web02.fireside.fm Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:01:35 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Salt City Code - Episodes Tagged with “Melissa Schmitz” https://www.saltcitycode.com/tags/melissa%20schmitz Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:00:00 -0500 Welcome to Salt City Code, the podcast that aims to bridge the gap and foster connections within the tech community in Syracuse, NY and beyond. Hosted by Karin Thorne and Kaitlyn Warboy, this podcast dives deep into the world of technology and coding, exploring the diverse perspectives and experiences of local tech leaders. In each episode, Karin and Kaitlyn invite a range of guests, from tech enthusiasts to seasoned professionals, to share their insights, knowledge, and stories. Through engaging conversations, they uncover the unique aspects that make technology and coding an integral part of the vibrant Salt City community. Listeners can expect to hear discussions about emerging technologies, innovative projects, and the latest trends shaping the tech landscape. They also explore the impact of technology on various industries and discuss the opportunities and challenges it brings. Whether you're an aspiring coder, a tech professional, or simply curious about the ever-evolving world of technology, Salt City Code offers valuable insights, practical advice, and inspiring stories. Join Karin and Kaitlyn as they connect with the local tech scene, provide a platform for sharing expertise, and inspire the growth and collaboration of the tech community in Syracuse and beyond. en-us episodic A podcast by and for the Syracuse tech community Salt City Code Welcome to Salt City Code, the podcast that aims to bridge the gap and foster connections within the tech community in Syracuse, NY and beyond. Hosted by Karin Thorne and Kaitlyn Warboy, this podcast dives deep into the world of technology and coding, exploring the diverse perspectives and experiences of local tech leaders. In each episode, Karin and Kaitlyn invite a range of guests, from tech enthusiasts to seasoned professionals, to share their insights, knowledge, and stories. Through engaging conversations, they uncover the unique aspects that make technology and coding an integral part of the vibrant Salt City community. Listeners can expect to hear discussions about emerging technologies, innovative projects, and the latest trends shaping the tech landscape. They also explore the impact of technology on various industries and discuss the opportunities and challenges it brings. Whether you're an aspiring coder, a tech professional, or simply curious about the ever-evolving world of technology, Salt City Code offers valuable insights, practical advice, and inspiring stories. Join Karin and Kaitlyn as they connect with the local tech scene, provide a platform for sharing expertise, and inspire the growth and collaboration of the tech community in Syracuse and beyond. no tech, syracuse, interviews, web development, code, salt city, women in tech, stem, women in stem Salt City Code saltcitycode@gmail.com Melissa Schmitz: A Giant Debugging Rubber Duck https://www.saltcitycode.com/melissa-schmitz-a-giant-debugging-rubber-duck 7fee21cc-63c8-4bfe-85c7-24894217e38e Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:00:00 -0500 Salt City Code full Salt City Code Kelly and Karin sit down again with Melissa Schmitz as she shares more stories and advice about hackathons, her experience in a data science bootcamp, and how she leveraged her hackathon wins into a full-time career in tech. 42:15 no <blockquote> <p><strong><em>"I think that part of the reason that I got my job, or at least that they looked at my resume, was because I had a hackathon project that was an augmented reality game..."</em></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Kelly and Karin sit down again with Melissa Schmitz as she shares more stories and advice about hackathons, her experience in a data science bootcamp, and how she leveraged her hackathon wins into a full-time career in tech.</p> <p>Connect with Melissa: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmitzmelissa/" rel="nofollow noopener">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/@schmitzmelissa" rel="nofollow noopener">Medium</a></p> <p>Click <a href="https://devpost.com/software/the-mighty-ducks" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a> to learn more about The Mighty Ducks, an augmented reality game Melissa worked on, at Hack Upstate XII!</p> <hr> <p><strong>Music</strong></p> <p>This episode features <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mela/Mela_two" rel="nofollow noopener">"Brain Power"</a> by Mela from the album <em>Mela two</em>. <br> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" rel="nofollow noopener"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png"></a><br>This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" rel="nofollow noopener">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License</a>.</p> <hr> <p><strong>Follow Karin</strong></p> <p>Personal Site: <a href="http://www.kethorne.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">kethorne.com</a><br> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/karin_thorne/" rel="nofollow noopener">karin_thorne</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kaythorne" rel="nofollow noopener">kaythorne</a><br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:contact@kethorne.com" rel="nofollow noopener">contact@kethorne.com</a></p> <p>Business: [JS Webb Development LLC](jswebbdevelopment.com)<br> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jswebbdev/" rel="nofollow noopener">jswebbdev</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JSWebb_Dev" rel="nofollow noopener">@JSWebb_Dev</a><br> Business E-mail: <a href="mailto:JSWebbDevelopment@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">JSWebbDevelopment@gmail.com</a></p> <hr> <p><strong>Follow Kelly</strong></p> <p>Personal Site:<a href="https://kell.dev/" rel="nofollow noopener"> kell.dev</a><br> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kellytoearth/" rel="nofollow noopener">kellytoearth</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kellytoearth" rel="nofollow noopener">@kellytoearth</a><br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:hello@kell.dev" rel="nofollow noopener">hello@kell.dev</a></p> <hr> <p><strong>Follow Salt City Code</strong></p> <p>Site: <a href="https://www.saltcitycode.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.saltcitycode.com/</a><br> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saltcitycode/" rel="nofollow noopener">saltcitycode</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/saltcitycode" rel="nofollow noopener">@saltcitycode</a><br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:saltcitycode@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">saltcitycode@gmail.com</a> Special Guest: Melissa Schmitz.</p> coding bootcamp, tech, women in tech, computers, web development, hack upstate, syracuse, salt city, careers in code, women in stem, hackathons, augmented reality, virtual reality

