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Apr 4, 2022 • 47min

#24 - Indie Making, Growth Mindset and Finding Balance with Pete Codes of No CS Degree

Send us a textIn this episode, we speak with Pete Codes. Pete is the founder of the website NoCSDegree.com, which tells the stories of people who have broken into the tech industry without the traditional credentials. Pete has several other projects he’s currently working on, including a paid community and several courses. In this conversation, Pete and I get into common characteristics he’s noticed among people who have successfully transitioned to tech, how he handles personal productivity with so many projects, and how Pete thinks about his vision for the future with the No CS Degree brand, among other topics. Enjoy!LinksNo CS Degree: https://www.nocsdegree.com/Pete's Twitter: https://twitter.com/petecodesPete's courses: https://petecodes.gumroad.com Pete's website: https://www.petecodes.io Pete's community: https://highsignal.io Shameless PlugsAaron's Free JavaScript Course: https://dev30.xyz/Peter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaumAaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/Shameless Plugs(NEW) The Inner Circle - a highly customized program to take you from 0 to hired 🧠 ​Parsity​ - a coding program for career changers (limited to 15 people per quarter) ​🚀 dev30​ - learn JS in 2025 and get a massive discount to Parsity Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another CourseSerious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me ☎️
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Mar 28, 2022 • 56min

#23 - Intro to Crypto/Web3 and How Beginner Coders Can Get Involved with Brian Schuster

Send us a textObviously, you've heard of  "crypto" and "web3", but can you define them?Do you know what "blockchain" is?Did you know that as a beginner, you can and should get involved in coding on web3 projects?Today crypto expert Brian Schuster is going to break all of this down for us and explain how you can take action to get involved, right now.LinksBrian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SchusterDevBrian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schuster/Shameless PlugsAaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/Aaron's Free JavaScript Course: https://dev30.xyz/Peter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaumAaron/Brian's Web3 Code School: https://devmint.xyz/Shameless Plugs(NEW) The Inner Circle - a highly customized program to take you from 0 to hired 🧠 ​Parsity​ - a coding program for career changers (limited to 15 people per quarter) ​🚀 dev30​ - learn JS in 2025 and get a massive discount to Parsity Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another CourseSerious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me ☎️
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Mar 21, 2022 • 54min

#22 - Engineering Value, Twitter Growth, and Small Bets with Louie Bacaj

Send us a textIn this episode, we speak with Louie Bacaj. Louie joined Jet.com when it had fewer than 20 engineers, stayed through its acquisition by Walmart, and rose to become Director of Engineering for Walmart Pharmacy. But despite the promotions, learning, and excellent pay, Louie recently made the decision to walk away from it all and bet on himself. In our conversation, Louie and I get into the engineering career ladder, being a partner to the business side of an organization, building an audience, and what he's up to now. You're sure to learn a ton from this chat. Enjoy!LinksLouie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LBacaj Louie's website: https://louiebacaj.com/Shameless PlugsPeter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaumAaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/Aaron's Free JavaScript Course: https://dev30.xyz/Shameless Plugs(NEW) The Inner Circle - a highly customized program to take you from 0 to hired 🧠 ​Parsity​ - a coding program for career changers (limited to 15 people per quarter) ​🚀 dev30​ - learn JS in 2025 and get a massive discount to Parsity Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another CourseSerious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me ☎️
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Mar 14, 2022 • 47min

#21 - Quitting Our Jobs with Peter & Aaron

Send us a textEach month, Develop Yourself's co-hosts (Aaron and Peter) will be checking in with each other, in part to talk through how they've each quit their Software Engineering jobs to pursue entrepreneurship, indie-hacking, self-employment, etc.This episode is the backstory on how and when we quit and how we got the guts to pull the trigger.ResourcesThe Tail End: https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.htmlDaniel Vassallo: https://twitter.com/dvassalloShameless PlugsPeter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaumAaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/Aaron's Free JavaScript Course: https://dev30.xyz/Shameless Plugs(NEW) The Inner Circle - a highly customized program to take you from 0 to hired 🧠 ​Parsity​ - a coding program for career changers (limited to 15 people per quarter) ​🚀 dev30​ - learn JS in 2025 and get a massive discount to Parsity Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another CourseSerious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me ☎️
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Mar 7, 2022 • 21min

