, and more relevant. On the podcast, Dan explains how it's their responsibility to learn

#109: Cameron Yarbrough - CEO of Torch, on the Importance of Mental Health & Coaching

Feb 5th, 2019 26m 28s

Cameron Yarbrough is the CEO of Torch and one of the best leadership and executive coaches in the world. In this episode, Cameron talks about coaching for everyone! How Torch got its start and the problems that many CEO’s as well as startup e

#108: Dan Sommer, CEO & founder of Trilogy Education, workforce accelerator for leading universities

Dec 23rd, 2018 59m 25s

Dan Sommer is the CEO and Co-Founder of Trilogy Education Services. Dan has launched partnerships with over 37 of the world's leading universities, providing alternative forms of education on their campuses.smarturl.it/trilogy_learn_moreThe

#107: Rich Smith - How A College Dropout Became A Senior Engineer at Netflix

Dec 11th, 2018 1h 7m

Announcements: Watch the video recording of this episode on Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rg8SHeq1NsRich Smith is a Senior UI engineer at Netflix but did you know this was his 17th job? Today, he talks about how he started hustli

#106: Balaji Srinivasan - CTO of Coinbase, How Everyone Can be an Investor

Nov 29th, 2018 1h 10m

Balaji Srinivasan is the CTO of Coinbase. Prior to that, he was a co-founder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Today, he talks about his insights into traditional education vs. alternative education, as

#105: Rick O'Donnell - CEO of Skills Fund, Providing Financing to Coding Bootcamp Students

Nov 19th, 2018 51m 44s

Rick O’Donnell is the Founder and CEO of Skills Fund, a place that provides people with an opportunity to acquire skills and they also provide financing for students as they're doing a career transition.Prior to Skills Fund, Rick worked as an

#104: Leanne Pittsford - Founder of Lesbians Who Tech & Tech Jobs Tour

Oct 31st, 2018 49m 17s

There are half a million open tech jobs, and yet, diversity in tech continues to be a problem. The key is in building relationships and connecting people with the right companies that need their skills the most.Leanne Pittsford is the founder

#103: Madelyn Tavarez - How a Part-time Bootcamp helped her Become an Android Engineer

Oct 24th, 2018 1h 1m

Our guest on the podcast has a remarkable story. Madelyn Tavarez did a part-time bootcamp, while holding a full-time job. She taught herself how to code. And became a software engineer at Pinterest now building products for hundreds of mi

#102: Austen Allred - CEO of Lambda School

Oct 9th, 2018 1h

Austen Allred is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lambda School. Recently coming out of Y Combinator, Lambda now has thousands of students. Prior to this, he served as a Growth Expert at LendUp. Lambda School is an online bootcamp that gives student