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CodeNewbie

Summary: The CodeNewbie podcast was born from CodeNewbie, an organization which fosters a supportive, international community of people learning to code. Each season, host Saron Yitbarek delivers stories and interviews from people of diverse backgrounds and expertise about their coding journeys, as well as beginner friendly discussions about the tech you should know about.

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 S2:E1 - How she built a mobile app to help victims of domestic violence (Alicia Carr) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:42:58

Alicia Carr shares how to she created Pevo, an app to help women get out of domestic violence, and the technical and personal challenges that came with creating the app.

 S1:E8 - What and why is web animation? (Rachel Nabors) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:04:27

Rachel Nabors helps us understand what web animation looks like and how to use it to create powerful user experiences. She also shares her own inspiring journey of going from cartoonist to coder.

 S1:E7 - Why is my website slow? (Lara Hogan) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:52:40

Lara Hogan, VP of Engineering at Kickstarter and author of the book, Designing for Performance, breaks down common web performance issues, tools you can use to diagnose the problem, and how to use AB testing to measure your results.

 S1:E6 - How to ace a technical interview (Tiffany Peon, La Vesha Parker) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:55

Developers La Vesha Parker (Etsy) and Tiffany Peon (New York Times) break down each part of the technical interview process, giving you examples and explanations of exactly what they’re looking for.

 S1:E5 - How to learn React and React Native on a deadline (Brent Vatne, Kim Goulbourne) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:58:50

Kim Goulbourne shares her process for learning a new javascript framework, and the frustrations she experienced even as a seasoned developer.

 S1:E4 - The JavaScript First Responder (Wes Bos) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:48:42

Wes Bos shares how he learns, how he works, and how he slowly, eventually got over his hatred for JavaScript to become a beloved JavaScript teacher.

 S1:E3 - How to teach yourself computer science (Vaidehi Joshi) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:40:17

Vaidehi Joshi tells us about her year-long, technical writing project, basecs, how it's changed her as a developer, and how she handles the trolls and negativity from people who don't appreciate her work.

 S1:E2 - Building community in a virtual world: Moderation tools in VR (Cameron Brown) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:56:22

Cameron Brown, CCO at Against Gravity, tells us how his team creates a safe and welcoming space in their virtual reality game, Rec Room.

 S1:E1 - Intro to Accessibility (Stephanie Slattery) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:54:59

Stephanie Slattery, a front-end engineer specializing in accessibility, explains the 5 categories of disabilities, shows us how to implement suggestions from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and shares why she’s so passionate about accessibility.

 Ep. 146 - Codeland - Mentorship, Technical Blogging, and Open Source Talks from Katrina Owen, Quincy Larson, and Nell Shamrell-Harrington (Katrina Owen, Quincy Larson, Nell Shamrell-Harrington) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:50:42

Katrina Owen shares what it really takes to get a coding mentor, Quincy Larson gives us his best practices for writing technical blog posts, and Nell Shamrell-Harrington explores what it really takes for an open source project to be successful.

 Ep. 145 - Codeland - NYPL and Khan Academy talks from Courteney Ervin and Celia La (Courteney Ervin, Celia La) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:16

Courteney Ervin shares the ups and downs of building a product for one of the largest library systems in the world. Celia La walks us through the technical challenges (and solutions) of bringing Khan Academy's quality content to people all over the world.

 Ep. 144 - Codeland - Accessibility and Education talks from Sterling Walker and Maurice Rogers (Sterling Walker, Maurice Rogers) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:45:38

Sterling shares her experience of making her company's app accessible to two blind students. Maurice kicks off our education talks the story of Abacus, his side project that became the learning system used by thousands of students in Belize.

 Ep. 143 - Codeland - Community Talks from Valerie Woolard Srinivasan and Rapi Castillo (Valerie Woolard Srinivasan, Rapi Castillo) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:40:01

Valerie explores the importance of security in creating powerful and engaged communities. Rapi shares his story of creating a toy coding project in D3.js that sparked a movement and helped thousands of people become more politically engaged.

 Ep. 142 - Codeland - Mental Health talks from Michelle Morales and Greg Baugues (Michelle Morales, Greg Baugues) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:42:46

Michelle’s talk is a technical showcase of how her research project uses open source tools to better diagnose depression. Greg shares his personal struggles with ADHD and bipolar disorder, and how important it is for us to openly talk about mental health.

 Ep. 141 - Codeland - Interview with NYC's first CTO (Minerva Tantoco) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:56

Minerva Tantoco, NYC's first-ever CTO, shares how she started her long, impressive tech career, what programming looked like back her coding days, and how she hopes tech will transform cities for the better.

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