#20 - The Best Strategy for Learning to Code

Send us a textIf you're listening to this episode, you probably want to learn to code. But, you might be overwhelmed and wondering how to learn or where to start. Thankfully, the best-articulated strategy I've come across for learning anything is dead simple: do the real thing. In this episode, we talk through the core tenets of this idea as well as approaches for applying it when learning to code. LinksDo the Real Thing: https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2020/05/04/do-the-real-thing/Pieter Levels: https://twitter.com/levelsio/Shameless Plugs Peter's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/peterelbaumAaron's Code School: https://parsity.io/Aaron's Free JavaScript Course: https://dev30.xyz/Shameless Plugs(NEW) The Inner Circle - a highly customized program to take you from 0 to hired 🧠 ​Parsity​ - a coding program for career changers (limited to 15 people per quarter) ​🚀 dev30​ - learn JS in 2025 and get a massive discount to Parsity Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another CourseSerious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me ☎️
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Feb 1, 2022 • 3min

Taking a break until March 8!

Send us a textBecause I'm juggling so much (and the podcast is growing!) we're taking a break to re-group to continue putting out the best stuff possible.In the meantime, I'll be publishing a weekly newsletter every Monday, starting on Feb 7!1 actionable tip for working toward becoming a Software Engineer or getting better as a Software Engineer.Subscribe to it here: parsity.io/newsletterYou can also find me:- 30 day cohort-based JavaScript program (free, launches Feb 14): dev30.xyz- Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronhayslip/- Online Code School: https://parsity.io/Shameless Plugs(NEW) The Inner Circle - a highly customized program to take you from 0 to hired 🧠 ​Parsity​ - a coding program for career changers (limited to 15 people per quarter) ​🚀 dev30​ - learn JS in 2025 and get a massive discount to Parsity Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another CourseSerious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me ☎️
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Jan 24, 2022 • 48min

#19 - How to Build a Web Application

Exploring how software engineers build web applications like Twitter, emphasizing languages and frameworks. Evolution of web development from basic HTML to advanced applications. Understanding HTTP requests, technical process of using Twitter, making requests to servers. Full-stack development, CRUD applications, and front-end complexity evolving to Node.js.
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Jan 17, 2022 • 37min

#18 - Wes Bos | Web Dev Content for Everyone

Send us a textSince learning to code by building custom Myspace pages as a kid, Wes Bos has gone on to build some of the world's most popular online courses for web development while hosting a top-ranking web dev podcast.In this episode we get a peek into Wes' life, what motivates him, and how at the end of the day he just wants to figure out how to code more.Check out Wes here:https://wesbos.com/https://syntax.fm/Learn more about dev30 here:https://dev30.xyz/Shameless Plugs(NEW) The Inner Circle - a highly customized program to take you from 0 to hired 🧠 ​Parsity​ - a coding program for career changers (limited to 15 people per quarter) ​🚀 dev30​ - learn JS in 2025 and get a massive discount to Parsity Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another CourseSerious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me ☎️
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Jan 10, 2022 • 25min

#17 - Advice for Beginners

Send us a textAs the new year is in full swing, many of you are undertaking learning how to code. For that reason, our latest episode of Develop Yourself is called "Advice for Beginners".After 7 years of teaching people how to code from scratch, full time, I've come up with a repeating list of soap-box suggestions that are proven to save you some serious headaches.dev30: dev30.xyzShameless Plugs(NEW) The Inner Circle - a highly customized program to take you from 0 to hired 🧠 ​Parsity​ - a coding program for career changers (limited to 15 people per quarter) ​🚀 dev30​ - learn JS in 2025 and get a massive discount to Parsity Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another CourseSerious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me ☎️
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Jan 5, 2022 • 40min

#16 - 6 Years after a Coding Bootcamp with Rony Rosenberg

Send us a textToday's podcast guest is a special one for me. Originally from Chile, Rony Rosenberg was a student in the very first class of the first coding bootcamp I started in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2015. More than 6 years later, Rony is an accomplished engineering leader and continues to fall in love with new technology.Listen to hear his journey and to get a picture of what life could look like down the road for beginner developers.dev30: dev30.xyzShameless Plugs(NEW) The Inner Circle - a highly customized program to take you from 0 to hired 🧠 ​Parsity​ - a coding program for career changers (limited to 15 people per quarter) ​🚀 dev30​ - learn JS in 2025 and get a massive discount to Parsity Already a developer? Check out 👉 Not Another CourseSerious about joining Parsity - schedule a call with me ☎️

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