Interviews
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Getting hired by Groupon as a web developer
Today's interview is with a digital nomad, Mark, who studied Japanese Literature but has been hired by Groupon and recruited by Google and F…
From Fast Food to Software Engineer
Danny Thompson swapped a fast food job in a gas station for writing code as a Software Engineer. Keep reading to learn about his work helpin…
How Ellen became a Software Developer without a Computer Science degree
Ellen Macpherson(https://twitter.com/ellendev) is a Software Developer currently based in the UK who got her start with web development with…
How this Philosophy grad got hired by Google as a developer
Alec McEachran majored in Philosophy but was able to get hired as a Software Engineer after teaching himself to code. He even worked at Goog…
How Donna learned to code remotely with Flatiron School, quit her waitress job and become a developer
Donna was able to quit her job working as a waitress due to the coding skills she had acquired and now works as a Software Engineer. She lea…
How Peter Elbaum tripled his salary by learning to code
Peter Elbaum wrote to me to tell me about he had changed career from teaching Spanish to Web Development. He was actually able to triple his…
This Director of Software Engineering on coding without a CS degree
Joe Stetch is a professional Software Developer who has made the Compelling Python course(https://compellingpython.com) to help coders learn…
Making $55k a month as a self-taught programmer
Arvid Kahl is a self-taught programmer who co-created Feedback Panda, a tool for online English teachers. Along with his partner, they grew…
How Paulina changed career to data science after attending Flatiron School
Today’s interview is with Paulina Zheng who changed career by studying Data Science(https://flatironschool.com/career-courses/data-science-b…
How this Australian developer got hired by Deloitte with no CS degree
Ric Lavers(https://www.linkedin.com/in/ric-lavers/) is an Australian programmer who got a job at Deloitte despite not having a CS degree. In…
This self-taught developer talks learning to code and getting a remote job
Sean Walsh(https://twitter.com/scjwalsh) is a self-taught developer who dropped out of a coding bootcamp. Nonetheless, he was able to persev…
Get out of debt by learning to code
Anthony O'Neill was a designer working at a small company, occasionally touching code. He became more interested in programming and after do…
This Toronto self-taught Google contractor talks learning code
Faisal Abid(https://twitter.com/FaisalAbid) has been a contractor at Google, a CTO and also works on his own side projects. But he doesn't h…
YouTuber Dennis Ivy learned Python for free and sold a website for $40k
Dennis Ivy(https://twitter.com/dennisivy11) was a marketer who learned python for free on the job. He then sold the website to his employer…
How Gumroad founder learned to code
Sahil Lavingia was the second employee of Pinterest aged 18 after dropping out of his CS degree. In 2011 he became an indie hacker and forme…
This Liberal Arts Major changed career to web development
Austin Grandt(https://twitter.com/AustinGrandt) is a Software Developer based in the Midwest. He works as a programmer in the education sect…
How this SAAS founder learned to code by building companies himself
Tadas Labudis(https://twitter.com/tadaslab) is a self-taught developer and the maker behind the customer analytics SAAS business Prodsight(h…
Career change from nursing and fire fighting to developer
Lee Warrick started a Computer Science degree but switched major when the class didn't actually teach him anything about making websites. He…
How Lucie got her first Frontend Developer job without a CS degree [deleted]
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How this Indian web developer learned to code
In this interview Bilal shares his tips on learning to code, getting hired and dealing with issues like imposter syndrome. Bilal is a self-t…
How this indie hacker with 10 million app users taught himself coding
Sven van der Zee is the indie hacker behind the extremely successful android app Sticker Studio(https://twitter.com/wastickerstudio). The ap…
How this self taught developer made $70,000 whilst travelling
Guilherme Rizzo is the self-taught founder of CSS Scan.(https://gumroad.com/a/997618803) It lets you inspect the CSS of a webpage and click…
This self-taught Software Engineer teaches coding from Costa Rica
Christina is a self-taught developer and in this interview she talks about getting into programming, her tips for beginners and how she teac…
From tutus to tech - Kara Luton is a Software Engineer with no CS degree
Kara Luton is a former ballerina who now works in software development. I chatted to her about making big career changes, how she learned to…