All Episodes

From Amazon Warehouse to Software Developer: Carter's 4-Year Grind

Our AI Engineering Curriculum Exposed

How to Land A Junior Developer Job in 2026 (LinkedIn, Side Project, Networking and Interviews)

The 3 AI Skills That'll Actually Get You Hired in 2026 (Level 1, 2, and 3)

3 Javascript Concepts That Will Level You Up as a Developer

The 3 Rites of Passage Every Developer Goes Through (And Nobody Warned Me About)

Build This AI Project and You’re Ahead of 90% of Developers

The 6 Skills You Need to Become an AI Engineer

AI destroys your coding skills. A warning for junior developers

#306 - How 58 Applications Turned Into 16 Interviews: (Beating the Tech Job Market Game)

How to Get Hired as a Software Engineer in 2026: LinkedIn, Resume, Strategy

How AI Is Breaking Tech Interviews (and What Comes Next)

#303 - 8 Harsh Truths for Software Developers in the AI Era

Bonus Episode: Coding Bootcamps, Online Education and the Future for Parsity

#302 - Why a CS Degree Might NOT Be the Best Way to Become a Developer

#301 How We Would Break Into Tech If We Had to Start Over (2026 Blueprint)

#300 - Build a Product, Not a Portfolio

#299 - Yes, You Must Learn to Code and Then Never Write Code Ever Again

#298 - Data Structures and Algorithms 101 (3 patterns you must know for your next interview)

#297 - From Crime to Coding: How to Build Bullet Proof Habits in 2026

#296 - The 5 Worst Tech Trends of 2025 (And How to Win in 2026)

#295 - Career Leverage For Non-Traditional Developers

5 Takeaways from Working at an AI Startup

Inside the Email Infrastructure of High-Growth Companies

The ONLY Project You Need to Build to Become a Software Developer in 2026

#291 - Open Source + Hard Work: A CTO’s Roadmap for Junior Developers

#290 - 4 things no one tells you about learning to code after 30

#289 - This Year Nearly Broke Me - Here’s What I’m Changing...

#288 - AI Hype is Ruining Software (A Rant)

#287 - From Smoothie King to AI Engineer

#286 - How to Know When You're Ready for ReactJS

#284 - The Junior Developer Interview Guide (From Recruiter Screen to React)

#285 - Listen to This Before You Learn to Code with AI

#284 - Are We in an AI Bubble?

#283 - The Practical Guide to LinkedIn for Developers Who Hate LinkedIn

#282 - From Overwhelmed To Hired: A Realistic Plan For Learning To Code on an Adult Schedule

#281 - Coding Bootcamp, College, Or Self-Taught? Which is Right For You and How to Decide

#280 - The Missing Guide to AI for Web Developers

#279 - Recruiter Exposes the Truth About Junior Developer Jobs

#278 - AI Does NOT Replace Junior Developers, Here's Why

#277 - RAG: The Only AI Skill Web Devs Need to Learn in 2026

#276 - Claude Code Failed: What Anthropic’s Postmortem Means for Developers

#275 - Terrible Advice for Software Developers (that you're hearing in 2025)

Developer Career Change Hotline: Networking, Breaking In, and Not Giving Up

#274 - The Cost of Being Nice: Why Good Developers Don't Get Promoted

#273 - When You Don’t Know What to Build—Build This

#272 - The State of the 2025 Tech Job Market: Is AI Helping or Hurting Us?

#271 - The Physics of Career Change: How Long It Actually Takes to Become a Software Developer

#270 - Coding in the Age of AI: What No One’s Telling You

#269 - I'm Burnt Out! The 3 Worst Parts About Being a Software Developer (and why I still love it)

#268 - An AI Agent Horror Story: What Happens When AI Runs a Business?

