Advice from a serial career changer with GitHub's Andrea Griffiths [Podcast #199]
In this episode, Quincy Larson discusses new Free Code Camp courses, Andrea Griffiths' inspiring journey, and community updates, including open-source Zork games and a classic song recommendation.
MAIN POINTS FROM TRANSCRIPT
- Andrea Griffiths moved from Colombia to the US, joined the military, learned programming, and now works at GitHub.
- Free Code Camp released a beginner-friendly back-end development course using the MES stack.
- A comprehensive Blender and 3JS course is available for building a 3D portfolio piece.
- Microsoft made the source code for Zork 1, 2, and 3 open source on GitHub.
TAKEAWAYS
- Free Code Camp offers a new course on clean code best practices and JavaScript refactoring.
- A Docker with Node.js handbook is available, covering setup and fundamental concepts.
- Algo Monster provides structured learning for data structures and algorithm patterns.
- Community support is vital, with donations and merchandise helping sustain Free Code Camp's mission.