We Belong Here: Lessons from Unconventional Paths to Tech
A podcast that aims to interview career changers & folks that are diversifying the tech industry. Sharing stories about the different routes people have taken to enter the industry and chatting about the skills they learned in their prior jobs, schooling, or life experiences & how they apply them to their current roles in tech. https://WeBelongPodcast.com/
We Belong Here: Lessons from Unconventional Paths to Tech
Alex Merced: Learn, Build, Blog, Teach, Repeat!
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Lauren Lee
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Season 1
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Episode 58
Alex Merced taught himself to code just a few years ago. Before that, he spent a decade training people in finance and has also moonlighted as a political candidate, concert promoter, and comic book store owner.
Today, he’s a developer for CampusGaurd and Instructor for General Assembly Coding Bootcamps. He is also the creator of devNursery.com - a developer community and is the creator of many Javascript libraries.
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Book Recommended: Nassim Taleb - Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder
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