DEV Community: Lee Ngo

"Stumbling into Dev Management" with James Stanier of Shopify | Educative Sessions

Lee Ngo — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:24:09 +0000

Dr. James Stanier never intended to become a manager, let alone a Director or VP. He certainly never intended to publish a book about it either! Dr. Stanier shares his story from doing a Ph.D. to failing to get an academic job to joining a start-up which grew rapidly through numerous venture capital investment rounds. After reading lots of books on management in the "business" world, he applied what he knew to help shape the Engineering department at Brandwatch and now Shopify.

Listen to the podcast HERE: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-j99e5-10a558d

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud3yST_f0qQ

#71: "I Bought a School Bus to Learn Code" with Roxanne Agerone of Salesforce | Educative Sessions

Lee Ngo — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:33:35 +0000

Roxanne Agerone went from working in chemistry to working in software over the course of the year. After being accepted into a prestigious coding program Seattle, Roxanne sold everything she owned, bought a school bus, packed it full of everything that was left, and drove across the country. It has been four years of software development, and she loves it. (No, Roxanne doesn't still live in a bus, but it was a great adventure and so worth it.)

WATCH HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9RspXeuZj4
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zzpdt-10a09dc

More episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/EducativeSessions/
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“Accidentally Into Code” with Daphnie Ozioma of Flexisaf | Educative Sessions

Lee Ngo — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 20:11:48 +0000

Daphnie Ozioma graduated from university in Nigeria with a focus on microbiology in 2018, but after graduation, she decided to attend a coding bootcamp instead and become a program manager. When she got there, Daphnie discovered there was no PM tutor, so she opted for web development where she learned the basics of HTML and CSS. For her mandatory National Youth Service Corps in November 2019. Daphnie applied as a developer to Flexisaf (an EduTech company) for her service year and she got retained as a junior developer afterwards.

Watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/HwwbvtniogI
Listen to the podcast: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-yyjx8-10984e2

A Marine's Giant Leap into Code

Lee Ngo — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:13:45 +0000

Edpresso by Educative contributor Chris Zichko (@zkoding) has a wild dream at the age of seven: he wanted to go to the moon. Every professional decision in life he made thus far has been in pursuit of that dream, from joining the Marine Corps to moving to Florida. Now, he’s a software developer who loves to automate his life.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xImxEQ_V0Es

Video: How to do UX Design Right

Lee Ngo — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:09:37 +0000

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXA5GRpYw0

Educative Season 1 Recap

Lee Ngo — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 20:58:01 +0000

In our first run of Educative Sessions, we finished 31 episodes over a period of 3 months! Here are highlights from most of those episodes and a call for anyone to join us for our next run of Sessions! Thank you for your support!

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More Sessions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT_8FqzTIr2Q1BOtvX_DPPw/?sub_confirmation=1
Listen to the Podcast: https://educativesessions.podbean.com

"'What's for lunch?' Building a 'Catered' Automated Script" with Wendy Grus of Hulu

Lee Ngo — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 17:27:49 +0000

At a previous company, Wendy Grus's work would bring in a mystery catered lunch every Friday. Mystery lunches did not work well for Wendy's array of food allergies. To resolve the issue, Wendy wrote a script to automatically email the lunch orderer in advance. The script took on a life of its own as more and more people found out that Wendy may possess pre-cognitive abilities specific to Friday's lunch...RSVP here

“I flunked out of a bootcamp. Now I'm one of its directors.” with Navira Abbasi of Galvanize

Lee Ngo — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 20:53:52 +0000

Navira Abbasi flunked out of Hack Reactor by failing the midterm technical test. Instead of doing the part-time remote program, she repeated the entire program and graduated. In less than two years, Navira became their Director of Evangelism. Join us as we hear her story of stubbornness, resilience, and discovering her own sense of self-worth.

https://lu.ma/navira-abbasi-1008

“The Little Big Bug That Almost Ruined My Career” with Tessa Mero of Cloudinary

Lee Ngo — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:56:12 +0000

At her first software engineering job, Tessa Mero had to travel to China to demo the app she built alone to her CEO. Hours before the meeting, she found a major reputation-destroying bug in the app and panicked. In this Session, Tessa will share what she did next - a critical lesson that reminds us all that "no one is an island," especially not in software development.

“What DevOps and Parenting Have in Common” with Dawn Parzych of LaunchDarkly

Lee Ngo — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:15:18 +0000

Two things converged in Dawn's life at the same time: DevOps and parenting. As she learned about various DevOps principles, Dawn realized I could also apply them to my parenting strategies. Hear Dawn share stories over the last six years about how DevOps frames her parenting adventures.

Happening on October 6 at 10am Pacific Time.

Register here: https://lu.ma/dawn-parzych-1006

Next Education Session (live webinar) starts at 10 am PT

Lee Ngo — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:01:46 +0000

After graduating from Berkeley, Jennifer Pham worked for her mother at her printing shop. After Jennifer's mom lost $10k in deposits to develop a website, she turned to her daughter out of desperation. Despite a language barrier with her mother, minimal coding experience, and serious imposter syndrome, Jennifer launched an e-commerce site that generated $10K per month just two years later, inspiring her to pursue a career in software development.

To Register: https://lu.ma/jennifer-pham-1002

"That is crazy. YOU are crazy!" with Daniele Bernardi of Twitter

Lee Ngo — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 19:15:33 +0000

Back when Daniele studied computer science in high school, he wanted to push the limits of technology. Operating under strict rules and a well-defined program, the teachers thought he was genuinely crazy. Come to hear how a series of rejections earned him a career with one of the most sought-after tech companies. To register: https://lu.ma/daniele-bernardi-0929