Interviews
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From dentist to developer - read Meghna's career change tips
I chatted to Meghna about her experience learning to code, her advice for beginners and how she got an entry level software engineer role. M…
This self-taught dev will help you find if your website name is free
I'm a huge fan of Peter Thaleikis's Startup Name Check(https://startupnamecheck.com/) website! It lets you enter a name for a website and it…
Debora Piu talks learning to code at Makers and getting hired as a dev
Today's interview is with Debora Piu, who made a career change from hospitality to web development after learning to code at Makers(https://…
Letitia talks about teaching herself coding and getting hired as a dev
Letitia Tyrrell is a self-taught developer from Manchester in the UK who recently got her first programming job. Here she talks about what r…
This Holberton School graduate went from being a dancer to a developer
Today's interview is with Laura Roudge, a former dancer who attended Holberton School(https://www.holbertonschool.com/?utmsource=noCS), lear…
This self-taught iOS developer's business makes over $10k a month
Belle is a self-taught developer from Australia who along with her partner Josh makes SaaS products for tracking your habits as well as your…
How Alex got a developer job straight out of high school
I was really impressed when Alex Cevicelow(https://twitter.com/AlexCevi) contacted me to say that he had got his first Web Developer job jus…
This digital nomad talks learning to code without a degree
I met Bryce Meyer recently in a cafe in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was programming on his laptop and we got talking about his self-taught backg…
Jessica Chan from Coder Coder talks learning web development
Jessica caught my attention recently with her excellent Coder Coder website aimed at providing resources to people who are starting to learn…
This self-taught former Tesla developer talks learning to code
Eric Bishard is a professional web developer without a degree in Computer Science.\ I was lucky enough to be able to interview Eric about le…
How a journalist and made a career change to programming
Today I am sharing an interview with Carl Mungazi, a self-taught developer based in London who switched careers from journalism to web devel…
Twitpic founder Noah Everett talks learning to code
Before Noah Everett launch Twitpic in 2008 you couldn't share images on Twitter! Crazy, huh? Noah taught himself to code and doesn't have a…
From construction to coding - this dev tells us how he changed career
Brian Cooney is now a web developer living in Shoreditch in London, having learned to code after wanting a change from making furniture for…
From selling beer to writing code for a living without a CS degree
I talked to Caitlin Greffly about how she learned to code, her tips for job hunters and what her day looks like as a junior developer. Caitl…
How this Michigan developer taught himself to code with no degree
Donovan Brown is a self-taught developer from Michigan. He doesn't have a Computer Science degree but that hasn't stopped him and he even fi…
SubmitHub founder talks building a 7-figure company with no CS degree
Jason Grishkoff is a South African entrepreneur whose music web app SubmitHub(https://www.submithub.com/) makes over seven figures annually.…
Chief Technology Officer without a CS degree
Adam Duro is Chief Technology Officer at Freebird Rides, based out of Los Angeles. Today I get to share his story of getting into tech witho…
This self-taught developer gives his tips to coding newbies
Zain Syed is a full-time web developer based in Toronto who does not have a Computer Science degree. I chatted to him about his tips for beg…
Tuple Chief Technology Officer Spencer Dixon talks learning to code
Spencer shares his tips for newbies, explains how he got into coding without a degree and discusses what his work as Chief Technology Office…
Ali Spittel talks learning to code with no Computer Science degree
It's a real pleasure to share an interview I did with Ali Spittel! Ali is a great example of a successful developer who didn't need a CS de…
This Canadian developer shares learning code and job hunting tips
Dan Comand is a Canadian web developer who made the switch from working in sales and marketing to coding after attending a bootcamp. Dan has…
Tobi attended Rithm School and now works at Pinterest
Tobi Ogunnaike(https://twitter.com/Gunzzzy) is a Software Engineer at Pinterest but he didn't take the traditional CS degree route to this j…
This Ukrainian self-taught dev makes the best Mac translation apps
Alex Chernikov grew up in a city in the east of Ukraine, now war-torn. He taught himself code and now makes a successful living making apps.…
This YouTube developer talks learning code and becoming an entrepreneur
Jyrone Parker is a developer, entrepreneur and YouTuber who caught my attention recently. I talked to Jyrone about what drives him to succee…