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The freeCodeCamp Podcast — 100 episodes

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#217 Stanford's youngest instructor on InfoSec, AI, catching cheaters - Rachel Fernandez

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#216 How to friction-max your learning with software engineer Jessica Rose

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#215 How to learn programming and CS in the AI hype era – interview with dev and prof Mark Mahoney

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#214 Lessons from 15,031 hours of coding live on Twitch with Chris Griffing

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#213 What happens when the model CAN'T fix it? Interview with software engineer Landon Gray

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#212 The world still needs people who care - CodePen founder Chris Coyier interview

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#211 How to Land Freelance Clients with Small Business Whisperer Luke Ciciliano (Developer Interview)

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#210 There are 2 kinds of devs. One of them is screwed. Justin Searls interview

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#209 The ultimate dev skill is Integration Testing – Interview with Internet of Bugs

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#208 The three paths AI could take from here - Shawn Wang SWYX interview

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#207 Why maintaining a codebase is so damn hard – with OhMyZSH creator Robby Russell

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#206 Tips from a 20-year developer veteran turned consultancy founder – Tapas Adhikary interview

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#205 How to stay curious as a dev in the AI hype era with Sumit Saha

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#204 The Most Important Skills Going Forward with CTO + Homebrew Maintainer Mike McQuaid

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#203 First developer job at age 38 with lawyer turned software engineer Zubin Pratap

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#202 How to get promoted as a dev without becoming a manager – Staff Engineer Santosh Yadav interview

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#201 The "AI is going to replace devs" hype is over – 22-year developer veteran Jason Lengstorf

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#200 How to build your own learning path using Open Source with Kunal Kushwaha

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#199 Tips from a serial career changer with GitHub's Andrea Griffiths

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#198 When NOT to use AI in your hackathon project with MLH winners Cindy Cui and Alison Co

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#197 Harvard CS50 prof David J. Malan on why you should take your time learning programming

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#196 Applying into the void with recruiter admin Abbey Perini

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#195 He Turned Down a FAANG Dev Job to Keep Working Remotely with Patrick Hartley

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#194 First dev job at 45 – Interview with self-taught freeCodeCamp grad Eric Carlson

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#193 From injured athlete to software engineer with Kaleb Garner

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#192 Evan You – From Art School Kid to Open Source Legend

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#191 From manufacturing worker to first developer job at age 43 with Thomas Gooch

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#190 Lone Wolf Dev turned Open Source Super Contributor Tom Mondloch

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#189 Learn Chess and Become a Better Developer with Ihechikara Abba (ELO rating of 2285)

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#188 Playing the Developer Job Search Game to Win in 2025 with Danny Thompson & Leon Noel

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#187 How to focus on building your skills when everything's so distracting with Ania Kubów

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#168 How to use AI as an accelerator, not a crutch, with freelance engineer Ankur Tyagi

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#185 From Hospital Janitor to Developer with Emmett Naughton

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#183 From drop-out to backpacker to self-taught developer with Dominick Monaco

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#182 Abandoning med school to become a software engineer with Edidiong Asikpo

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#184 Senior Playstation Engineer's tips for learning new tools and getting things done

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#181 How to turn Open Source into a Job with Nick Taylor

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#180 We are truly in the Hackathon Era – Namanh Kapur interview

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#179 799 rejections... but he got the job! Braydon Coyer developer interview

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#178 From freeCodeCamp to NASA with Data Engineer Joe Hill

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#176 Rust VS Go VS TypeScript which back end language is for you with Tai Groot

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#176 From Therapist to six figure freelance dev

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#175 From electrical engineering student to CTO with Hitesh Choudhary

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#174 How to Survive in Tech When Everything's Changing w/ 21-year Veteran Dev Joe Attardi

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#173 Laid off but not afraid with X-senior Microsoft Dev MacKevin Fey

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#172 How to make Developer Friends When You Don't Live in Silicon Valley, with Iraqi Engineer Code;Life

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#171 Ditching a Microsoft Job to Enter Startup Purgatory with Lonewolf Engineer Sam Crombie

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#170 From Art School Drop-out to Microsoft Engineer with Shashi Lo

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#169 From fast food worker to cybersecurity engineer with Tae'lur Alexis

