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The freeCodeCamp Podcast — 100 episodes
#217 Stanford's youngest instructor on InfoSec, AI, catching cheaters - Rachel Fernandez
#216 How to friction-max your learning with software engineer Jessica Rose
#215 How to learn programming and CS in the AI hype era – interview with dev and prof Mark Mahoney
#214 Lessons from 15,031 hours of coding live on Twitch with Chris Griffing
#213 What happens when the model CAN'T fix it? Interview with software engineer Landon Gray
#212 The world still needs people who care - CodePen founder Chris Coyier interview
#211 How to Land Freelance Clients with Small Business Whisperer Luke Ciciliano (Developer Interview)
#210 There are 2 kinds of devs. One of them is screwed. Justin Searls interview
#209 The ultimate dev skill is Integration Testing – Interview with Internet of Bugs
#208 The three paths AI could take from here - Shawn Wang SWYX interview
#207 Why maintaining a codebase is so damn hard – with OhMyZSH creator Robby Russell
#206 Tips from a 20-year developer veteran turned consultancy founder – Tapas Adhikary interview
#205 How to stay curious as a dev in the AI hype era with Sumit Saha
#204 The Most Important Skills Going Forward with CTO + Homebrew Maintainer Mike McQuaid
#203 First developer job at age 38 with lawyer turned software engineer Zubin Pratap
#202 How to get promoted as a dev without becoming a manager – Staff Engineer Santosh Yadav interview
#201 The "AI is going to replace devs" hype is over – 22-year developer veteran Jason Lengstorf
#200 How to build your own learning path using Open Source with Kunal Kushwaha
#199 Tips from a serial career changer with GitHub's Andrea Griffiths
#198 When NOT to use AI in your hackathon project with MLH winners Cindy Cui and Alison Co
#197 Harvard CS50 prof David J. Malan on why you should take your time learning programming
#196 Applying into the void with recruiter admin Abbey Perini
#195 He Turned Down a FAANG Dev Job to Keep Working Remotely with Patrick Hartley
#194 First dev job at 45 – Interview with self-taught freeCodeCamp grad Eric Carlson
#193 From injured athlete to software engineer with Kaleb Garner
#192 Evan You – From Art School Kid to Open Source Legend
#191 From manufacturing worker to first developer job at age 43 with Thomas Gooch
#190 Lone Wolf Dev turned Open Source Super Contributor Tom Mondloch
#189 Learn Chess and Become a Better Developer with Ihechikara Abba (ELO rating of 2285)
#188 Playing the Developer Job Search Game to Win in 2025 with Danny Thompson & Leon Noel
#187 How to focus on building your skills when everything's so distracting with Ania Kubów
#168 How to use AI as an accelerator, not a crutch, with freelance engineer Ankur Tyagi
#185 From Hospital Janitor to Developer with Emmett Naughton
#183 From drop-out to backpacker to self-taught developer with Dominick Monaco
#182 Abandoning med school to become a software engineer with Edidiong Asikpo
#184 Senior Playstation Engineer's tips for learning new tools and getting things done
#181 How to turn Open Source into a Job with Nick Taylor
#180 We are truly in the Hackathon Era – Namanh Kapur interview
#179 799 rejections... but he got the job! Braydon Coyer developer interview
#178 From freeCodeCamp to NASA with Data Engineer Joe Hill
#176 Rust VS Go VS TypeScript which back end language is for you with Tai Groot
#176 From Therapist to six figure freelance dev
#175 From electrical engineering student to CTO with Hitesh Choudhary
#174 How to Survive in Tech When Everything's Changing w/ 21-year Veteran Dev Joe Attardi
#173 Laid off but not afraid with X-senior Microsoft Dev MacKevin Fey
#172 How to make Developer Friends When You Don't Live in Silicon Valley, with Iraqi Engineer Code;Life
#171 Ditching a Microsoft Job to Enter Startup Purgatory with Lonewolf Engineer Sam Crombie
#170 From Art School Drop-out to Microsoft Engineer with Shashi Lo
