E109 - Non-traditional team building and doing big name podcast interviews (Noah Labhart, Code Story)

Building a team requires expertise and experience, would you build your own with hungry but less experienced developers?

Today on the WPMRR podcast, we have Noah Labhart, podcast host and producer of Code Story. We discuss the non-traditional way of hiring developers, growing podcast listenership, and the motivation to continue podcasting.

Listen in for more podcasting secrets and team building tips! 

Episode Resources:

• Check out Noah's website and his LinkedIn page
• Listen to the Code Story podcast
• Binge on past episodes you missed or leave a review
• Send your questions to [email protected]

What you'll learn:

• [00:01:17] Who is Noah Labhart?
• [00:02:52] Have you always been an outdoors person?
• [00:04:44] How Noah's interest in software development started. 
• [00:08:56] The programming and execution learned at HP.
• [00:10:19] From programming to learning entrepreneurship.
• [00:14:33] In startups, people that become developers contribute long-term to the company.
• [00:19:59] Junior developers are hungry to learn, they are excited to figure out problems. 
• [00:24:33] How Code Story came to be. 
• [00:29:09] Why Code Story podcast is delivered in seasons?
• [00:32:09] Some of the most popular Code Story episodes.
• [00:33:59] How do you grow your listenership?
• [00:35:54] The type of guest helps. Tell people about the podcast.
• [00:39:11] Distribute and SEO optimize podcast content wherever possible.  
• [00:43:38] To stay motivated in creating podcast episodes, stay passionate and be creative.