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#168 From Accountant to Data Engineer with Alyson La

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#167 From drop-out to software architect with Jason Lengstorf

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#166 From broke musician to working dev. How college drop-out Ryan Furrer taught himself to program

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#165 From hating coding to programming satellites at age 37 with Francesco Ciulla

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#164 How to become a self-taught developer while supporting a family

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#163 Learn fewer skills but go deeper - the Caleb Curry interview

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#162 How to become a developer in your 30s with Anjana Vakil

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#161 How to go full-on Renaissance Man mode in 2025 with Vaughn Gene

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#160 She taught herself coding in her 30s for zero dollars

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#159 From freeCodeCamp to CTO with Robotics Engineer Peggy Wang

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#158 From Gas Station to Google with Self-Taught Cloud Engineer Rishab Kumar

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#157 Getting a developer job in 2025 with Lane Wagner

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#156 AI Reality VS Speculation with Google Machine Learning Engineer Jiquan Ngiam

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#155 CUDA and GPU Programming with Elliot Arledge

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#154 Why developers needn't fear CSS – with the King of CSS himself Kevin Powell

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#153 How to get a Developer Job – even in this economy – with James Q Quick

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#152 How a breakdancing injury launched a coding empire with Scott Tolinski

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#151 Automating a coffee shop chain using self-taught coding skills with Eamonn Cottrell

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#150 To code is to struggle! I interview Tech with Tim, who got a job at Microsoft at age 19

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#149 The State of AI with Stanford Researcher Yifan Mai

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#148 Open Source is WILD. The craziest things The Changelog has seen in 15 years.

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#147 From Stealing Cars to Self-Taught Software Engineer with Dorian Develops

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#146 From Failing Programming Class to Senior Software Engineer with Tadas Petra

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#145 Open Source Superstar and Roadmap.sh Founder Kamran Ahmed

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#144 How to Become a Street Smart Developer – From Dropout to Selling his Company w/ Dennis Ivy

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#143 The reality of the developer job market with ex-Googler YK Sugi

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#142 From PhD drop-out to Google Data Scientist with Megan Risdal

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#141 Lessons from freelancing for dozens of startups with Eddie Jaoude

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#140 Surviving 40 years in the software industry with Jack Herrington the Blue Collar Coder

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#139 Spotify Developer Emma Bostian Talks Coding, Hiring Devs, and European Work Culture

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#138 From Brain Tumor to Teaching 500,000 Sysadmin Students with Hiroko Nishimura

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#137 Rahul Pandey quit his $800,000/year FAANG developer job to build a startup

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#136 Developer and inventor with 27 software patents – Angie Jones Interview

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#135 Where Data Science meets Sports Analytics with Golfer Turned Engineer Ken Jee

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#134 How to get a FAANG Dev Job in your 40s with Coding Interview University creator John Washam

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#133 How to get Machine Learning Skills without doing a PhD in Math [Podcast #133 with Daniel Bourke]

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#132 From doing data entry to becoming a developer with Jessica Chan AKA Coder Coder

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#131 What Scott Hanselman learned from 900 podcast interviews with devs

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#130 From Fashion to Software Engineer with Alison Yoon

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#129 Why are senior developers learning low-code and AI tools? [Adrian Twarog Interview]

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#128 From Designing Truck Wraps to Coding SDKs and APIs with Colby Fayock

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#127 How to Outsmart AI as a Developer with Dr. Chuck

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#126 How Suz Hinton went from Dev to White Hat Hacker

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#125 Open Source is Changing. The Changelog Host Jerod Santo Shows You How to Keep Up

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#124 AI is Overrated – Why ThePrimeagen Ripped Out GitHub Copilot Out From His Code Editor

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#123 How to Become a Pro Designer in 2024 with Gary Simon [DesignCourse Founder]

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#122 From Construction Worker to Teaching MILLIONS of Developers with John Smilga

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#121 Ben Awad is a GameDev Who Sleeps 9 Hours EVERY NIGHT to be Productive

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#120 CTO Andrew Brown Passed Dozens of Cloud Certification Exams

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#119 CSS Artist Kass Moreno talks Art and Code

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#118 Indie Game Dev Jabrils talks about AI, Anime, and How to Build Games