#267 - Step-by-Step: Build a Real AI Project with Next.js & RAG

#266 - Startups 101: Insider Secrets for Aspiring Developers

#265 - Why JavaScript Feels So Hard To Learn: You're Making One of These Mistakes

#265 - The 4 Databases Every Developer Should Know (Including 2 You Probably Don't)

#264 - Stack Overflow's 2025 Developer Survey: Surprising Takeaways on AI, Coding Languages and Work

#263 - They're Lying to You About AI Productivity: Hype vs Reality for Coders

#262 - 12 Months to Hired: A No-Fluff Roadmap to Becoming a Software Developer

#261 - I Used to Suck at Coding Interviews. Then I Started Doing These 4 Things

#260 - From Lead Engineer at MongoDB to Fashion Tech: On Hiring, Remote Teams, and Start-Up Life

Office Hours: Answering Your Coding Questions EP 3

#259 - The Minimum Effective Dose of JavaScript You Need to Learn

#258 - Should You Use AI While Learning to Code? A Senior Developer’s Take

#257 - Career Landmines: Three Developer Traps to Avoid

#256 - The Rise of the Product Minded Engineer

#255 - Your First Open Source Project: A Weekend with Kyle Simpson’s Code

#254 - What Do Data Scientists Actually Do? A Candid Conversation with Ryan Varley

#253 - The Real-World Step-by-Step Guide to Tech Interviews (Not for Google or Meta)

#252 - 3 Coding Principles That Will Save Your Codebase (that most bootcamp grads don’t know)

Office Hours: Answering Your Coding Questions EP 2

#251 - 8 truths no one tells you about becoming a software developer in today's market

#250 - Delivery Driver to Developer: Jacob’s Journey into Tech as a New Dad

Office Hours: Answering Your Coding Questions EP 1

#249 - Data Structures and Algorithms for Beginners (Replay)

#248 - The AI Productivity Myth: Reality vs. Hype

#247 - I Was the Worst Developer on the Team... Again

#246 - Coding Bootcamps, Burnout, and the Hard Truth About Breaking Into Tech: An Engineering Manager's Perspective

#245 - What Developers Get Wrong About Interviews

#244 - From Zero to Software Engineer After 30: My Journey and What You Need to Know

#243 - The 70% Problem: When AI Coding Falls Short

#242 - How Anne Got a Developer Job WITHOUT LinkedIn or LeetCode

#241 - The Bootcamp Era Is Dead — And That’s Great News for Developers

#240 - Navigating the Front-End Landscape: A Senior Developer's Perspective on AI Tools, Front End interviews and What Makes You "Senior"

#239 - Is Learning to Code Still Worth It? A Senior Developer's Perspective

#238 - My Experience in Vibe Coding Hell

#237 - Don't Learn to Code for the Money, But If You Do...

#236 - Developer Internships: The Good, The Bad, and The “Wait, They Threw Out My Code?”

#235: 2 Skills You Don't Need Anymore In the AI Era and 3 More You're Going to Need

#234 - Coding Isn’t Enough: 3 Weird Traits That Predict Success in Tech

#233 - How Mindi Navigated ADHD, Bootcamp Burnout, and Landed a Dev Role

#232 - The Harsh Truth About Coding, AI, Bootcamps, and Breaking in to Tech

#231 - Roasting A Listener's Resume, LinkedIn and GitHub Profile

#230 - AI Will Replace Most Coding: What Chief Scientist Laly Bar-Ilan Says Developers Should Learn Next

#229 - The 2025 Tech Job Market Sucks? Here's How You Beat It

#228 - The 3 Stages of Learning Javascript: What to Build && What to Learn

#227 - How Busy Professionals Can Learn to Code (Without Losing Their Minds): A 3 Step Process

Special Episode: Answering Fan Mail

#226 - New Coders Can't Code?

#225 - The 3-Month Coding Bootcamp Myth: 4 Things You Actually Need to Get Hired

#224 - How Jeremy Went From Tutorial Hell to Front End Developer at Apple

#224 - Should You Still Learn JavaScript in 2025?

#223 - AI for JavaScript Developers: What You Actually Need to Know

Has Cursor Cooked Junior Developers for Good?

#221 - How AWS Used AI to Save 4,500 Years of Work – with AWS’s Director of Generative AI Applications

#220 - Real-World JavaScript: Why Loops and Arrays Are the Backbone of the Internet

#219 - The 3-Step No-BS Guide to Getting in Shape After 30

#218 - The 3 Worst Developers I Ever Worked With

#217 - How to Get Your First Tech Job - Straight from a Recruiter

#216 - Take-Home Coding Challenges Suck. Here’s 3 ways to Beat Them...

