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The Front End: S2-E4 - James Tucker

Welcome to The Front End's fourth episode in season 2.

Joining us this time it's rising Twitter star James Tucker who talks 'getting into dev' and how his career made a sharp turn from one possible future to a life as a full stack developer.

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In this episode

James is a full stack developer based in Minneapolis currently working at Soona Studios.

He loves Vue and Rails, and tweeting about tech, startups and big ideas.

James talks about his love of the web and how he moved from a potential career as a pastor into web development. He also shares some tips and advice on how to get started in development and his experiences to date.

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