#169 From fast food worker to cybersecurity engineer with Tae'lur Alexis
#168 From Accountant to Data Engineer with Alyson La
#167 From drop-out to software architect with Jason Lengstorf
#166 From broke musician to working dev. How college drop-out Ryan Furrer taught himself to program
#165 From hating coding to programming satellites at age 37 with Francesco Ciulla
#164 How to become a self-taught developer while supporting a family
#163 Learn fewer skills but go deeper - the Caleb Curry interview
#162 How to become a developer in your 30s with Anjana Vakil
#161 How to go full-on Renaissance Man mode in 2025 with Vaughn Gene
#160 She taught herself coding in her 30s for zero dollars
#159 From freeCodeCamp to CTO with Robotics Engineer Peggy Wang
#158 From Gas Station to Google with Self-Taught Cloud Engineer Rishab Kumar
#157 Getting a developer job in 2025 with Lane Wagner
#156 AI Reality VS Speculation with Google Machine Learning Engineer Jiquan Ngiam
#155 CUDA and GPU Programming with Elliot Arledge
#154 Why developers needn't fear CSS – with the King of CSS himself Kevin Powell
#153 How to get a Developer Job – even in this economy – with James Q Quick
#152 How a breakdancing injury launched a coding empire with Scott Tolinski
#151 Automating a coffee shop chain using self-taught coding skills with Eamonn Cottrell
#150 To code is to struggle! I interview Tech with Tim, who got a job at Microsoft at age 19
#149 The State of AI with Stanford Researcher Yifan Mai
#148 Open Source is WILD. The craziest things The Changelog has seen in 15 years.
#147 From Stealing Cars to Self-Taught Software Engineer with Dorian Develops
#146 From Failing Programming Class to Senior Software Engineer with Tadas Petra
#145 Open Source Superstar and Roadmap.sh Founder Kamran Ahmed
#144 How to Become a Street Smart Developer – From Dropout to Selling his Company w/ Dennis Ivy
#143 The reality of the developer job market with ex-Googler YK Sugi
#142 From PhD drop-out to Google Data Scientist with Megan Risdal
#141 Lessons from freelancing for dozens of startups with Eddie Jaoude
#140 Surviving 40 years in the software industry with Jack Herrington the Blue Collar Coder
#139 Spotify Developer Emma Bostian Talks Coding, Hiring Devs, and European Work Culture
#138 From Brain Tumor to Teaching 500,000 Sysadmin Students with Hiroko Nishimura
#137 Rahul Pandey quit his $800,000/year FAANG developer job to build a startup
#136 Developer and inventor with 27 software patents – Angie Jones Interview
#135 Where Data Science meets Sports Analytics with Golfer Turned Engineer Ken Jee
#134 How to get a FAANG Dev Job in your 40s with Coding Interview University creator John Washam
#133 How to get Machine Learning Skills without doing a PhD in Math [Podcast #133 with Daniel Bourke]
#132 From doing data entry to becoming a developer with Jessica Chan AKA Coder Coder
#131 What Scott Hanselman learned from 900 podcast interviews with devs
#130 From Fashion to Software Engineer with Alison Yoon
#129 Why are senior developers learning low-code and AI tools? [Adrian Twarog Interview]
#128 From Designing Truck Wraps to Coding SDKs and APIs with Colby Fayock
#127 How to Outsmart AI as a Developer with Dr. Chuck
#126 How Suz Hinton went from Dev to White Hat Hacker
#125 Open Source is Changing. The Changelog Host Jerod Santo Shows You How to Keep Up
#124 AI is Overrated – Why ThePrimeagen Ripped Out GitHub Copilot Out From His Code Editor
#123 How to Become a Pro Designer in 2024 with Gary Simon [DesignCourse Founder]
#122 From Construction Worker to Teaching MILLIONS of Developers with John Smilga
#121 Ben Awad is a GameDev Who Sleeps 9 Hours EVERY NIGHT to be Productive
#120 CTO Andrew Brown Passed Dozens of Cloud Certification Exams
#119 CSS Artist Kass Moreno talks Art and Code
#118 Indie Game Dev Jabrils talks about AI, Anime, and How to Build Games