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Dec
08
P2P Podcast Series: Kristian Hamilton - from East London to Code Mentor

P2P Podcast Series: Kristian Hamilton - from East London to Code Mentor

'There's no better escape from poverty than education,' he says as he volunteers to teach software developers of all ages.
51 min read
Nov
16
P2P Podcast Series: Lennart Quecke - Surfer Guy with a Nerdy Side

P2P Podcast Series: Lennart Quecke - Surfer Guy with a Nerdy Side

He taught himself to build websites for fun and function. Now they fuel his businesses, while he surfs all year and codes at night.
51 min read
Oct
29
P2P Podcast Series: Kaja Santro from Slacker to Ruby Hacker

P2P Podcast Series: Kaja Santro from Slacker to Ruby Hacker

The first rule of Feminist Fight Club is to talk about Feminist Fight Club. A radical slacker finds a future building software.
58 min read
Oct
03
P2P Podcast Series: Julia Swidron from Powerpoint to React

P2P Podcast Series: Julia Swidron from Powerpoint to React

They hired her as a PowerPoint designer. But soon she found out that coding the requirements was much better than transcribing them.
46 min read
Sep
18
Lauren from Photography to Infosec

P2P Podcast Series: Laurel from Photography to Infosec

She claimed to have terrible luck. But a healthy dose of paranoia became her advantage in InfoSec on the path to Staff Engineer
43 min read
Sep
10
P2P Podcast Series: Priya Patil from Hobby to Trustee

P2P Podcast Series: Priya Patil from Hobby to Trustee

She thought Rails Girls would be a cool hobby. Seven years later she is a non-profit trustee at Codebar.io, helping newbies break into tech.
59 min read
Aug
01
P2P Podcast Series: Julia Miller from Analyst to Engineer

P2P Podcast Series: Julia Miller from Analyst to Engineer

Her drive to grow made her jump career paths twice in the same company, and that became a pilot program for discovering new female engineers.
37 min read
Jul
16
P2P Podcast Series: Mira Vogt from Business Law to Builder

P2P Podcast Series: Mira Vogt from Business Law to Builder

Two years ago, Mira was still a lawyer, now she is a fullstack dev. Her message about power structures and rational self-care is quite striking.
52 min read
Jul
10
P2P Podcast Series: Mais Aroq from Accounting to Coding

P2P Podcast Series: Mais Aroq from Accounting to Coding

As a junior engineer, Mais talks with Zeke about how she turned rough job interviews into a real asset (and it works for any level).
34 min read
Jul
02
P2P Podcast Series: Jennifer Cruz from Marketing to Full-Stack

P2P Podcast Series: Jennifer Cruz from Marketing to Full-Stack

Jennifer shares how she explored 3 continents and even more career directions before making it as a self-taught engineer at Amazon in Berlin.
51 min read