This week I have a great conversation with Caroline Hatwell about how she became a software engineer. She's been full-time as a developer for about a year and has some really solid advice on how to best learn how to code.

#011 - How #100DaysOfCode Landed Dan Page a Job

Sep 14th, 2018 42m 19s

This week, I chatted with Dan Page. His background is in technical recruiting for a financial company in London. He has tons of experience hiring developers, so he decided to try to learn how to code an be on the other side of the interview tab

#010 - How To Land Your First Job as a Software Developer

Sep 7th, 2018 32m 25s

On this episode of I CODE HIRE ME, I talk with Josh Beckman. Josh is the Lead Engineer at OfficeLuv in Chicago. We have a great conversation about what it's like contributing to open source software and why it can be critical during your job se

#009 - From Mortgage Banker to Software Developer in 6-months

Aug 31st, 2018 35m 2s

On today's show, we have Joe Cuanan. Joe started his career off in economics, working for a mortgage bank...but over time realized he had a passion for software. With a huge amount of dedication and time management, he taught himself how to cod

#008 - How This Mom Learned to Code While Raising Twins

Aug 24th, 2018 31m 52s

Today's episode of I CODE HIRE ME is a great one! Priscilla had a lot of major life changes all at the same time: quit her job, moved cities, had twins. She took this transition period to learn how to code on the side while she raised her newbo

#007 - From Hair-stylist to Web-stylist w/ Brian Polonia

Aug 17th, 2018 31m 45s

On this episode of The I CODE HIRE ME Podcast, I chat with Brian Polonia, who spent 12 years styling mens hair in NYC and then transitioned careers into software development. He attributes much of his early success to software learning platform

#006 - How Malina Tran Learned to Code, Fell in Love, and Became a Developer

Aug 10th, 2018 36m

On today's episode I talk with Malina Tran. She has an incredible learn to code story that involves falling in love and moving across the country to L.A. She taught herself how to code mainly through general assembly, Team Treehouse and a lot o

#005 - Why Mark Pesantes Quit Apple to Learn How To Code

Aug 3rd, 2018 45m 18s

Today I'm talking with Mark Pesantes, a former Apple Retail technician turned software developer. He taught himself how to code on the side for almost 2 years before deciding to quit. After a few junior level developer gigs, he's now self-emplo

#004 - How to Gain Coding Skills Through Immersion Programs w/ Lorena Mesa

Jul 27th, 2018 42m 30s

On this episode, I chat with Lorena Mesa, a full-time software developer at Sprout Social. She went through a bootcamp immersion program to fit her learning style. She's now heavily involved in the python community here in Chicago and globally.

#003 - Park Ranger to Full-time Software Developer in 12 Months

Jul 20th, 2018 32m 56s

Today we are talking with Willy Raedy, a former Park Ranger turned software developer. Willy went through the Fullstack Academy bootcamp in Chicago. Within 2 weeks of graduating he turned down 2 job offers and accepted a full-time position at F

#002 - From Banker to Software Developer w/ Daniel Scott

Jul 13th, 2018 40m 27s

On this episode of I Code. Hire me. we're talking with Daniel Scott. Daniel worked as a corporate banker for 10 years when he decided to make a career change into software development. Daniel learned how to code through a bootcamp, and immediat

#001 - How Becky Lehmann Quit Her Job and Learned to Code

Jul 6th, 2018 42m 26s

Today, we're chatting with Becky Lehmann, a digital nomad software developer. After feeling unfulfilled in her corporate job at AllState, she made the decision to quit her job, learn to code, and become a full-time software developer. She did a

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