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S5E11: How to Get Into the Tech Industry With No Experience

35 min • 8 januari 2019

Sameer Syed works at Jigsaw, building technology to fight online censorship. He shares the steps he took to transition into tech from a totally unrelated field and gives advice on how others can do the same.

See the full show notes on the Learn to Code With Me website.

Senaste avsnitt

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S6E14: An Introduction to Data Privacy and Data Protection for Developers

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S6E13: Becoming a DevOps Engineer With No Experience and No Degree

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The End of Season 5

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S5E15: How to Choose the Best Laptop for Programming

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S5E14: How to Get Started as a Freelance Developer

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S5E13: 7 Emerging Technologies to Learn in 2019

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S5E12: How to Have a Successful Career in Product Design

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S5E11: How to Get Into the Tech Industry With No Experience

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S5E10: Time Management Tips to Help You Break into Tech

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S5E9: Why Tech Careers Are Great for Introverts and Extroverts

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S5E5: How to Come up with Coding Projects to Build

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S5E3: How to Decide What Programming Languages to Learn

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S5E1: How to Decide if Tech is For You (And What to Do Next)

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S4E17: Learning to Code While Working Full Time With a Family With Michael Tombor

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S4E15: How to Teach Yourself Data Science With David Venturi

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S5E11: How to Get Into the Tech Industry With No Experience

Senaste avsnitt

The End of Season 8

S8E8: From Film Student and Rugby Player to Startup Software Engineer with Michael Poage

S8E7: From Tutus to Tech: How a Ballerina Became a Front-End Developer With Kara Luton

S8E6: How to Code With Your Voice (No Typing Required) With Matt Wiethoff

S8E5: From Admin Assistant and Cancer Survivor to Software Developer With Stacey Graham

S8E4: From Washing Dishes to Managing Engineers: How Jesse Weigel Pivoted into a New Tech Career

S8E3: From Prison to Programming: How Nikkole Spurgeon Learned to Code While Incarcerated

S8E2: From Frying Chicken to Working at Google With Danny Thompson

S8E1: From Stay-At-Home Mom to Full-Time Front-End Developer With Phoebe Voong-Fadel

S8E0: Introducing Season 8 of the Learn to Code With Me Podcast

The End of Season 7

S7E8: Building a Robotics Career and the Impact of Mentorship with Camille Eddy

S7E7: From Glassblower to Software Developer using Free Coding Resources with Michael Pimentel

S7E6: An Unexpected Shift from Selling Beer to Coding Bootcamp with Caitlyn Greffly

S7E5: How a Passion for Patients turned this Pharmacist into a Software Developer with Newvick Lee

S7E4: An Introduction to Vue.js with Developer and Author Erik Hanchett

S7E3: How a Former Squarespace Developer Helps New Coders Build Strong Technical Resumes with Rebecca Garcia

S7E2: How an English Professor Became a Front-End Web Developer with Bekah Hawrot Weigel

S7E1: Making the Pivot from Pastor to Web Designer with Chris Misterek

S7E0: Introducing Season 7 of the Learn to Code With Me Podcast

The End of Season 6

S6E20: What It Takes to Launch a Successful Side Hustle

S6E19: An Introduction to Open Source Projects for Beginners

S6E18: Etsy Data Engineering Director Shares Her Experience of Inclusion in Tech

S6E17: From Newbie Coder to Google Software Engineer in Just 6 Months

S6E16: Falling into a Career in FinTech and Content Marketing

S6E15: The Rise of Coding Bootcamps (And How They Can Transform Your Career)

S6E14: An Introduction to Data Privacy and Data Protection for Developers

S6E13: Becoming a DevOps Engineer With No Experience and No Degree

S6E12: How a Stay-At-Home Mom Landed a Remote Junior Developer Position In Just 9 Months

S6E11: What Is a Hackathon and How Do You Prepare for One

S6E10: How to Use Personal Branding to Land a Job in Tech

S6E9: How to Learn Software Engineering Self-Taught vs College

S6E8: How to Market Yourself Online as a Niche Freelancer

S6E7: How to Combine Your Passions to Create Your Own Career in Tech

S6E6: Digital Literacy and the History of the Internet

S6E5: How One Airport Security Officer Became an IT Solutions Specialist

S6E4: Web Development, JavaScript and Building an Online Presence

Tech Toolbox 2019: The Fastest Way to Become a Developer (Even as a Beginner)

Tech Toolbox 2019: Learning to Code How Online Education Has Evolved

Tech Toolbox 2019: Jumpstart Your Freelance Developer Career

Tech Toolbox 2019: How to Learn Development Fundamentals

Tech Toolbox 2019: How to Find Your Tech Career Fit

S6E3: Why Accessibility Matters (According to a Totally Blind Programmer)

S6E2: Why Tech is the Perfect Industry for Working Moms

S6E1: How One Podcast Listener Became a Junior Dev (Without a College Degree)

S6E0: Introducing Season 6 of the Learn to Code With Me Podcast

Celebrating 100 Episodes of the LTCWM Podcast With Host Laurence Bradford

The End of Season 5

S5E20: How to Travel and Work Remotely Using Your Tech Skills

S5E19: How One Senior Developer Bounced Back From a Mental Breakdown

S5E18: Why You Should Learn to Code Even if You Don’t Want to Work in Tech

S5E17: How to Transition to a Tech Role Within Your Current Company

S5E16: How to Start Your Own Business

S5E15: How to Choose the Best Laptop for Programming

S5E14: How to Get Started as a Freelance Developer

S5E13: 7 Emerging Technologies to Learn in 2019

S5E12: How to Have a Successful Career in Product Design

S5E11: How to Get Into the Tech Industry With No Experience

Taking a Short Break for the Holidays

S5E10: Time Management Tips to Help You Break into Tech

S5E9: Why Tech Careers Are Great for Introverts and Extroverts

S5E8: How to Keep Going When Transitioning into Tech Gets Hard

S5E7: How to Make a Midlife Career Change Into Tech

S5E6: How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome When Working in Tech

S5E5: How to Come up with Coding Projects to Build

S5E4: How to Stay Motivated as You Learn to Code

S5E3: How to Decide What Programming Languages to Learn

S5E2: 14 Different Tech Careers That Could Be Your Next Job

S5E1: How to Decide if Tech is For You (And What to Do Next)

S5E0: Introducing Season 5 of the Learn to Code With Me Podcast

S4E21: The End of Season 4

S4E20: Projects and Portfolios: a Hands-on Approach to Learning to Code With Ashu Desai

S4E19: From Learning to Code on a Phone to Working for an MIT Startup With Elvis Chidera

S4E18: An Introduction to Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency With Chris Castiglione

S4E17: Learning to Code While Working Full Time With a Family With Michael Tombor

S4E16: Coding Bootcamp or College Degree? With David Yang

S4E15: How to Teach Yourself Data Science With David Venturi