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Alex Kallaway was working as a full-time developer, but it wasn’t enough. He wanted a way to try new technologies and grow his coding skills outside of work. So he created #100DaysofCode, the hashtag-based challenge that’s helped him incorporate coding into his daily routine. He talks about how he designed the challenge, the number of people who’ve joined him, and the updates he’s making for 2017. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Quincy Aimee Knight's CodeNewbie interview Code Wars Codecademy #100DaysofCode (blog post) Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Ish Shabazz recently released Stamp Pack, the iOS app that gave him his biggest launch yet. He talks about the iterative process of building and selling an app, what’s it’s like to create a whole app category in the App Store, and why being an independent iOS developer is getting harder and harder. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Stickers for iMessage Stamp Pack Grammar Snob Heidi Helen Firebase UI Collection View Stanford's iOS Course Impostor Syndrome episode Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

George Moore drove trucks for years. But he knew he wanted to do more with his life, and his wife encouraged him to go back to school, finish his degree, and pursue the tech career he’d started long ago. So he did. He started at help desk, and slowly climbed his way up to his current role, as master software engineer. He shares his incredible journey filled with uncertainties and perseverance, and how it’s shaped him as a developer and a person. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Selenium SoapUI Lotus Notes Scratch University of Maryland Capital One Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

In part II of our interview, Ashe Dryden talks about how the harassment she’s experienced has made her worry about the safety of people around her and influenced her decision to move to the woods. She tells us about the incident that made her angry enough to start working on diversity advocacy, how her work has changed her perception of the internet, and what we can all do to be advocates in the workplace. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Christina Morillo Model View Culture AlterConf Programming Diversity My Experiences in Tech - Death By 1000 Paper Cuts Ashe Dryden's Twitter list Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Diversity in tech is a big topic. In our conversation with Ashe Dryden, programmer, organizer and diversity consultant, we unpack the many questions, misconceptions, and realities of diversity in our industry. In part I of our interview, Ashe gives us a diversity primer, explains why this topic is so important, and tells us how she’s crafted a conference based on inclusion called AlterConf. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Kronda Christina Morillo Model View Culture AlterConf What I've been trying to say is I'm sick (blog post) Programming Diversity Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Terri Burns didn’t start off as a computer science major, but she ended up not only graduating with a CS degree but running one of the largest student tech organizations in the country. She tells us what it’s like to be a computer science major, the projects and topics she’s covered in school, and the value of that degree in the real world. If you’ve been curious about the elusive CS degree, take a listen to this awesome, behind-the-scene conversation and see what it’s all about. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) NYU Computer Science Stack Overflow Tech@NYU Processing Processing CodeNewbie Interview with Dan Shiffman Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Nick is an Innovation Accountant, a mash-up of data, analytics, coding, running experiments, and explaining to leadership how it’s all going. He talks about what it’s like to build NPR One, the listening app created by NPR, a decades-old, non-profit media company, what he’s learned from the data about the way people listen to podcasts, and what technical skills he uses on the job. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Radiolab MySQL Firebase Remote Config Desk.com NPR Google Analytics NPR One Developer Center Codeland, our CodeNewbie conference Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Leslie Hitchcock started her career writing white papers on information security. Now, she organizes some of the largest hackathons and tech events in the world for TechCrunch. She shares her tips on how new developers can make the most out of a hackathon, what types of coding projects people work on, and how she helps make hackathons more inclusive. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) GroupMe Alexandra Jordan Titstare TechCrunch Disrupt TechCrunch Ford Sync Black Girls Code TechCrunch Include Stuxnet virus Codeland, our CodeNewbie conference Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