"I think that part of the reason that I got my job, or at least that they looked at my resume, was because I had a hackathon project that was an augmented reality game..."

Kelly and Karin sit down again with Melissa Schmitz as she shares more stories and advice about hackathons, her experience in a data science bootcamp, and how she leveraged her hackathon wins into a full-time career in tech.

Connect with Melissa: LinkedIn | Medium

Click here to learn more about The Mighty Ducks, an augmented reality game Melissa worked on, at Hack Upstate XII!

Music

This episode features "Brain Power" by Mela from the album Mela two.
Creative Commons License
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Personal Site: kethorne.com
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Business: [JS Webb Development LLC](jswebbdevelopment.com)
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Twitter: @JSWebb_Dev
Business E-mail: JSWebbDevelopment@gmail.com

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Special Guest: Melissa Schmitz.

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"I think that part of the reason that I got my job, or at least that they looked at my resume, was because I had a hackathon project that was an augmented reality game..."

Kelly and Karin sit down again with Melissa Schmitz as she shares more stories and advice about hackathons, her experience in a data science bootcamp, and how she leveraged her hackathon wins into a full-time career in tech.

Connect with Melissa: LinkedIn | Medium

Click here to learn more about The Mighty Ducks, an augmented reality game Melissa worked on, at Hack Upstate XII!

Music

This episode features "Brain Power" by Mela from the album Mela two.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Follow Karin

Personal Site: kethorne.com
Instagram: karin_thorne
Twitter: kaythorne
E-mail: contact@kethorne.com

Business: [JS Webb Development LLC](jswebbdevelopment.com)
Instagram: jswebbdev
Twitter: @JSWebb_Dev
Business E-mail: JSWebbDevelopment@gmail.com

Follow Kelly

Personal Site: kell.dev
Instagram: kellytoearth
Twitter: @kellytoearth
E-mail: hello@kell.dev

Follow Salt City Code

Site: https://www.saltcitycode.com/
Instagram: saltcitycode
Twitter: @saltcitycode
E-mail: saltcitycode@gmail.com

Special Guest: Melissa Schmitz.

