Monthly Archives: April 2016

Ep. 85 – Technical Writing (Chris Mills)

April 25, 2016Podcastcodenewbie

Chris loves writing tutorials for beginners, and he gets to do it for Mozilla. We talk about the different parts of good technical writing, how he manages to maintain that beginner mindset, and what he combines technical knowledge and solid, good writing to make code more accessible.

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Sponsored Shoutout: Dev Bootcamp (Saron)
Sponsored Shoutout: Linode promo code “CodeNewbie20” for $20 credit (Saron)
Tech Mozilla (Chris)
Learning Area (Chris)
Writing Great Documentation (Saron)
The Most Important Question of Your Life (Saron)

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Ep. 84 – From Research To Code (Anna Lee)

April 18, 2016Podcastcodenewbie

Anna Lee spent years as a researcher. Going from a world of pharmaceutical science to being a front end web developer was definitely a leap, one she successfully made after quitting her job and doing an online course. Now she works at Society of Grownups. Anna talks to us about her coding journey, what that first day was like, and how her experience as a researcher has impacted her as a developer.

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Sponsored Shoutout: Braintree (Saron)
UX Checklist (Anna)
CodePen TV (Anna)
Techies Project (Anna)
Don’t Fear The Internet (Anna)
Understanding git for real by exploring the .git directory (Saron)

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Ep. 83 – How To Get A Coding Job (Charles Max Wood)

April 11, 2016Podcastcodenewbie

As a podcaster of several very popular tech shows, Chuck gets questions from listeners all the time. One of the most popular questions he gets is one that you might also be asking, “How do you get a coding job?” In this episode, we dive into the journey of not just coding but landing a coding job, the pitfalls along the way, and how a code newbie can increase their chances of getting an offer.

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Sponsored Shoutout: Dev Bootcamp (Saron)
Sponsored Shoutout: Linode promo code “CodeNewbie20” for $20 credit (Saron)
Get a Coder Job (eBook) (Charles)
Mogo standing desk chair (Charles)
All Remote Confs (Charles)
Lifehacker ikea standing desk (Charles)
DevChat.tv (Saron)
Will a programming boot camp get me a job (Saron)

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Ep. 82 – What is code? (Paul Ford)

April 4, 2016Podcastcodenewbie

Paul Ford didn’t expect his article on coding to go big. But almost a year later, the Bloomberg issue dedicated to “What is code?” is still completely sold out. We dig into the major topics covered in that long and highly entertaining piece, like conferences, open source, and languages, and how Paul and the editors created a technical article that still managed to be accessible to coder and non-coders alike.