In part two of our interview with comedian Baratunde Thurston, we talk about how he brought together product development and comedy to create entertaining apps in his recent role at the Daily Show, how he uses coding and technology as tools in the many unique positions he’s held, and how we should balance our coding responsibility with the simple goal of having fun. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Twilio Collabora hierarchical decomposition David Malan USDS Source Forge Acumen The Daily Show March Madness parody app AlexaSite wins TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon SquareSpace CS50 Tickets for Codeland, our CodeNewbie conference CodeNewbie's Patreon Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Baratunde Thurston’s made a career of combining tech, comedy, and politics. From launching Comedy Hack Day to his recent role as the Daily Show’s first Supervising Producer for Digital Expansion, he’s found innovative ways to use code as a tool for satire, entertainment, and activism. In part I of our interview, he tells us why he started as a computer science major but ended with a philosophy degree instead, how he sees satirical apps as technology’s art-form, and how projects like Comedy Hack Day bring people together for a unique, and highly entertaining, coding experience. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) NPR Fact Check Denial of Service attack NY Tech Meetup Cultivated Wit Black Girls Code Comedy Hack Day Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Emily Karungi went to university for software engineering, but when she walked into class and had no idea what the students were talking about, she started to doubt about whether or not she belonged. She tells us how she tackled that intimidation, what it’s like to build software in her country of Uganda, and how she uses her skills and love of mentorship to help others learn to code. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Django Con US Django Girls Django Girls Kampala Code School Euro Python Mbale in Uganda Open Street Map Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Dara Oke graduated with four tech internships under her belt. She’s worked at Intel, Microsoft, and Twitter building features in languages she hadn’t studied and on topics she hadn’t yet covered in school. But now as a program manager at Microsoft, she looks back at those internships as an essential part of her success and education. We talk about the day-to-day of a tech internship, how she found her place at these powerful tech companies, and how codenewbies everywhere can find their own opportunities to learn through real-world experience. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Microsoft Explore Program Neopets UT Austin GitHub Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Lorraine Hutter watched her son Bobby go to a bootcamp and learn to code. She saw him come home happy and excited, and she wanted to feel that same fire. So months later, she signed up for a coding program, and her son ended up as her teacher’s assistant. Lorraine and Bobby talk about what it’s like to watch each other grow as coders, how learning to code has affected their relationship, and what they’ve learned so far as junior developers. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Ruby Warrior Rails Silicon Valley Novell Tech Talent South Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

We continue our conversation with developer Julia Nguyen on her mental health journey, how it's affected her life as a programmer, and what unique product decisions she has to make for "if me," her mental health open source project. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) if me HIPAA Vim Neopets Evanescence University of Waterloo ThoughtWorks Emacs Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Julia Nguyen was diagnosed with OCD when she was in high school. It took a long time for her to talk about it, but soon she was writing and giving talks on mental health. She’s even created an open source project to help those dealing with mental illness. In this incredibly open and honest interview, she talks about her own struggles with mental health and how she hopes to help others through her open source project, “if me.” Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) OCD Neopets if me if me README Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Have you ever heard of a scrum master and wondered what that was? Anjuan Simmons, certified scrum master and project manager, breaks it down for us in this highly informative interview. He explains the practical applications of agile, the different tools and processes used to apply its key principles, and how you can apply the agile philosophy to your learn-to-code journey. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Manifesto for agile software development Principle 2: Welcome Changes 4 Ls Retrospective Dan Savage AutoCAD Lean Scrum Velocity Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Carina C. Zona helps us understand algorithms, both what they are and how they are used. She walks us through fascinating examples of how they've been used in technology over the years, exploring the benefits and unintended consequences they've had along the way, and how we as developers can boost those benefits and decrease those unintended consequences. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Consequences of an Insightful Algorithm Schemas for the Real World Cracking the Coding Interview (book) How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did Google's Autotagging Feature Flickr's Autotagging Feature Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

A lot can happen in a year. For high school biology teacher Aurelian Sennett, that time was spent writing his first program that launched his tech business to help schools solve scheduling problems. Long-time listener and codenewbie, Aurelian tells us how he started learning to code, how he built his education app, and what it's like to have thousands of people pay for and use the first product he's ever built. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) AJAX Github VPN Ep. 20 - Accessibility Laravel DRY Stack Overflow Tech Crunch Cribs Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Jacob Kaplan-Moss is often credited for co-creating Django, one of the most popular web frameworks written in python. But that’s not exactly true. He’s also given credit for being an amazing developer. But that’s not very accurate either. Jacob tells us the true story of Django’s creation, why he calls himself a mediocre programmer, and unpacks the concept of the talent myth. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Saron's Vlog Channel The Difference MySQL Django Found Fellowship Program Hypercard HyperTalk AppleTalk Adrian Holovaty Simon Wilson CodeNewbie Newsletter Sign up CodeNewbie Community Newsletter Submission Guidelines Django Python Software Foundation Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

