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Nov 30, 2021 51 min

PJ Metz: From Teacher to Coder

from We Belong Here: Lessons from Unconventional Paths to Tech Hosted by Lauren Lee

My guest today is a former educator who now works as an Education Evangelist at GitLab. After teaching English for 11 years in Florida and South Korea, he made the transition into tech in May of 2021 after teaching himself to code with Codecademy during the pandemic. He’s a passionate public speaker and has spoken at a Microsoft conference as well as hosted several meetups and other events representing GitLab. You can catch him on Twitch building a website about poetry or building his next pop-star-based Twitter bot. Resources: Follow PJ on Twitter: @MetzinAround Codecademy Gitlab We Belong Here Podcast: Follow Lauren on Twitter @LoLoCoding WeBelongPodcast.com Subscribe on Apple Subscribe on Spotify We Belong Here Discord Community Join us on Discord Server today! bit.ly/webelongdiscord

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My guest today is a former educator who now works as an Education Evangelist at GitLab. After teaching English for 11 years in Florida and South Korea, he made the transition into tech in May of 2021 after teaching himself to code with Codecademy during the pandemic. He’s a passionate public speaker and has spoken at a Microsoft conference as well as hosted several meetups and other events representing GitLab. You can catch him on Twitch building a website about poetry or building his n...

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