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]]> Melissa Schmitz: From Hackathon Winner to Working Professional https://www.saltcitycode.com/melissa-schmitz-from-hackathon-winner-to-working-professional 7fcd021a-5bf7-40d7-afa3-6449734df44f Tue, 10 Dec 2019 17:00:00 -0500 Salt City Code full Salt City Code Karin and Kelly chat with Melissa Schmitz about what it's like to win a hackathon, her experience working with virtual reality, and her decision to pivot from natural science to data science. 41:27 no <blockquote> <p><strong><em>"The point of it is not always to make a business, of course. It's to have that experience."</em></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Karin and Kelly chat with Melissa Schmitz about what it's like to win a hackathon, her experience working with virtual reality, and her decision to pivot from natural science to data science. </p> <p>Topics discussed include: using virtual reality to train people on heavy equipment, how to succeed at your first hackathon, and building blocks of programming</p> <p>Follow Melissa on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/schmitzmelissa/" rel="nofollow noopener">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://medium.com/@schmitzmelissa" rel="nofollow noopener">Medium</a> for more!</p> <hr> <p>Click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc_nhP19q8A" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a> to watch a video about Raymond's Virtual Reality simulator.</p> <p>Melissa's team, MMA, won Hack Upstate X! Read about their project <a href="https://medium.com/@hackupstate/hack-upstate-x-the-results-are-in-b1a58514a866" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.</p> <hr> <p>Our theme is "Enthusiast" by Tours. Listen to the full song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQWZSK_Pkxs" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>!</p> <hr> <p><strong>Follow Karin</strong></p> <p>Personal Site: kethorne.com<br> Instagram: karin_thorne<br> Twitter: kaythorne<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:contact@kethorne.com" rel="nofollow noopener">contact@kethorne.com</a></p> <p>Business: [JS Webb Development LLC](jswebbdevelopment.com)<br> Instagram: jswebbdev<br> Twitter: @JSWebb_Dev<br> Business E-mail: <a href="mailto:JSWebbDevelopment@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">JSWebbDevelopment@gmail.com</a></p> <hr> <p><strong>Follow Kelly</strong></p> <p>Personal Site: kell.dev<br> Instagram: kellytoearth<br> Twitter: @kellytoearth<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:hello@kell.dev" rel="nofollow noopener">hello@kell.dev</a></p> <hr> <p><strong>Follow Salt City Code</strong></p> <p>Site: <a href="http://www.saltcitycode.com" rel="nofollow noopener">www.saltcitycode.com</a><br> Instagram: saltcitycode<br> Twitter: saltcitycode<br> E-mail: <a href="mailto:saltcitycode@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">saltcitycode@gmail.com</a></p> <p>--- Special Guest: Melissa Schmitz.</p> coding bootcamp, tech, women in tech, computers, web development, hack upstate, syracuse, salt city, careers in code, women in stem

"The point of it is not always to make a business, of course. It's to have that experience."

Karin and Kelly chat with Melissa Schmitz about what it's like to win a hackathon, her experience working with virtual reality, and her decision to pivot from natural science to data science.

Topics discussed include: using virtual reality to train people on heavy equipment, how to succeed at your first hackathon, and building blocks of programming

Follow Melissa on LinkedIn and Medium for more!

Click here to watch a video about Raymond's Virtual Reality simulator.

Melissa's team, MMA, won Hack Upstate X! Read about their project here.

Our theme is "Enthusiast" by Tours. Listen to the full song here!

Follow Karin

Personal Site: kethorne.com
Instagram: karin_thorne
Twitter: kaythorne
E-mail: contact@kethorne.com

Business: [JS Webb Development LLC](jswebbdevelopment.com)
Instagram: jswebbdev
Twitter: @JSWebb_Dev
Business E-mail: JSWebbDevelopment@gmail.com

Follow Kelly

Personal Site: kell.dev
Instagram: kellytoearth
Twitter: @kellytoearth
E-mail: hello@kell.dev

Follow Salt City Code

Site: www.saltcitycode.com
Instagram: saltcitycode
Twitter: saltcitycode
E-mail: saltcitycode@gmail.com

Special Guest: Melissa Schmitz.

Sponsored By:

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"The point of it is not always to make a business, of course. It's to have that experience."

Karin and Kelly chat with Melissa Schmitz about what it's like to win a hackathon, her experience working with virtual reality, and her decision to pivot from natural science to data science.

Topics discussed include: using virtual reality to train people on heavy equipment, how to succeed at your first hackathon, and building blocks of programming

Follow Melissa on LinkedIn and Medium for more!

Click here to watch a video about Raymond's Virtual Reality simulator.

Melissa's team, MMA, won Hack Upstate X! Read about their project here.

Our theme is "Enthusiast" by Tours. Listen to the full song here!

Follow Karin

Personal Site: kethorne.com
Instagram: karin_thorne
Twitter: kaythorne
E-mail: contact@kethorne.com

Business: [JS Webb Development LLC](jswebbdevelopment.com)
Instagram: jswebbdev
Twitter: @JSWebb_Dev
Business E-mail: JSWebbDevelopment@gmail.com

Follow Kelly

Personal Site: kell.dev
Instagram: kellytoearth
Twitter: @kellytoearth
E-mail: hello@kell.dev

Follow Salt City Code

Site: www.saltcitycode.com
Instagram: saltcitycode
Twitter: saltcitycode
E-mail: saltcitycode@gmail.com

Special Guest: Melissa Schmitz.

Sponsored By:

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