For our special 100th episode, CodeNewbie founder gets interviewed by her husband, Rob Frelow, on creating CodeNewbie, her own coding journey, and shares info on upcoming projects for CodeNewbie. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) New York Tech Meetup CodeNewbie Gina Trapani on CodeNewbie Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Last episode we talked to Gina Trapani about her Lifehacker days. In this episode, we look to the future and hear about her work at Postlight, what it’s like to work with Paul Ford (Episode 82), and what she looks for when she’s hiring an engineer. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Postlight Lifehacker IBM PC Junior Track Changes Paul Ford episode Meet the Twitter API (book) The End of ThinkUp ThinkUp Anil Dash TWiG (This Week in Google) Leo Laporte TWiT Danny O'Brien "father of life hacks" CodeNewbie Newsletter Sign up Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Once upon a time, Gina Trapani started Lifehacker. It got big, really big, with the ups and downs of being the sole editor responsible for a website that millions of people read. But after awhile, she wanted to get back to coding. In part one of our two-part interview, Gina talks to us about her journey going from famous blogger to product creator, the risks of building an app based on APIs, and what it felt like to shut down her company. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Danny O'Brien "father of life hacks" TWiT Leo Laporte TWiG (This Week in Google) Anil Dash ThinkUp The End of ThinkUp Meet the Twitter API (book) Paul Ford episode Track Changes IBM PC Junior Lifehacker Postlight Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Ashley Lewis used to light stages. She worked as a theater technician working shows like Hamilton (when it was much smaller) and New York Fashion Week. But after some introspection, she realized that her passion wasn’t in light design, and she searched for other career options. She talks to us about the similarities between coding and her art background, what it’s like working as a theater technician, and how being introspective has helped her on her coding journey. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Savannah School of Art and Design MIT Open Courseware Planet Money podcast Viking School Hamilton Musical Lin-Manuel Miranda OSCON Ira Glass Quote Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Nickolas Means talked about airplanes, and in doing so, he connected them with code in beautiful and interesting ways. In this interview, Nick explains how to take seemingly disconnected subjects and put them together in compelling talks, and how he uses his public speaking training to turn these talks into inspiring performances. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Ruby Conf 2015 Brandon Hays Strunk and White's Elements of Style Here Be Dragons Scott Hanselman Conway's Law Skunkworks by Nickolas Means CodeNewbie Logo Contest NPR One App Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

When one man decided to crowdfund a bailout for Greece on Indiegogo (a feat that required over a billion dollars), Stella Cotton and her team found themselves in trouble. The site went down, and they had to figure out what to do. Stella takes us through the journey of getting the Indiegogo site back up, shares what she’s learned about site availability and what CodeNewbies can do to be ready for their own heavy traffic. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Apache bench REDIS Heroku Indiegogo Cache Etsy Feature Flag Latency RSpec Kaya Thomas Episode W3C Michael J. Fox Foundation Data Challenge Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Lil Chen has been in gaming for years. She started by playing video games, then become a competitive Super Smash Brothers player, and now works as a UX Designer at YouTube Gaming. We talk about how her long history in gaming affects her work as a designer and vice versa, and how she keeps up with her coding skills at night. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) YouTube Gaming TED Talks Xanga MVP car graphic Sailor Moon Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Michael Rau didn’t want to build an app, he wanted to create an experience. So he constructed a physical room, and with the help of a Rails app, created a theater show called “Temping.” He talks through his concept, how he used his new coding skills to make it happen, and the surprising emotional reactions he’s witnessed from audience members who’ve tried his creation. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Hue lights Storytelling with Code talk Mail Gun API AppleScript General Assembly Temping Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Fereshteh Forough wanted to help women in Afghanistan. She knew that attaining education was difficult, let alone technical training, and the cultural attitudes towards women didn’t help. But she tackled these issues head on by starting the first coding school for women in Afghanistan. She talks to us about how she started the program, how she took on the different challenges her students face, and how her training in computer science and her previous role as a computer science professor affected her decision to open Code To Inspire. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Google RISE Awards Code To Inspire Technical University of Berlin Herat Universiy Laboratoria - Maria Costa Coding In Colombia - Juan Pablo Buriticá Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