#215 - Building Software with AI: Dr. Robert Toth on the Future of Coding, Cursor and True Prompt Engineering

#214 - A step by step guide to building a really good side project

#213 - The Google Interview: Luck, LeetCode, and What Actually Matters

#212 – Learn Fast(er): The Uncomfortable Method That Actually Works

#211 - 5 Things Salespeople Know About Getting Hired (That Developers Don’t)

#210 - Why You Keep Failing Tech Interviews (And It’s Not Your Fault)

#209 - Zuckerberg, Rogan, and the AI Takeover: Should Engineers Be Worried?

#207 - From Addict to Software Developer: A Story of Habit Stacking

#206 - You Asked, We Answered: No BS Advice for Thriving as a Developer in 2025

#206 - Real Developers Barely Code: What Your Job Will Really Be Like

#205 - 5 Steps to Solving (nearly) Any Coding Problem

#204 - AI Is Coming for Your Dev Job (But Not Really): AGI, o3 and Fear Mongering

#203 - Breaking into Tech: Self-Taught Success Stories with Vanessa and Wilfredo

#202 - The Best Books for Developers (That No One Talks About)

#201 - Your Practical Guide to Learning JavaScript in 2025

#200 - Tech Predictions for 2025: What Career Changers Need to Know to Stay Ahead

#199 - Are Coding Bootcamps Dead?

#198 - The No-Nonsense Guide to Coding Careers: 3 Things I Wish I Knew

#197 - Your Guide to Nailing the Non-Technical Interview in Tech

#196 - Your First Day as a Software Developer: What to Expect and How to Not Suck

#195 - A Beginner's Guide to Learning ReactJS

#194 - From Zero to Hireable: A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a Software Developer

#193 - How I Use AI Every Day as a Software Developer (and You Should Too)

#192 - The Best Resources for Software Developers (And Why They Work)

#191 - Ruby on Rails, The Odin Project and Learning to Code on Your Own

#190 - 3 lessons from chatting with 643 software developers

#189 - Brooke Sweedar’s Front-Line Report: Surviving and Thriving After a Coding Bootcamp

#188 - 3.5 Mistakes Career Changers Make When Learning to Code (And How to Avoid Them)

#187 - Mastering JavaScript Mental Models with Genies, Spaceships, and Wormholes

#186 - Data Structures and Algorithms in Real Life

#185 - The Boring Tech Stack I Would Use to Get Hired as a Software Developer in 2025

#184 - From Invisible to Hireable: The Power of Building in Public for New Coders

#183 - Stand Out on LinkedIn: Tips from a 7-Foot CEO Who Did It Right

#182 - (Mini-Episode) Level Up Your JavaScript: Simple Tips for Cleaner Code

#181 - Meta Tech Lead Secrets: Breaking into FAANG, Big Salaries, and Career Growth with Rahul

#180 - Tech Layoffs & AI Panic: The Truth About Tech Careers in 2024

#179 - Speak Up, Stand Out: How Public Speaking Can Unlock Your Developer Career

#178 - Lessons from the 3 Smartest Developers I’ve Ever Met

#177 - The science behind learning to code: Why you don’t need 10,000 hours to succeed

#176 - A Hands on Guide to Learning SQL

#175 - The Unwritten Rules to Becoming a Senior Developer: 4 Steps to Level Up

#174 - 4 Projects to Learn the Basics of Javascript (plus a Form Challenge in Show Notes)

#173 - Breaking into Tech After 40: The Self-Taught Developer Path with Dicky Kitchen

#172 - The Free Work Formula: How Freelancing for Free Can Jumpstart Your Dev Career

#171 - A Beginners Guide to Learning Backend Software Development with Javascript (mini-tutorial included)

#170 - 4 Steps to Build Coding Habits that Stick (or any Positive Habit)

#169 - Hacking Productivity: ADHD Strategies for Software Developers

#168 - Working as a Developer at a Startup vs a Mid-Size Company vs Fortune 100: Pros and Cons

#167 - Imposter Syndrome, Mental Resilience, and the Science Behind Psychedelics: A Developer’s Guide

#166 - Don't Be a Junior Developer

#165 - Risk, Reward, and Reinvention: How Aaron Turned a Bootcamp Bet into a Career in Big tech

