Coding Life

Episodes

1. 63

   S4:E4 From Community College to Twitch Feat. Gabriella Uwadiegwu

   Gabriella's computer science studies began at a community college. Eventually, she transferred to a 4-year university, yet found course work intensity to be similar. The challenge had served her beneficially, which allowed her to secure employment upon graduation. In this interview, she advises...

   May 11, 2020

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   S4:E3 The Importance of Building Projects Feat. Ben Potter

   Ben Potter began coding at the age of 10 years old. Now he's a freshman in college and has acquired nine years of experience before the first job offer. As a self-taught developer, Ben shares that learning languages are effectively attained when building projects and supportive communities...

   May 8, 2020

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   S4:E2 Target Salesman to Software Engineer Feat. Tom Rasmussen of Red Ventures

   Tom Rasmussen, a Software Engineer (SWE) at Red Ventures, continued our Day 1 of DevCon. During this session, Tom talks about his unconventional journey, for example - the first programming job he was getting paid only $.25 more than his last employer, Target. Take a listen on what steps Tom took...

   May 1, 2020

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   S4:E1 Starting your journey Feat. Ryan Barner of Lyft

   Ryan Barner, a Software Engineer (SWE) at Lyft, kicked off Day 1 of DevCon. Ryan's professional journey encountered unique inflection points- from being hired as an Analyst for Lyft to departing a cushy career plan for new opportunities at a coding Bootcamp. Amazingly these detours allowed her to...

   Apr 25, 2020

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   Season 4 Trailer

   This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 4. Music: Secret Sauce Musician: Jef Follow us: Instagram: instagram.com/marlon.avery Twitter: twitter.com/code_podcast Instagram: instagram.com/codepodcast Become a supporter: anchor.fm/codinglife

   Apr 25, 2020

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   S3:E15 Run it back - 7 Habits of Highly Successful Developers Feat. Justin Dawkins of Google

   This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

   Jan 20, 2020

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   S3:E14 Find Your Community

   This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

   Jan 13, 2020

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   S3:E13 Run it back - Are you too old to learn code? Feat. Sean Allen

   Sean Allen: Self-taught iOS Engineer with 3+ years of experience. I've spent half my career leading client-side iOS development for small startups in Silicon Valley, and the other half independent contracting. I’ve contracted on multiple iOS applications ranging from payment tracking, real-time...

   Dec 4, 2019

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   S3:E12 Run it back - Impostor (Color) Syndrome

   This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

   Nov 26, 2019

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    S3:E11 Are we taking our access for granted?

    This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

    Nov 19, 2019

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    S3:E10 Run it back - Figuring out The Process Feat. Caitlin Stanton

    This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

    Nov 12, 2019

    1h 08m
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    S3:E9 Preparing For Your Next Job

    This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

    Nov 5, 2019

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    S3:E8 Run it back - Finding the Solution Feat. X. Eyeé of Google

    This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

    Oct 29, 2019

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    S3:E7 "Where have you been?"

    This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

    Oct 22, 2019

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    S3:E6 The Opportunities we have as developers

    This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

    May 28, 2019

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    S3:E5 Your past doesn't define you Feat. Shante Austin of Cox Automotive

    This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

    May 20, 2019

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    S3:E4 Did you start coding with the wrong mindset?

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    May 13, 2019

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    S3:E3 Finding A Way Feat. Vaughn Dabney

    Vaughn Dabney is a best-selling author of "Finding One", an app developer and new nomadic minimalist building a tiny home truck and traveling the country in a 2009 Workhorse W42 Step Van. On this episode we talk about Vaughn's journey from MySpace to owning his own app development company. Music:...

    May 6, 2019

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    S3:E2 The Art of Problem Solving Feat. Kyle Woumn of Twilio

    Kyle Woumn is an Atlanta native, currently based in the Bay Area, that creates “Dope Technology for the Culture.” Along with writing code and building my own apps like Drakestagram, I teach people how to build mobile apps through my Idea 2 App Store Mobile Accelerator Program. I absolutely love...

    Apr 3, 2019

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    S3:E1 The Importance of a Community Feat. Bria Sullivan of Google

    Bria Sullivan is a Software Engineer at Google working on Google Docs. Outside of her core role at Google, she voluntarily developed a permanent 3D interactive installation for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African-American History and Culture, to help change the way we learn about our...

    Mar 25, 2019

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    Season 3 Trailer

    This is Marlon Avery the host of Coding Life podcast, welcome to season 3. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may ask why Coding Life? I notice each story was consistently producing a value that could be applied to coding...

    Mar 25, 2019

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    S2:E20 Why did you start coding?

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Feb 25, 2019

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    S2:E19 Proper Coding Environment

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Feb 19, 2019

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    S2:E18 Time to Reflect

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Feb 11, 2019

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    Bonus: iOS Dev Discussions Podcast Interview Feat. Marlon Avery

    Jan 30, 2019

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    S2:E16 Feeling Stuck?

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Jan 28, 2019

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    S2:E15 I Don't Look Like a Developer Feat. Adrian Green - VP of Engineering of Live Nation

    Latest episode of Coding Life

    Jan 22, 2019

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    S2:E14 The Frustrations of Coding Pt. 2

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Jan 14, 2019

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    S2:E13 Colleges - Bootcamps - Self Learning?

