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Learning AI and Understanding its Implications: CodeNewbie Podcast S27E8

Jess Lee — Wed, 22 May 2024 15:01:16 +0000

This week on the podcast we welcomed on @integerman, AI Specialist at Leading EDJE. @saronyitbarek spoke with Matt about what sparked his passion for AI years ago, why he's made the decision to go back to school for his master's degree, and how he aims to continue spreading his expertise with the community.

Matt is a habitual learner, speaker, and author who seeks to learn new things and share them with others in the nerdiest ways possible. Matt is a Microsoft MVP in AI, runs 2 blogs, a YouTube channel, organizes the Central Ohio .NET Developer Group, is currently working on his second book, second course, and finishing his master's degree. We're told Matt occasionally sleeps as well.

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S27:E8 - Learning AI (Matt Eland)

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The Crossover of Health, Technology and Art: CodeNewbie Podcast S27E7

Rachel Fazio — Wed, 15 May 2024 23:39:59 +0000

This week on the podcast we welcomed on Chris Immel, AI Engineer and Digital Artist at Luminifera Projects. @saronyitbarek spoke with Chris about the transformative power of AI and constructing a world in which tech and art are intertwined.

Chris is a seasoned software architect and engineer who has built a broad variety of systems and energetically contributed to a long series of software startups of all sizes. He believes deeply in the inevitability of the transformative effect of AI on human society, and wants to be part of making that a transformation for the better.

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We will see you next week, happy coding y'all!

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The Crossover of Health, Technology and Art: CodeNewbie Podcast S27E6

Rachel Fazio — Wed, 08 May 2024 22:37:35 +0000

We have a new CodeNewbie Podcast episode ready for you today! In this episode @saronyitbarek speaks with Daniel Bourke, founder of mrdbourke Studios and Nutrify! Daniel shares his experiences trying to learn to code four different times before it finally stuck, how he’s combining his passions for health, technology and art.

Daniel is a writer who makes YouTube videos about the crossover of health, technology and art. His mission is to use AI to help people move more and eat better.

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We will see you next week, happy coding y'all!

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What is the best advice you have ever received?: CodeNewbie Podcast

Rachel Fazio — Fri, 03 May 2024 23:37:52 +0000

Happy almost weekend to some of y'all! We are back with CodeNewbie Podcast, our little corner of DEV where we share weekly interviews with tech professionals to give you supportive advice to further your development career.

Last week we released our second episode of this season with Chelsea Kaufman, Founder and CEO of LEARN Academy. In this episode we chatted about the founding of Chelsea's company, the role of AI in the future, and the current landscape for bootcamps.

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At the end of every episode we have four main questions for our guests. You'll have to tune in to hear the full answers, but in the meantime, let's hear what Chelsea had for us!

This week's question is: "What is the best advice you've ever received?"

To keep it short and sweet (and spoiler free), Chelsea shared with us:

“Be curious without fear...

I think curiosity is what builds this...

We just want to learn, and question, and be curious”

So without further ado, let me know in the comments the best advice you've ever received.

See ya next Wednesday with a new episode.

Navigating the AI Evolution: CodeNewbie Podcast S27E5

Rachel Fazio — Wed, 01 May 2024 21:11:56 +0000

We are back from our little hiatus! In Episode 5 of Season 27 CodeNewbie Podcast, @saronyitbarek talks about starting your own company, the current coding bootcamp landscape, and the influx of AI in software development with Chelsea Kaufman, Founder and CEO of LEARN Academy.

Chelsea, a strategic people leader, has dedicated the past decade to workforce planning & development. As the founder and CEO of LEARN Academy and co-founder of the Software Residency, she has transformed the careers of countless individuals in the tech industry. Her work has also been instrumental in helping hundreds of companies establish and maintain a robust talent pipeline of software talent.

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We will see you next week, happy coding y'all!

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One thing I wish I knew when I first started to code is... : CodeNewbie Podcast

Rachel Fazio — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 23:52:26 +0000

Hi and welcome back to CodeNewbie Podcast, our little corner of the internet in which we share weekly interviews with tech professionals to give you supportive advice to further your knowledge about software development.

This week we released a new episode with our host @saronyitbarek's husband, Rob Frelow, Co-founder & Chief AI Officer at The Storygraph.

Rob tells us about his long-time love of technology that began when he was two, what first got him into AI, and how The Storygraph utilizes his AI system to gather data about books.

Side note: This has got to be one of my favorite episodes we have put out y'all. I love to track my reading goals and just found The Storygraph a few months ago and absolutely fell in love with their system. It felt like so serendipitous that I use their site all the time, that we got to have Rob on the podcast, AND that Rob and Saron are married. How beautiful is the world, holy heck.

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S27:E4 - Living the Dream with AI (Rob Frelow)

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At the end of each episode we have four main questions we ask our guests, then I bring my favorite question of the week over here, where we can chat all about it.

This week's question is: "What is one thing that you wish you knew when you first started to code?"

Rob had a great response, which you'll have to tune in to hear fully, about the need to be prepared for errors. He sai that one of the first college projects he worked for he pulled an all nighter for, he had 133 errors. When he found the cause it was because of 1 semicolon, and once he fixed that it fixed everything. In his words, "It shouldn’t work the first time you try it! All problems are solvable!"

So without further ado, tell me what you wish you knew when you first started to code!

See ya next week with our new episode.

What was your first coding project?: CodeNewbie Podcast

Rachel Fazio — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Hello hello and welcome back to CodeNewbie Podcast, our little corner of DEV in which we share weekly interviews with tech professionals to give you supportive advice to further your development career.

This week we released our second episode of this season with Pau Labarta Bajo, Machine Learning Engineer and Educator at Real-World Machine Learning. We talk about what career paths lead to Machine Learning, why data is everything, and early career skill development.