In part two of our interview with Yehuda Katz, we talk about how he created EmberJS, and what it means to build a web framework. We also talk about what it means to be a beginner, and how growing up poor has influenced his perspectives as a coder today. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Liz Bailie YAGNI EmberJS John Resig's Interview on CodeNewbie jQuery FrontPage Visual Basic Q Basic GW Basic Glimmer Oauth Skylight Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Yehuda Katz has done many, many code things. He co-created Ember.js, co-founded a tech startup Tilde, is a frequent contributor to open source projects including Handlebars, Bundler, and Thor, and is a member of the Rust Core Team. But it took years of playing with tech before he finally felt like coding was something he could do. In the first half of our two-part interview, he talks about what he looks for when he hires, how it took him years to feel like he could code, and why he doesn’t like the term “junior developer”. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Skylight Oauth Glimmer GW Basic Q Basic Visual Basic FrontPage jQuery John Resig's Interview on CodeNewbie EmberJS YAGNI Liz Bailie Linode (sponsor) Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Kaya Thomas has done a lot in a short period of time. She’s met first lady Michelle Obama, she’s a mobile app developer, and she was selected as Glamour’s Top Ten College Women of the Year. She talks about how she’s managed to be so successful while still a college student, the role of luck and hard work, and her process for learning new coding skills so quickly. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Processing.js Tilt Factor Labs GitHub Pages Professor Mary Flannigan Meta data games We Read Too 2048 Black Girls Rock Reshma Saujani Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

In December, CodeNewbie put out applications for the CodeNewbie Apprenticeship, and in 10 days received 322 applications from all over the world. Many interviews later, Sharon Siegel was chosen to be the first apprentice. She talks about her coding journey, her passion and active involvement in building coding communities, and her goal of moving into a full-time developer role. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Project Euler RailsBridge Rails Pair programming Firehose Project Skillcrush PyLadies Girl Develop It Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Plenty of organizations work to help vets. But what vet Jerome Hardaway noticed about these organizations is that they were mostly reactive. While they responded to problems, few worked to prevent them. So Jerome decided to create a non-profit to teach vets how to code, making it easier for them to start a tech career and better adjust to life back at home. We talk about the program, the stigma of being a vet, and Jerome’s own journey to being a developer. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Vets Who Code SQLite Rails MVC Framework React GI Bill Basecamp Rework Eloquent JavaScript Atom Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Mark Nadal was a front end developer looking for a better database. So he built his own. He walks us through the different types of databases, the limitations you might run into as you use them, and why he decided to build his own graph database. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Twitter Fail Whale Redis Alan Turing Turing Completeness neo4j Titan (distributed graph database) Joe Armstrong GunDB Tuple Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

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 how he combines technical knowledge and solid, good writing to make code more accessible. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) CodePen Bugzilla Smashing Magazine A List Apart Write The Docs Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

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. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Society of Grownups Kristy Tillman episode Thinkful Railsbridge Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

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. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Gregg Pollack Ruby on Rails Podcast James Edward Gray II Dave Thomas Amazon Echo Fiverr libsyn Calendly Instructure Coraline Ada Ehmke Crimereports Rails Envy Tech Me To Code Cachefly FIzzBuzz William Jeffries Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

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. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) What is code? article Code (book) Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Coraline wears the Social Justice Warrior title proudly. She fights the battles, working tirelessly to create safer spaces for more people in tech. But noble as her cause may be, it is not without controversy. We talk to Coraline about what it means to be a social justice warrior, how she’s dealt with the trolling and harassment that comes with it, and how she stays above it and continues to fight. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Kristen Smith has spent a lot of time creating just the right spaces for making. In her years working on spaces with Kohl’s, FabCafe, and now littleBits, she’s crafted experiences to get people excited about hardware, and using their creativity in new and innovative ways. We talk about what makes a good makerspace, what the behind-the-scenes of one looks like, and how she leveraged her liberal arts degrees to make the tech world more accessible. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) littleBits Pier 9 Autodesk Jenny Lawton Denver Art Museum MOMA Nobuhiro Nob Seki Bolt VC Kate McAndrew Discovery World Kohl's Design It! Lab FabCafe Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Mike Senese has always loved tech. He grew up around it, and his fascination and curiosity led him to not only make stuff, but share it with the world. He’s written for tech publications, like Wired and Make Magazine, and hosted a number of TV shows covering a range of science and tech topics. For our second episode of March Is For Makers, Mike talks to us about how he transforms complex technical information into accessible stories, how he got started making, and how the maker movement has changed over the years. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Make Magazine Wired Ready Made magazine America's Greatest Makers Scratch Sphero Minecraft Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Emily Xie spends most of her time coding in PHP. But recently, she got a chance to do some making by organizing a laser-cutting class for her Girl Develop It chapter. In our first episode for March Is For Makers, our month-long celebration of everything making, we dig into the differences of software and hardware, and how Emily's software background gave her an interesting perspective on her laser-cutting experience. Make sure to check out marchisformakers.com for more maker content with our partner, Scott Hanselman of the Hanselminutes Podcast. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Hanselminutes March Is For Makers Girl Develop It Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Chiu-Ki Chan believes in speaking. Best case scenario, speaking gives her a way to share her journey and accomplishments. Worst case scenario, it’s a way to help her make small talk with other conference goers. Either way, she wins. She talks to us about starting Technically Speaking, a digest highlighting talks and open calls for proposals, about how she successfully shares her career achievements without feeling too self-promoting, and how she helps others do the same. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Technically Speaking Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