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Jan 7, 2019

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    S2:E12 Coding is a 5k Marathon

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Dec 17, 2018

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    S2:E11 Major Key: Consistency

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Dec 11, 2018

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    S2:E10 Building a Web Agency Feat. John Saunders

    John D. Saunders is a Digital Marketing Strategist and Founder of 5Four Digital with 8+ years experience in building brands online. Working with brands like Land Rover, Audi and the NAACP, he has utilized Website Development, Content Marketing and Social Media Strategy to create marketing…

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    Dec 3, 2018

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    S2:E9 What type of developer do you want to become?

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Nov 26, 2018

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    S2:E8 My Experience at Harvard

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Nov 16, 2018

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    S2:E7 No light at the beginning of the tunnel Feat. Ryan Carson of Treehouse

    Ryan Carson: I'm the Co-Founder and CEO of Treehouse. I'm also a Father, entrepreneur, and lover of movies. I'm also getting a little too serious about Table Tennis. Tips from Ryan: The New Jim Crow: amzn.to/1ZI0bNK Seeing White: bit.ly/2zBKMKK The 13th: bit.ly/2cZTR1e Morning Mindest Playlist:...

    Nov 13, 2018

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    S2:E6 W's vs L's

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Nov 6, 2018

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    S2:E5 50-Year-Old Developer? Feat. Alicia Carr

    Alicia is the first woman of color self-taught mobile developer to create a domestic violence app Purple Evolution, Inc(PEVO) dedicated to helping victims escape abuse. She used her acquired skills as a developer to make a difference. Alicia also dedicated her time to empowering women in tech…

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    Oct 23, 2018

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    S2:E4 Why I stop taking general career advice

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Oct 16, 2018

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    S2:E3 #MentalHealth

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Oct 11, 2018

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    S2:E2 Are you too old to learn code? Feat. Sean Allen

    Sean Allen: Self-taught iOS Engineer with 3+ years experience. I've spent half my career leading client-side iOS development for small startups in Silicon Valley, and the other half independent contracting. I’ve contracted on multiple iOS applications ranging from payment tracking, real-time…

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    Oct 4, 2018

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    S2:E1 Toughness Produces Value

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Oct 1, 2018

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    Season 2 Trailer (New Name)

    This is Marlon Avery the host of the 100 Days of Code podcast, welcome to season 2. You have joined me along this journey with stories and life experiences from guest developers and myself. You may have noticed the 100 Days of code podcast name changed to Coding Life. Why? I notice each story was...

    Oct 1, 2018

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    S1:E20 Impostor (Color) Syndrome

    Hey guys! Welcome to the show. I am Marlon Avery and in this Podcast, I’m bringing to you awesome developers worldwide to learn from their experiences to help us on our journey. Ryan suggested start: The New Jim Crow: https://amzn.to/1ZI0bNK Seeing White: https://bit.ly/2zBKMKK The 13th:...

    Sep 28, 2018

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    S1:E19 #100Daysof_____ Remix

    Hey guys! Welcome to the show. I am Marlon Avery and in this Podcast, I’m bringing to you awesome developers worldwide to learn from their experiences to help us on our journey. Follow us: Instagram: instagram.com/marlon.avery Twitter: twitter.com/code_podcast Instagram: instagram.com/codepodcast...

    Sep 24, 2018

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    S1:E18 Impostor Syndrome Feat. Travis Werbelow of DVLPR

    Hey guys! Welcome to the show. I am Marlon Avery and in this Podcast, I’m bringing to you awesome developers worldwide to learn from their experiences to help us on our journey. Travis Werbelow: JavaScript Developer with 5 years of experience. Founder of DVLPR® - The Brand for Developers. I love...

    Sep 20, 2018

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    S1:E17 Figuring out The Process Feat. Caitlin Stanton

    Hey guys! Welcome to the show. I am Marlon Avery and in this Podcast, I’m bringing to you awesome developers worldwide to learn from their experiences to help us on our journey. Our guest today is Caitlin Stanton. Caitlin is a junior at Cornell studying electrical and computer engineering, with...

    Sep 13, 2018

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    S1:E16 Self-Confidence Part 2

    Hey guys! Welcome to the show. I am Marlon Avery and in this Podcast I’m bringing to you awesome developers world wide to learn from their experiences to help us on our journey. Follow me: Instagram: instagram.com/marlon.avery Twitter: twitter.com/code_podcast Instagram: instagram.com/codepodcast...

    Sep 10, 2018

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    S1:E15 Love-Hate Relationship w/ the Halfway Point

    Hey guys! Welcome to the show. I am Marlon Avery and in this Podcast I’m bringing to you awesome developers world wide to learn from their experiences to help us on our journey. Follow me: Instagram: instagram.com/marlon.avery Twitter: twitter.com/code_podcast Instagram: instagram.com/codepodcast...

    Sep 3, 2018

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    S1:E14 How to become a GREAT developer

    Hey guys! Welcome to the show. I am Marlon Avery and in this Podcast I’m bringing to you awesome developers world wide to learn from their experiences to help us on our journey. Follow me: Instagram: instagram.com/marlon.avery Instagram: instagram.com/codepodcast Become a supporter:...

    Aug 27, 2018

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    S1:E13 The Reset Button

    Hey guys! Welcome to the show. I am Marlon Avery and in this Podcast I’m bringing to you awesome developers world wide to learn from their experiences to help us on our journey. Our sponsor this week is The Marketing Automation Academy, an online academy to help you improve work life balance by...

    Aug 22, 2018

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