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Part Time at Lambda School

by Ira

Welcome to Part Time at Lambda School, a random podcast about learning to program in Lambda School's part time full stack front end web development track! If you are interested in learning to code at Lambda School and want to continue to make ends meet during your higher education journey, PTLS is here to help inform you of what that may be like.Cover art photo provided by Jay Wennington on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@jaywennington

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Episodes

  1. An Open Letter to New Lambda School Students

    From the bottom of my heart, to you. You can read the written version of this letter here.

  2. Words of Wisdom from a Recently Hired Part-Time Student

    This episode is a conversation between Ira Sanchez and Shelby Diamond, who was recently hired with a local company. Shelby is currently a student in Lambda School's part-time program. Here we discuss her past and current experience as a student, good and bad alike, as well as her experience…

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  3. Are You "Smart Enough" To Code?

    In this episode, I interview a friend and colleague about her experience in Lambda School. We go over the pros and cons of part time, differences between part time and full time, and some extra tips for making the most of your Lambda experience.

  4. Lessons From Being A Team Lead

    Ira rambles about his experience being a TL/what it was like to watch others make his mistakes and some thoughts regarding what it'll be like to be a student again.

  5. Why I Am No Longer A Student At Lambda School 😉

    Thoughts on becoming a team lead at Lambda School and some tips and tricks I've learned for HTML and CSS beginner learners.

  6. Surviving Lambda Labs and Making it To Computer Science

    This episode covers what I learned in Lambda Labs, my first impressions of Python3, and an update on the meetups. Apply for Lambda School Here: bit.ly/ptlambdaschool

  7. It's Lambda's Laboratory!

    This episode of Part Time at Lambda School goes over the first two sprints of labs. What is it like working on my first real group project? Learn from my mistakes here. Sprint 1: https://medium.com/@ira.d.sanchez/my-first-group-coding-project-with-lambda-labs-1-2ae0e5743bba Sprint 2:...

  8. Learning Authentication

    This sprint at Lambda School, we learned about authentication. How do we build tools that are secure and connected? Can we minimize risks, and what is the process for that as developers? bit.ly/ptlambdaschool

  9. Learning How to Build APIs and Databases

    This sprint we learned how to build an API and add data persistence to it. Additionally, we had another meet up and had a great time. I'm about half way done with the program at this point and can't wait to keep going!

  10. Notes on Notes on Notes

    In episode 4, Ira rambles on about his experience making a notes app in React from scratch, but more importantly, what did he learn?

  11. Episode 3: Programming in an Async Group with Redux-Thunk

    In this episode of Part Time at Lambda School, I share a bit about learning how to do API calls in react-redux apps, some changes that are being made to the curriculum and schedule, an update on participating in the new Async program at Lambda School, and a very, very brief look ahead at the...

  12. Building Build Weeks and Thinking with Thunk

    Lambda School introduces a pilot program for part time, and the host reflects on "failing" his sprint. Next week, we will have an interview with a full time student about his experience, and we will find out more about the new job readiness programming. If this podcast has helped you decide to...

  13. Episode 1: Lambda Days, Diversity, and Redux

    Thanks for joining me this week for the first actual episode of Part Time at Lambda School! This podcast documents my experience, and I hope it can help you decide to apply and succeed. Has this podcast helped you make up your mind? Apply to Lambda School here: bit.ly/ptlambdaschool Side note: I...

  14. Unfortunate delay

    Hey, prospective Lambda School students, I had some unexpected health issues come up that required my immediate attention. Thank you for your patience, and I look forward to talking to you all this Saturday.

  15. Trailer: Part Time at Lambda School

    Welcome to Part Time at Lambda School. If you are interested in learning to code at Lambda School and want to continue to make ends meet during your higher education journey, PTLS is here to help! Has this podcast helped you make up your mind? Apply at Lambda School. Lambda School did not sponsor...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to Part Time at Lambda School, a random podcast about learning to program in Lambda School's part time full stack front end web development track! If you are interested in learning to code at Lambda School and want to continue to make ends meet during your higher education journey, PTLS is here to help inform you of what that may be like.Cover art photo provided by Jay Wennington on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@jaywennington

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Ira

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What is Part Time at Lambda School about?

Welcome to Part Time at Lambda School, a random podcast about learning to program in Lambda School's part time full stack front end web development track! If you are interested in learning to code at Lambda School and want to continue to make ends meet during your higher education journey, PTLS is...

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Part Time at Lambda School is created and hosted by Ira.
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