Nathan Baschez (Product Hunt, Gimlet Media) is one of the most prolific people I know, having worked at half a dozen of the coolest startups I can think of, all in just the past ten years. I first met Nathan back in 2012 while we were workin

6 Reasons Why You’ll Never Learn to Code

Sep 2nd, 2020 22m 50s

A few years ago, David Heinemeier Hansson (Ruby on Rails creator) made a confession on Twitter: "I look up code on the internet all the time." David's confession went viral. Within a few hours, dozens of developers began to make similar confess

The Complete Guide to Learn SQL in Just 15 Minutes for Free

Jul 28th, 2020 12m 8s

SQL is the language of databases, and SQL programmers are in high demand. This week, I want to share how to learn SQL for free — and in your spare time — during quarantine. All you need to get started is access to an MYSQL database, as well as

Top 6 Reasons to Learn SQL in 2020

Jun 10th, 2020 18m 32s

SQL is the language of databases. In your career, if you plan to work with machine learning, artificial intelligence, build websites or apps or work with data analytics, you're going to need to know SQL. In this episode of the Learn to Code p

Why Data Journalists Learn Python

May 1st, 2020 1h 3m

Melissa Lewis is a data reporter for Reveal, a Python teacher, the organizer of PyLadies Portland and the Portland chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. Melissa is here to share her work as a data journalist who uses Python

The Best SEO Tools for 2020

Jan 27th, 2020 35m 20s

Today on the Learn to Code Podcast I’m talking with my favorite SEO nerd: Kenny Kline of JAKK Media! Kenny joined us recently to discuss how to land a job in content marketing, today Kenny and I are discussing SEO best practices and tools for 2

Why are MBAs Learning Python?

Dec 2nd, 2019 31m 32s

This week on the Learn to Code Podcast Mattan Griffel, award-winning teacher of the Introduction to Programming Using Python course at Columbia Business School, and I discuss the question: “Why are MBAs learning to code?” Over the past four yea

How to Land a Job in Content Marketing with Kenny Kline

Oct 14th, 2019 48m 21s

You’ve launched your first website. It’s a big day! You want to throw a party, crack a beer, and high-five everyone you see. Except, there’s no one around — zero comments on your blog and your site doesn’t even show up in any Google rankings. T

How Sahil Lavingia (Gumroad CEO) Learned to Code

Sep 21st, 2019 25m 9s

In this episode, Sahil Lavingia tells us how he learned Python, build Gumroad, as well as his advice for newbies stuck on choosing a programming language. Episode Show Notes and Full Transcript The Learn to Code Podcast is available on iTune

Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company

Sep 8th, 2019 41m 2s

This week I chat with Sahil Lavingia (Gumroad.com Founder) who spent years running a profitable business with millions of adorning customers — only to be told again and again that he was a huge failure. In this episode, Sahil and I discuss the

How to Launch a Career Developing WordPress Sites

Aug 21st, 2019 38m 36s

WordPress development is in high demand! If you dream of launching a freelance web development career you'll want to know the basics of how to customize WordPress with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). In this episode, I chat with Elliot Condon —

WordPress Security for Beginners

Jul 29th, 2019 29m 51s

33% of the web is powered by WordPress. There's a lot of WordPress sites out there! Because of that, WordPress is a huge target for hackers, and security should be a priority for everyone, even if you're not a developer. In this episode, I chat

How I Learned to Code Hacking WordPress | w/ Zapier Co-Founder Bryan Helmig

Jul 11th, 2019 54m 44s

This week on the podcast I'm chatting with Bryan Helmig, the CTO, and co-founder of Zapier. In our discussion, we talk about how Bryan learned to code, how One Month uses Zapier's automation tools to save us time and $$$, AND our list of The Mo

Learn Python the Hard Way with Zed Shaw

Jun 20th, 2019 1h 15m

Welcome to the Learn to Code Podcast here at One Month. Today on the show we have Zed Shaw. Zed is the author of Learn Python the Hard Way. and the popular website Learn Code the Hardway. In this episode, we'll be talking about how Zed learned

Linh Dao Smooke (Hacker Noon) — How Hacker Noon Became the Voice of Hackers

Jun 7th, 2019 44m 12s

Hacker Noon is one of the best tech blogs to stay up to date with coding trends, blockchain, and startups. With over 7000 writers and 200,000 daily readers, Hacker Noon has become the voice of hackers around the world. Linh Dao Smooke is the co

Coding Bootcamp 101: An Honest Review of FullStack Academy with Buddy Galletti

Jun 2nd, 2019 38m 49s

Buddy Galletti is a FullStack Academy student and One Month alumni. He's currently enrolled in Fullstack's 26 week online Bootcamp where he's learning HTML, JavaScript, CSS and React. I interviewed Buddy to tell us about his journey learning to

How I Got Hired at GitHub, Interview Tips, and Salary Negotiation with Joel Califa

May 24th, 2019 1h 11m

Joel Califa is a professional problem solver. He's a successful designer, developer, team leader, and overall self-proclaimed generalist. Joel’s career has led him to the role of Senior Product Designer at two well-known digital companies: Dig

Front-end vs. Back-end Developers | What's the Difference?

May 22nd, 2019 11m 57s

What's the difference between front-end and back-end coding? Whether you're hiring a developer, becoming a developer, or just getting started learning to code — you're going to need to know the difference between the two terms "front-end" and "

Why Product Managers Are Learning to Code, and freeCodeCamp vs. Codecademy

May 17th, 2019 39m 14s

Why are product managers learning to code? This week I chat with product manager (and self-taught programmer) Irma Mesa (@_justirma) about why and how she learned to code. Irma is a product manager at Open Up Resources. Open Up Resources is a n

How to Launch a Website Without Any Code: Lessons from Dropbox, and The Skimm

May 14th, 2019 10m 41s

In a previous episode of the Learn to Code Podcast I discussed best practices for building a website. Today I want to discuss when NOT to build a website! As well as some cheap, and quick ways to validate your idea before you write a line of co

When to Code (and when not to code)

May 14th, 2019 10m 41s

Brett Martin — Business School vs. Coding School

May 8th, 2019 47m 39s

Brett Martin teaches Digital Literacy for Decision Makers (with me!) at Columbia University Business School. In this conversation, we share our curriculum, notes, and stories teaching digital literacy to MBAs. In this lesson you'll learn: Br

How I Learned to Code in 6 Months with Meaghan Jones of Hotjar

May 2nd, 2019 25m 27s

Meaghan Jones (@meaghanwonder) graduated from UC Berkeley with a Masters in Latin America Studies. Having grown up in California, Meaghan always dreamed of working and living abroad. She loved Latin America, and so "Latin American Politics" see

How to Build a Website from Scratch

Apr 30th, 2019 10m 36s

In just 10 minutes Chris Castiglione (@castig) of OneMonth.com shares his advice on How to Build a Website from Scratch. ❤️ When should you use Squarespace? WordPress? Or build the website from scratch? As a web developer with over ten years o

How to Become a Freelance Web Developer

Apr 29th, 2019 55m 16s

Mike Heavers (@heaversmike) has been designing, strategizing, and coding for the web for over 20 years. He works with HTML, React, JavaScript, Python as well as, other tools like After Effects, Ableton, and most recently Machine Learning. He's