#164 - AI, the End of Front End Developers, and Jeff Bezos: What the 2024 Stack Overflow Survey Tells Us

#163 - Just Your Typical 44 Year Old Musician Turned Software Developer. Nils Reveals the Fast(er) Path To Tech

#162 - 3 things about software I learned from a career as a criminal

#161 - Oops, Did I Do That? Alex Lau and Brian Share Their Biggest Mistakes (and lessons) as Software Developers

#160 - No, You Don’t Need a Bootcamp or Degree to Become a Software Developer

#159 - Why Pessimists Fail at Coding: How New Coders Can Build Optimism, Practically

#158 - Beyond Coding: The Essential Skills Every New Developer Needs

#157 - Freelancing, Coding Bootcamps, and Overcoming Addiction with William Ray

#156 - Surviving your first week as a software developer: SDLC, 30 Day Plans, On-Calls and more

#155 - Insider Tips from a Top 1% Career Coach for Software Developers: Megan Dias Gets Real About LinkedIn, Learning in Public, Green Banners and more...

#154 - I Got Laid Off from my Tech Job.... and Hired in the Same Month

#153 - From Nike’s Principal Software Engineer to YouTube Sensation: The Jack Herrington Interview

#152 - Why AI Won't Replace Software Developers (Yet) but It Might Make You a Worse Developer: A Deep Dive

#151 - The Secret Strategies of an Interview Champion: Bhupinder Singh aka The Dynamic Singh

#150 - Why JavaScript is Hard to Learn and How to Do It the Right Way

#148 - 3 Mental Shifts that Separate Software Developers from Code Bots

#148 - How to Use VS Code Like a Pro

#147 - Freelancing in Tech: Carly's Journey from Retail to Code

#146 - What I’d Tell My Oldest Son About Becoming a Software Developer

#145 - Mastering the Technical Interview: Lessons from My Worst Interview and Beyond

#144 - 90,000 Developers Can't Be Wrong: Top Skills for Software Developers in 2024

#143 - The Secret Software Developer Interview: From Coding Bootcamp to Over-Employment

#142 - The Reverse Engineering Method to Becoming a Hireable Software Developer

#141 - Navigating the Junior Developer Job Market with Software Developer Turned Recruiter David Roberts

#140 - How You Can Start a 5 Figure Side Business as Software Engineer

#139 - The Art of Time Management When Learning to Code

#138 - Self Taught Developer to Engineering Manager at IBM: Brian Schuster shares lessons for developers on the non-traditional path

#137 - How 4 Little Letters Almost Got Me Fired! LGTM - The Art of Code Reviews and How to Not Suck at Them

#136 - 3 Reasons Why Most People Fail After a Coding Bootcamp... and How to Avoid Their Fate

#135 - The Junior Developer with 7 Years of Experience

#134 - From a Failed App to Tech Success: Mastering JavaScript, React, and TypeScript with Ryan Talbert

#133 - Big Fish in a Small Pond or Small Fish in a Big Pond? A Developer Career Strategy

#132 - Your Guide to Learning ReactJS and NextJS in 2024

#131 - From Hired to Fired! Avoid these 2 developer career death traps

#130 - From Lab Scientist to Software Engineer at 35: Vanessa Vun Shares A Unique Strategy for Changing Careers

#129 - Coding with AI: The Devin AI Drama and Building Smarter Dev Skills with AI

#128 - One Size Fails All: Exploring Approaches to Learning Code with Guest Ilya Dorman

#127 - What to Expect on Your First Day As a Software Developer

#126 - The Developer's Roadmap: Insights from the Stack Overflow Survey

#125 - Your Side Project Cheat Sheet - 6 steps to create cool sh*t

#124 - Do You Have to Learn In Public? A Different Take on Networking, Content Creation and Personal Branding with Anna Miller

#123 - I'm an Engineering Manger and I've Seen All Your Resumes: Here Are 4 Ways to Avoid Rejection

#122 - Self Taught vs Coding Bootcamp: Surprising takeaways from Levy, a current bootcamper

#121 - Am I Gonna Get Fired? The 4 Biggest Mistakes in my Developer Career

#120 - Data Structures and Algorithms for Beginners

#119 - A Practical Guide to Freelancing as a Developer with Matt Cascardi

#118 - Your Junior Developer Interview Guide

#117 - AI and the Job Market for Developers: Is Coding Still Worth It?

