Salt City Code - Episodes Tagged with “Entrepreneurship”

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.

Connect with Max

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.

--- 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

jswebbdevelopment.com | Twitter | Instagram | E-mail

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Special Guest: Max Matthews.

Mo Morsi: From Red Hat to Dev Null

Salt City Code — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:00:00 -0500

I think a hacker is defined as someone that has a passion for a particular topic or a particular subject field. Whether it's computers or electronics, whether it's history or art, we can all consider ourselves hackers of our own passions.

Hosts Karin Thorne and Kelly Corey chat with Mo Morsi about founding the Syracuse Innovators Guild and his journey from working at Red Hat to starting his own XRP blockchain company. We also pitch a couple of new ideas for Syracuse tech community Meetups and Mo shares why Ruby is still his favorite programming language.

Connect with Mo

mo.morsi.org | Presentations | GitHub | Syracuse Hackers

Dev Null Productions

devnull.network | NYC XRP Meetup | XRP1ntel.com

Episode References

NetHack | iogames | Sonic Pi

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: Mo Morsi.

Doug Crescenzi: Network Effects

Salt City Code — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:00:00 -0500

> If we risk messing with things too much...I think we could risk reducing some of that community building side, right? And I think if we wanna get more of these outcomes, we need to really value and do whatever we can to amplify the network effects that come from the community we're building.

Kelly and Karin chat with Doug Crescenzi, co-founder of Hack Upstate and Upstate Interactive, about his journey from academia to entrepreneurship, how he helped launch the Careers in Code program, and the importance of connecting with your local tech community. We also talk about making opportunities available for people to advance in their tech journeys and suggest a couple of ideas for future Syracuse tech meetups.

This episode is part I of our new 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.

Audio Note

This is our first episode recorded remotely, and Kelly didn't realize until editing the episode that she was recording with the wrong microphone. Our apologies for the audio quality on her end. It will be fixed for next time!

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LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Upstate Interactive

Interested in custom software development and working with blockchain? Click here to read the latest from Upstate Interactive and follow them on Medium for more!

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Music

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

Follow Karin

kethorne.com | Twitter | Instagram | E-mail

JSWebb Development, LLC

jswebbdevelopment.com | Twitter | Instagram | E-mail

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kell.dev | Twitter | Instagram | E-mail

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Special Guest: Doug Crescenzi.