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S27:E3 - Helping You Build Machine Learning Products (Pau Labarta Bajo)

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At the end of each episode we have four main questions we ask our guests, then I bring my favorite question of the week over here, where we can chat all about it.

This week's question is: "What was your first coding project?"

Pau had a great response, which you'll have to tune in to hear fully, about his first project building a natural language-processing model to automate customer support tickets. In his words, "It was a disaster". As it goes, our best projects are sometimes complete failures, which turn into great stories and learning experiences.

So without further ado, please tell me your first coding project! Was it a disaster or complete win? How long did it take you? Do you still stand by it?

See ya next week with our new episode.

What is the best advice you have ever received?: CodeNewbie Podcast

Rachel Fazio — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:45:00 +0000

Hey hey hey! Welcome back to CodeNewbie Podcast, our little corner of DEV in which we share weekly interviews with tech professionals to give you supportive advice to further your development career.

Last week we released our second episode of this season with @aaspinwall, Frontend Engineer at Amazon. In this episode we discussed music, the importance of adaptability, career shifts, bootcamp, and AI toolkits, oh my!

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S27:E2 - The Journey from Sound Engineer to Software Engineer (Alejandro Aspinwall)

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At the end of each episode we have four main questions we ask our guests. You'll have to tune in to hear the full answers, but in the meantime, I would love to hear y'alls responses to my favorite question in the roundup this week.

This week's question is: "What is the best advice you've ever received?"

I quite liked what Alejandro shared with us, so have opted to loosely paraphrase it for y'all for inspiration:

“I had a teacher in university and every time we would ask ‘are we doing it well’ or ‘can we have some feedback for this’. He used to say, 'I don’t know! Think about it. Are you doing it well? Are you having fun? Is it the right way to do it?'. It was very hard for me to understand and I thought he was trolling me, but then I thought, I should try to understand these questions more instead of trying to figure them out from an absolute perspective.

Just trust yourself a little more.

Sometimes there is no right answer for things.”

So without further ado, let me know the best advice you've ever received.

See ya tomorrow with our new episode.

The Journey from Sound Engineer to Software Engineer: CodeNewbie Podcast

Rachel Fazio — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 23:10:02 +0000

Hey hey hey!

If you are new here, hello and welcome! It's me Rachel, and I am here today with CodeNewbie Podcast, where we come to you weekly with an interview with a tech professional, sharing supportive advice for newbies in tech.

Let's get into it.

Our second episode of this season just came out with our host @saronyitbarek and @aaspinwall, Frontend Engineer at Amazon.

You’ll hear how Alejandro began his career deeply immersed in the world of music and what led him to transition to tech. He emphasizes the importance of adaptability in his career shift and provides insights into how coding bootcamps played a pivotal role in his development.

Additionally, Alejandro explores the impact of artificial intelligence in his work, particularly discussing how AI tools have become an integral part of his coding toolkit. His experiences offer valuable perspectives on the practical use of AI in software engineering, and his story sheds light on the evolving nature of tech careers and the increasing role of AI in the industry.

To see more of Alejandro's work, you can visit his website here.

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S27:E2 - The Journey from Sound Engineer to Software Engineer (Alejandro Aspinwall)

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We will see you next week for more of Season 27!!!! Wooo!!!!

If you are eager for more podcast-discussions, I also run Podcast Palooza on Mondays to share your favorite podcast-related content!

Sincerely,
Rachel from the DEV and CodeNewbie Teams
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What is the worst advice you've ever received?: CodeNewbie Podcast

Rachel Fazio — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:43:00 +0000

Hey y'all! Welcome to CodeNewbie Podcast, our little corner of DEV in which we share weekly interviews with tech professionals to give you supportive advice to further your development career.

Last week we released our first episode of this season with @shawnbasquiat, all about the influx of AI's impact on job hunts, keeping an open mind, and reframing our scope for networking.

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S27:E1 - Nurturing Relationships for AI Excellence (Shawn Charles)

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The question is: "What is the worst advice you've ever received?"

Shawn shared with us that in his opinion, saying "I can't" when someone gives you advice is the worst. Not only does this hold back the conversation, but it fails at providing an opportunity for growth. He posits that instead of "I can't", we can instead ask the question "how can I?".

Let me know the worst advice you've ever received, I'd love to hear it. 🤪 Have a great rest of your day y'all!

See ya tomorrow with our new episode as well.

Nurturing Relationships for AI Excellence

Rachel Fazio — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:43:18 +0000

Hey y'all!

If you are new here, hello and welcome! I am here today with CodeNewbie Podcast, where we come to you weekly with an interview with a tech professional, sharing supportive advice for newbies in tech.

What's not to like!

Our first episode of CodeNewbie Podcast Season 27 is out now with Shawn Charles, Developer Advocate from The Hunt.

Happy first day of Season 27! 🎉✨

Shawn tells us more about his journey into tech by maintaining websites for local businesses, what inspired him to do bootcamp, and his advice for finding a career in an AI-predominant job field.

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S27:E1 - Nurturing Relationships for AI Excellence (Shawn Charles)

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We will see you next week for more of our AI-themed Season of CodeNewbie Podcast.

If you are eager for more podcast-discussions, tune in over at Podcast Palooza on Mondays to share your favorite content!

Sincerely,
Rachel from the DEV and CodeNewbie Teams
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What are you learning about this weekend? 🧠

Michael Tharrington — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000

Hey hey!

What's everybody up to this weekend? Learning anything new?

Whether you're sharpening your JS skills, making PRs to your OSS repo of choice 😉, sprucing up your portfolio, or writing a new post here on DEV, we'd like to hear about it.

Also, totally cool if you're just taking the weekend to relax and unwind. Don't forget to give yourself that time.