#116 - Why Don't Coding Bootcamps Teach This? A beginners guide to writing tests.

#115 - From Marketer to FinTech Pro and Hot Takes on Learning to Code with Parsity Grad Ryan Passer

#114 - Maybe You Are an Impostor and Maybe That's Not So Bad

#113 - Code Challenge King John Crickett Breaks Down How to Level Up as an Engineer

#112 - How I 5x'ed my salary as a developer: 3 lessons I stole from my rich developer friend

#111 - Musician to Software Engineer: Nathan Drake Shares His Odd Journey to Coding and How He Got Hired Fast

#110 - I spoke to 500 developers from all around the world - here are 4 takeaways

#109 - From Teacher to Software Engineer to Teacher? David Rogers Breaks Down How He Taught Himself to Code and Land a Job

#108 - The Caterpillar Learning Method to Learn Fast AF

#107 - How Zubin went from 37 Year Old Lawyer to Software Engineer at Google and the Reality of Changing Careers into Tech

#106 - The 3 Worst Things About Being a Software Engineer

#105 - The 2024 Tech Stack and What You Need to Study to Keep Up to Date in the New Year

#104 - LinkedIn Unleashed: How Shy Coders Can Network Like Pros and Get Hired

#103 - The 4-Step Process for Debugging JavaScript Applications and How it Got Me Promoted

#102 - Erik Andersen the World's Happiest Engineer Gets Real About Jobs, Bootcamps and Getting Hired

#101 - The Kyle Simpson Episode

#100 - The 3 Types of Interviews You WILL Encounter as a Developer and How to Beat Them

#99 - Fitness Debugged: A Software Developer's Diet and Exercise Breakdown

#98 - Your Roadmap from Zero to Software Engineer in 2024

#97 - How Much JavaScript is Enough? Here's What You Need to Know and Why You'll Never Know it All

#96 - Passing the Podcast Baton: Aaron and Peter's Farewell (kinda)

#95 - Worst Developer on the Team

#94 - The Value of Vanilla JavaScript

#93 - Bootcamp Grad Success and Failure Stories from the Last 10 Years with Aaron and Peter

#92 - Tutorial Hell, Poor Time Management and More with Expert Brian Jenney

#91 - From Addict to Software Engineer with Engineering Manager Brian Jenney

#90 - Continuous Learning and Automation Expertise with Grant Hushek of Hampton

#89 - A Complete Beginners Guide to Git and Github

#88 - Reviewing a New React Framework (Remix.run)

#87 - Buying Businesses and Learning Mindset from the Florida Gators

#86 - How to 10X Your Career with Leverage

#85 - A Theory on Software Developer Career Growth

#84 - How to Leverage Radical Accountability to Achieve Life-Changing Goals

#83 - All About Automation

#82 - Creating a Side Business by Growing on LinkedIn and Building an AI Automation Agency

#81 - The Best Way to Get Promoted as a Software Engineer (Replay)

#80 - How to Go From Newbie to Job Ready This Year

#79 - The Best Strategy for Learning to Code (Replay)

#78 - Job Searching Advice with Career Expert Megan Dias

#77 - The Future of Software Engineering with AI, Building Systems and Internal Tooling, & Sprint and Rest in Work

#76 - How to Bulletproof Your Mind While Learning to Code

#75 - The Mindset Coding Gives You

#74 - How to Find and Complete Side Projects (Replay)

#73 - The Beginner's Guide to Understanding React

#72 - New Projects & Code School Transparency

#71 - What Does It Mean to Be a "Senior" Engineer?

