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S19:E7 - How freeCodeCamp has evolved over time (Quincy Larson)

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Freecot Camp

We wanted to have a linear curriculum that didn't have electives, because i think electives are bad. So we started giving our 18 year olds and 19 year olds the task of trying to decide what they should learn. That way people don't get caught in some sort of weirdp it circulardependency. We were all working that same coricular so i wuld tu sayt community, a craton tas what i wanted it to look like. I was like live coating on twitch pretty regularly for about two years,. just trying to like, hey, i can do it, and i think you can do it.

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