Interviews
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How this Biochemist from Algeria got a job by doing #100daysofcode
Lily did the 100daysofcode challenge on Twitter and is about to start her first Web Developer job in Algeria. I follow lots of newbie coders…
This Commando Dev learned to code on a warship without internet
Ben Ford(https://twitter.com/commandodev) explained in an email that while serving in the British Armed Forces as a Royal Marine he had lear…
The 16 year old maker of KanbanMail talks learning to code by doing
Ethan is the teenage developer behind a really cool web app, KanbanMail(https://kanbanmail.app), which was 3 Product of the Week on Product…
JPMorgan Chase hired this self-taught developer who is a high school dropout
Ahmad Rusdi dropped out of high school with a 1.4 GPA. After teaching himself code he now works as a Sofware Developer at JPMorgan Chase. He…
This self-taught developer is now a VP of Engineering helping charities fundraise
Richard O'Reilly contacted me after this website topped Hacker News on its launch. He was enthusiastic about the purpose of No CS Degree and…
From zero coding to a job at Google in six months
Today I'm sharing an interview with an ex-Google Software Engineer who was able to get a job there after coding for just six months. Clément…
Wes Bos talks how he learned to code
I'm honored to have the one and only Wes Bos giving advice on learning to code. One of the most popular teachers of JavaScript in the world,…
This mom of four learned to code and changed her career path
Today I'm fortunate to share an interview I had with Bekah Hawrot Weigel(https://twitter.com/BekahHW) who is a mom who wanted to make a care…
How Lydia Hallie learned coding
Lydia Hallie grabbed my attention a couple of years ago with her article on Medium about already being a professional web developer aged 19…
From sleeping in a car in Silicon Valley to owning a development agency
Michael Aubry wanted to get out off his hometown in Illinois and work in Silicon Valley. So he drove across the country and arrived in Palo…
This self-taught CTO talks hiring developers with no CS degree
Self-taught programmer Alex Kremer heads up a developer team at eBacon, a payroll SAAS company, which is almost exclusively comprised of pro…
Being a digital nomad developer without a CS degree
Sander is a Dutch self-taught programmer who works from wherever he likes. He has been able to go out and snowboard in the morning before co…
How the Frontend Mentor founder learned to code
Matt Studdert runs the excellent Frontend Mentor website, which helps newbie coders learn to make websites by making real projects instead o…
Falling down and getting back up with the help of code
Cher Scarlett is a Senior Software Engineer who taught herself to code and ended up turning her life around. Prior to Webflow she built a su…
From coding newbie to Front End Developer in 9 months
A few months ago I went to a coding meetup in Edinburgh, Scotland where I live and met Josh Carvel, who at the time said he was taking some…
From broke teacher to remote Uber Software Engineer
Aaron turned his career around by teaching himself to code and getting a job at Uber. He used to be a poor English teacher abroad. He now wo…
How the 20 year old co-creator of CleanShot learned to code
Luke Oslizlo talks learning to code without going to college and by making Mac OS design tools CleanShot and PixelSnap. I chatted with him o…
From Waitress to Software Developer in 8 months
Tae'lur Alexis(https://twitter.com/TaelurAlexis) was determined to improve her situation. She was working as waitress full-time but she taug…
A self-taught web developer bought a house with cash
Patryk Pawlowski has earned enough from working as a programmer to buy a house with cash. Not bad for a self-taught developer! Hey, so can y…
This Brazilian teenager is a self-taught web deveoper who travels the world
Lenilson Dos Santos is a young Brazilian self-taught web developer who at the tender age of 18 is already travelling the world while working…
How the Simple Analytics founder learned to code
Adriaan van Rossum makes Simple Analytics, an internet privacy alternative to Google Analytics. The advantage is it doesn't track website vi…
Pauline Narvas talks learning to code with no CS degree
I was happy to interview Pauline Narvas about learning programming, teaching girls to code and being a techie in a small English city. Pauli…
Marc Kohlbrugge talks teaching himself to code
Marc Köhlbrugge is a successful indie hacker and solo founder who is best known for creating BetaList, which shows promising startups. He al…
How Anne-Laure Le Cunff learned coding in six months
I had the pleasure of asking Anne-Laure Le Cunff some questions about learning to code, her mindfulness Chrome extension, and producing Make…