#70 - From Software Engineer to Successful Tech Startup Founder with Brian Dainton

#69 - How to Become a Freelance Software Engineer

#68 - How to Prepare for Coding Bootcamp

#67 - Work Updates, Achieving Goals & Transformative Learning Experiences

#66 - Reflections on a Year as a Freelance Web Developer

#65 - Tech Jobs with Will Sanders of Recruiting from Scratch

#64 - How to Communicate as a Software Engineer

#63 - How to Focus When Learning to Code (Replay)

#62 - Job Market Update, Philosophy of Work & Money and More

#61 - Four Portfolio Projects to Get Hired

#60 - Treat Learning to Code Like a Video Game

#59 - How To Achieve Your 10 Year Goals in 1 Year

#58 - How to Negotiate a Software Engineer Salary

#57 - Stop Learning and Start Taking Action

#56 - Recent Layoffs and Job Searching for Bootcamp Grads

#55 - Cohost Peter's Origin Story

#54 - Experience is Everything with Elben Shira of Airtable

#53 - Are Coding Bootcamps Worth It?

#52 - Hitting 10k Monthly Downloads, Work/Life Balance and More

#51 - How to Become a Designer with Paul Kim of Dropbox

#50 - Two Mindsets When Learning to Code

#49 - A Complete Guide to Learning JavaScript

#48 - The Best Thing About Learning to Code

#47 - Goal Setting, Productivity & More

#46- How to Learn a New Codebase, Quickly

#45 - How Much Are Software Engineers Paid?

#44 - Vanilla JavaScript and Entrepreneurship with Chris Ferdinandi of Go Make Things

#43 - The Economy and Junior Devs, Process Over Results and Catch Up with Peter and Aaron

#42 - Acquiring and Growing a SaaS with Jake Gaba of Indifferent Broccoli

#41 - From Coding Bootcamp Grads to Web3 Founders with Nathan Drake and Doug West

#40 - Accessibility Engineering with Maria Lamardo of CVS Health

#39 - How to be Successful in a Coding Bootcamp

#38 - The Best Way to Get Promoted as a Software Engineer

#37 - Taking Out of The Box Risks with Andre Elmoznino Laufer

#36 - How to Find and Complete Side Projects

#35 - Never Apply for a Job Again by Building on LinkedIn with Justin Welsh

#34 - Building a Lifestyle Business, Surviving the Pandemic, and Getting Energized with Lynne Tye of Key Values

#33 - Advice For a Recent Bootcamp Grad with Sara Oros

#32 - Learning Strategies, Joining Bebo, and Automating Infrastructure with Johnny Dallas of Zeet

#31 - Fighting Depression: The Best Reason to Become a Software Engineer

#30 - Learning to Code, Engineering Job Searches and YouTube with Namanh Kapur of Bolt

#29 - Contracting, Entrepreneurship, and Updates with Peter & Aaron

#28 - Self-Teaching, Freelancing and Productized Services with Stephen Wise of Wise Studio

#27 - Troubleshooting a Bootcamp Grad's Job Search with Michael Garcia

#26 - Code Craftsmanship, Learning, and Public Speaking with Jake Dohm of Steadfast Design Firm

#25 - Working on Your Mind: Your Most Powerful Tool

#24 - Indie Making, Growth Mindset and Finding Balance with Pete Codes of No CS Degree

#23 - Intro to Crypto/Web3 and How Beginner Coders Can Get Involved with Brian Schuster

#22 - Engineering Value, Twitter Growth, and Small Bets with Louie Bacaj

#21 - Quitting Our Jobs with Peter & Aaron

#20 - The Best Strategy for Learning to Code

Taking a break until March 8!

#19 - How to Build a Web Application

#18 - Wes Bos | Web Dev Content for Everyone

#17 - Advice for Beginners

#16 - 6 Years after a Coding Bootcamp with Rony Rosenberg

#15 - Setting your 2022 Goals

#14 - Indie Hacking: What I Would Do After a Bootcamp

#13 - Former CEO of Hack Reactor and Galvanize

#12 - How to Go From Bootcamp Grad to Senior Engineer

#11 - Self-taught Engineering Manager turned Coding Career Mentor

#10 - From Staton Island Rapper to Coinbase and Facebook Developer

#9 - A Complete Guide to Learning JavaScript

#8 - Land Your First Coding Job

#7: Advice From a Google Recruiter

#6: Building a Webdev Career with Pierre Lebrum

#5: Belonging and Alternative Paths with Lisa Shissler Smith from Netflix

#4: How to Focus when Learning Code

#2: From Crossfit Coach to Engineer at IBM in 6 months!

#3: From tutorials to Beer Tech Startup Dream Job

#1: Why People Fail Coding Bootcamps