In this week’s episode, Saron chats with Beau Carnes, Director of Technology Education at freeCodeCamp. Beau shares insights into his career trajectory, which began in television and digital media production. After gaining initial experience in this industry, he transitioned to work in education as a teacher. Beau speaks on his experiences within both these professions and speaks on his decision to venture into technology, establishing himself as a proficient software developer. During this conversation, Beau shares his reasoning for getting three degrees, finding the motivation to learn to code while balancing the demands of a full-time job, and sending out cold emails for his first job in tech.
Show LinksBeau is a software developer and teacher. He manages the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel and creates many resources to help people learn software development.
S22:E9 - Coding Bootcamps & Coding Journeys (Mark Thompson)
S22:E8 - From Opera to Code (Anna McDougall)
S22:E7 - Starting out in Open Source (Brian Douglas)
S22:E6 - Technical writing (Philip Kiely)
S22:E5 - Bonus: How should we handle failure? (Compiler)
S22:E4 - Showing up in tech (Jason Lengstorf)
S22:E3 - Demonstrating curiosity kindly with Matt Newkirk (Matt Newkirk)
S22:E2 - Building the bridge across the tech gap (Michelle Glauser)
S22:E1 - The new wave of frontend developer tools are on their way (Chris Ferdinandi)
S21:E8 - How to get into Web3 development (Nader Dabit)
S21:E7 - What does it mean to be a part of the software development life cycle (Cliff Craig)
S21:E6 - What it looks like to be an apprentice engineer at Pinterest (Alison Quaglia)
S21:E5 - What is the Metaverse and what does it look like to build for it (Daniel Liebeskind)
S21:E4 - What is SQL and why you should learn it (Sia Seko)
S21:E3 - Why learning good documentation skills is so important for leveling up (Eddie Hinkle)
S21:E2 - What your bootcamp isn't teaching you (Caitlyn Greffly)
S21:E1 - What it looks like to be an AR/VR engineer (Luca Mefisto)
S20:E8 - How to be a successful solopreneur (Jennifer Yip)
S20:E7 - What we can all learn from the experience of being a neurodivergent developer (Alex Karp)
S20:E6 - How to create successful mobile games (Bria Sullivan)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free