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From Film Student and Rugby Player to Startup Software Engineer with Michael Poage (S8E8)

In 2013, Michael Poage broke his jaw, which was a huge problem for his job as a recruiter. How could he meet the numbers if he couldn’t even be on…

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From Tutus to Tech: How a Ballerina Became a Front-End Developer With Kara Luton (S8E7)

Kara Luton was 17 years old, living on her own in New York City, and was on her way to becoming a professional ballerina. However, the competitive nature of the…

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How to Code With Your Voice (No Typing Required) With Matt Wiethoff (S8E6)

Matt Wiethoff had a promising career in tech…until everything was put on pause because of an injury that made it painful to type on a keyboard. But he turned his…

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From Admin Assistant and Cancer Survivor to Software Developer With Stacey Graham (S8E5)

Dealing with cancer is already a huge burden to bear. But if you pair that up with deaths in the family, economic recession, and the global pandemic, the weight becomes…

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From Washing Dishes to Managing Engineers: How Jesse Weigel Pivoted into a New Tech Career (S8E4)

Jesse Weigel pivoted into a new tech career under a unique combination of circumstances – a growing family, a curiosity for coding, and a friend with a job opportunity.  Even…

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From Prison to Programming: How Nikkole Spurgeon Learned to Code While Incarcerated (S8E3)

Nikkole Spurgeon has been through a lot – domestic violence, drug addiction, and even imprisonment. She knew that things should change, and that’s where coding came into the picture. It’s…

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From Frying Chicken to Working at Google With Danny Thompson (S8E2)

Danny Thompson was facing a crossroads. He had to decide between staying a gas station fry cook forever or making a drastic career shift. And after hearing that rapper will.i.am…

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From Stay-At-Home Mom to Full-Time Front-End Developer With Phoebe Voong-Fadel (S8E1)

Today’s women often feel like they’re being pulled in different directions, juggling decisions about careers, life, and family. Is it really possible to have it all at once—starting a family,…

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Building a Robotics Career and the Impact of Mentorship with Camille Eddy (S7E8)

As a young aspiring astronaut in high school, Camille Eddy started building websites to pay for her college housing. She’s a first-generation STEM student, and through the connections she made…

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From Glassblower to Software Developer using Free Coding Resources with Michael Pimentel (S7E7)

With barely enough income to support his wife and child – not to mention a poor working environment for his physical and mental health – Michael Pimentel wanted to move…

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An Unexpected Shift from Selling Beer to Coding Bootcamp with Caitlyn Greffly (S7E6)

Caitlyn Greffly used to travel around the country selling beer, but it got tiring. So in pursuit of a more sustainable way of living, Caitlyn started teaching herself to code.…

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How a Passion for Patients turned this Pharmacist into a Software Developer with Newvick Lee (S7E5)

Newvick Lee used to work as a pharmacist helping people with mental health issues. But today, he shares how he transitioned into a career software development without a computer science…

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An Introduction to Vue.js with Developer and Author Erik Hanchett (S7E4)

Do you still need a college degree to work in tech? For Erik Hanchett, it proved challenging at first without one. Erik Hanchett is a software developer from Reno, Nevada,…

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How a Former Squarespace Developer Helps New Coders Build Strong Technical Resumes with Rebecca Garcia (S7E3)

Today, Rebecca Garcia is a product manager. But that wasn’t always the case. From a young age, Rebecca started with a curiosity in coding because of Neopets, an online game…

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How an English Professor Became a Front-End Web Developer with Bekah Hawrot Weigel (S7E2)

Bekah Hawrot Weigel is a mother of four and a former part-time English teacher who redefined her life through coding after a traumatic experience. As she was giving birth to…

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