When Matt Mitchell saw the news anchor mention his home country of Grenada, he sat up straight. But his excitement soon turned to confusion when this trusted tv newscaster mispronounced names and places in Grenada, and declared facts that conflicted with reports from his relatives back home. It made him think hard about where data comes from, who tells it, and how it can shift as it exchanges hands. That was the beginning of his passion for news and his work in data journalism. He tells us about his journey, what it’s like to work at the NY Times, and how he combines his love of code to his passion for the news. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Aron Pilhofer The Quartz Guide to Bad Data Lean Startup Elastic Search Test Driven Development Jay Lee Source Blog (Mozilla’s Open News) Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Juan loves his home country, Colombia. But he was frustrated by the pervasive negative headlines describing the country as dangerous. He knew Colombia’s potential, and he wanted to show the world what it was capable of. So he started organizing tech conferences. We talk about how conferences have helped grow and strengthen the Latin America tech community, and how Juan manages to do this work from his home in New York. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) JS Conf Columbia Ruby Conf Columbia Paul Irish Founder Institute Blink tag Bogota JS Obie Fernandez Sarah Mei Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Majora Carter grew up in the South Bronx, and has spent her life building up the community she loves. Recently, that work has become a bit more technical. She tells us how she created Startup Box, a company focused on providing training and jobs for in-demand roles in quality assurance. We talk about the importance of QA roles in dev, why this work is particularly meaningful to her, and how she’s able to bring her expertise in urban revitalization to the tech world. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Fedcap Digital NYC App Inventor We Play Dots Mass Ideation Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

She spent over 12 years as a chef. But when Adrienne Lowe decided to invest in coding skills, she didn’t want to leave her culinary love behind. So she merged those two worlds in her blog, a mix of tech and food that got her invited to talk at conference and fall deeper into the coding world she’d discovered. Adrienne shares how she uses her cooking skills to be a better coder, how her love of the python community has made her a passionate community builder, and how a major life event got her started. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) PyATL Write The Docs Hackbright Academy Head First Python ELA Conf PyLadiesATL Žan Anderle Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Chris Palmer spends his time thinking about how to make a browser more secure. But security is a broad concept that can mean different things to different people, and part of a developer’s job is balancing those needs. We talk to Chris about how he makes security decisions and what new developers should consider when thinking about security in the products they build. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Facebook's Free Basic Program Nodeschool Bruce Schneier Hackbright Academy Babage Machine (Ada Lovelace) Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Danilo lived in public housing until he was two. Now a self-taught iOS developer, he’s using his technical skills and personal journey to help bring the internet to the thousands living in public housing in the US. We talk to Danilo about the importance of the ConnectHome project, how he navigated his own coding journey, and how he wish he knew sooner that programming wasn’t something that other people did, and that he could do it too. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Github Nicole Sanchez Second Life Everyone On Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Christina started as a server administrator. But over the years, she found her way into information security, now serving as VP of Technology and Information Risk at Morgan Stanley. She talks to us about the vast world of security, why CodeNewbies should care about security even as developers, and how she’s navigated her own coding journey. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Github Server Administration General Assembly Rebecca Garcia Interview ASP.NET Visual Basic Active Directory Annyce Davis Interview Codeland Conf Codeland 2019