Salt City Code - Episodes Tagged with “Engineer”

Ryan Gaus: Open Source Success

Salt City Code — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:00:00 -0400

> If you have a mixture of getting lucky and have a little bit of talent at doing this sort of stuff, you could have an idea that maybe has some success. And I'll say, if you roll a die enough times, you'll at least get a minor success.

Hosts Karin Thorne and Kelly Corey continue the conversation with Ryan Gaus and discuss the success of his open source project, Backstroke. We also chat about where to host your projects online and Ryan tells about what he's building in his workshop.

This episode is part VI of our series: Catching Up with Careers in Code! We chat with founders, instructors/TAs, and students of the first CiC cohort about their experience and where they'd like to see the program go in the future.

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Episode References

Backstroke | Adam Savage's Definition of Maker

Special Announcement

As of April 7, 2020, Salt City Code will be switching from a weekly to a biweekly episode format. Karin and Kelly feel this will be the best way to balance our personal and professional lives while continuing to run the podcast. Thank you all so much for listening and sharing your tech journeys with us!

Music

This episode features "Brain Power" by Mela from the album Mela two.

--- Special Guest: Ryan Gaus.

Ryan Gaus: Affect Your Surroundings

Salt City Code — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:00:00 -0400

> I would say using teaching as a way to get better at something is a really good approach. And I would say that if you don't have a lot of knowledge, you shouldn't think you can't teach. I'm very much a proponent of ... being able to take ideas you have and using them to kind of affect your surroundings. And I think that teaching is a great way to do that.

Hosts Karin Thorne and Kelly Corey chat with Ryan Gaus about choosing to work for a software company instead of going to college, his experience teaching at Careers in Code, and his journey as a self-taught developer. Ryan also shouts out some past attendees of the OpenHack Meetup and talks to us about a cool project he's working on with his mom.

This episode is part V of our series: Catching Up with Careers in Code! We chat with founders, instructors/TAs, and students of the first CiC cohort about their experience and where they'd like to see the program go in the future.

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rgaus.net | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter

Episode References

Strandbeest | Linear Algebra course on MITOpenCourseware

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Music

This episode features "Brain Power" by Mela from the album Mela two.

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--- Special Guest: Ryan Gaus.

Max Matthews: Work Backwards

Salt City Code — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:00:00 -0400

> My big advice is...work backwards. Because it's so easy to learn all these tiny little concepts in programming. And it's cool and you're excited while you're doing it but at the end of the day, it's not an end result. And so, my big advice is have your end goal. Figure out where you want to end up and then work your way backwards from there.

Hosts Karin Thorne and Kelly Corey continue their conversation with Max Matthews and take a deeper dive into his experiences teaching at Start Fast Code and Careers in Code. Max shares his advice for someone looking to get started in programming and how to find a mentor to help along the way.

This episode is part IV of our series: Catching Up with Careers in Code! We chat with founders, instructors/TAs, and students of the first CiC cohort about their experience and where they'd like to see the program go in the future.

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maxmatthe.ws | LinkedIn | Twitter | Medium | Tuzag

Mentorship

Are you looking for a mentor to help improve your skills as a developer? Fill out the Contact form at maxmatthe.ws and Max will be happy to chat with you!

Music

This episode features "Brain Power" by Mela from the album Mela two.

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--- Special Guest: Max Matthews.

Max Matthews: Hacker, Entrepreneur, Mentor

Salt City Code — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 18:00:00 -0400

I think a lot of people, when they hear "hacker", they think cybersecurity or issues on their phone. Really, the original term "hacker" was someone who solved problems and just threw things together to fix something.

Hosts Karin Thorne and Kelly Corey chat with Max Matthews about his experience incorporating a business at age 16, what he considers to be the difference between a developer and an engineer, and what it's like to be on both sides of the self-taught/formal education divide in tech. We also dive into Max's stints working as an instructor for local tech bootcamps Start Fast Code and Careers in Code.

This episode is part III of our series: Catching Up with Careers in Code! We chat with founders, instructors/TAs, and students of the first CiC cohort about their experience and where they'd like to see the program go in the future.

Connect with Max

maxmatthe.ws | LinkedIn | Twitter | Medium

Music

This episode features "Brain Power" by Mela from the album Mela two.

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JSWebb Development, LLC

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Special Guest: Max Matthews.