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In this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Per Borgen. Per is the co-founder and CEO of Scrimba.
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Links we talk about during the interview:
Per's HTML + CSS course: freecodecamp.org/news/learn-html-and-css-from-the-ceo-of-scrimba
Per's JavaScript course: freecodecamp.org/news/full-javascript-course-for-beginners
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In this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Per Borgen. Per is the co-founder and CEO of Scrimba.
Be sure to follow The freeCodeCamp podcast in your favorite podcast app. And share this podcast with a friend. Let's inspire more folks to learn to code and build careers for themselves in tech.
Links we talk about during the interview:
Per's HTML + CSS course: freecodecamp.org/news/learn-html-and-css-from-the-ceo-of-scrimba
Per's JavaScript course: freecodecamp.org/news/full-javascript-course-for-beginners
🎉 Thanks to our Champion and Sponsor supporters:
👾 davthecoder
👾 jedi-or-sith
👾 南宮千影
👾 Agustín Kussrow
👾 Nattira Maneerat
👾 Heather Wcislo
👾 Serhiy Kalinets
👾 Justin Hual
👾 Otis Morgan
👾 Oscar Rahnama
--
Learn to code for free and get a developer job: freecodecamp.org
Read hundreds of articles on programming: freecodecamp.org/news
![Open Source is Changing. Quincy interviews Jerod Santo, host of The Changelog [Podcast #125]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vfcqsP99U90/hqdefault.jpg "Open Source is Changing. Quincy interviews Jerod Santo, host of The Changelog [Podcast #125]
On this weeks episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Jerod Santo, host of The Changelog, a podcast about open source software development that has been going strong for 15 years.
Jerod is plugged in to the world of Open Source, going to all the big conferences and interviewing all the big open source creators.
We have a fun, wide-reaching conversation about some of the current issues facing open source, such as AI models and Relicensing – essentially, a big company closed-sourcing a previously open source project after they buy out its creator. (Fun fact: this cant happen to freeCodeCamp because charities cannot be bought or sold.)
I ask Jerod about:
- his life as a remote dev in Omaha, Nebraska, raising his 6 his kids
- the Changelog News podcast with its weekly 10 minutes of updates on the world of open source
- his process, and how he researches and surfaces interesting news for his show
- and how The Changelog commissioned 3 full albums worth of music over the years, which you can stream for free.
Can you guess what bass line Im playing during the intro? Its from a 1984 pop classic.
Be sure to follow The freeCodeCamp podcast in your favorite podcast app. And share this podcast with a friend. Lets inspire more folks to learn to code and build careers for themselves in tech.
Also, I want to thank the 9,331 kind people who support our charity each month, and who make this podcast possible. You can join them and support our mission at: https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate
Links we talk about during our conversation:
- Jerods weekly Changelog News podcast that you should totally subscribe to (its free): https://changelog.com/news
- Jerod and Adam interview the head of the Open Source Initiative on AI models and open source, which he and I discussed during this podcast: https://changelog.com/podcast/578
- Changelog Beats: https://changelog.com/beats
- And of course, my interview with Jerod and Adam about their developer journeys, and the history of The Changelog on its 10th anniversary: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/open-source-moves-fast-10-years-of-the-changelog/")
![Special Ed Teacher turned Sysadmin and AWS Hero Hiroko Nishimura [Podcast #140]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vgdhty5gTmA/hqdefault.jpg "Special Ed Teacher turned Sysadmin and AWS Hero Hiroko Nishimura [Podcast #140]
On this weeks episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Hiroko Nishimura. Shes a special ed teacher turned system administrator turned technical instructor.
Hiroko grew up in Japan and moved to the US as a kid. In her early 20s, she was diagnosed with a vascular tumor in her brain. After life-saving surgery, she had to work to regain the ability to walk and talk. She still lives with disabilities to this day.
Despite this, shes gone on to author technical books, become an AWS hero, and create the popular AWS Newbies community. More than 500,000 people have taken her LinkedIn Learning course.
We talk about:
How Hiroko moved to the US as a kid and learned English and American culture
Hirokos vascular tumor diagnosis, and how she recovered from brain surgery and brain damage
Her big move to NYC and her years working as a system administrator and ultimately cloud engineer there
How she made the jump to teaching system administration full-time as a course creator
Can you guess what song Im playing on my bass during the intro? Its from a 1990 song by a Scottish rock band.
Also, I want to thank the 10,443 kind people who support our charity each month, and who make this podcast possible. You can join them and support our mission at: https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate
Links we talk about during our conversation:
Hiroko’s article about her brain surgery: https://hiroko.io/my-words/
Hirokos book AWS for non-engineers: https://www.manning.com/books/aws-for-non-engineers
Hirokos AWS course: https://introtoaws.com
And her AWS linktree: https://aws.hiroko.io
My history of the 100DaysOfCode challenge: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-crazy-history-of-the-100daysofcode-challenge-and-why-you-should-try-it-for-2018-6c89a76e298d/")
![Data Science and Sports Analytics Expert Ken Jee [Podcast #135]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y8owE6swaLw/hqdefault.jpg "Data Science and Sports Analytics Expert Ken Jee [Podcast #135]
On this weeks episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Ken Jee. Kens a Data Scientist. Hes also a Sports Analytics practitioner who works with US Team Golf and USA Basketball.
Ken hosts the excellent Kens Nearest Neighbors podcast and the Exponential Athlete podcast.
We talk about:
- How an injury pushed Ken out of pro sports and into data science
- How Ken explains his statistical insights to coaches and players to help them improve their performance
- Why Ken doesnt think building projects is all that useful anymore. Data Scientists should instead build products.
- How Ken starts and ends each day with meditation, and writes down all the ideas that pop into his head after each session.
- Kens observation that: Who is the best suited to excel in a world where AI tools are prominent? Probably the people who are building them. People in the data science domain, people who are coding – theyre the most prepared to use these tools for other things.
Can you guess what song Im playing on my bass during the intro? Its from a 2006 dance song, and it was originally played on a synth.
Also, I want to thank the 9,779 kind people who support our charity each month, and who make this podcast possible. You can join them and support our mission at: https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate
Links we talk about during our conversation:
Kens Nearest Neighbors Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpEJMMRoTIHJ8vG8q_EwqCg
The Exponential Athelete Podcast, also hosted by Ken: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAkSd12rP282takuFJKsAsYlHdpdEDhuE
The Founders podcast, which both Ken and Quincy listen to. James Dyson episode: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/88384801/senra-james-dyson-against-the-odds-an-autobiography
Anna Wintour episode: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/58741411/senra-326-anna-wintour
San Antonio caves that Quincy visited: https://naturalbridgecaverns.com/
Chapters
⌨️ (0:00:00) Introduction and Background
⌨️ (0:03:45) Early Days and Interest in Sports
⌨️ (0:07:17) Transition to Data Science
⌨️ (0:12:13) Return to Grad School and Introduction to Coding
⌨️ (0:15:59) Sports Analytics and Career Path
⌨️ (0:20:34) Psychological and Process Perspectives in Sports
⌨️ (0:24:48) The Symphony of Data Analytics in Sports
⌨️ (0:31:44) Learning Data Science and Kaggle
⌨️ (0:41:49) Understanding Data Science
⌨️ (0:42:23) The Tools and Specialization in Data Science
⌨️ (0:45:26) The Importance of Asking the Right Questions
⌨️ (0:51:13) Gaining Knowledge and Insights through Reading and Podcasts
⌨️ (0:58:53) The Power of an Outsiders Perspective
⌨️ (1:06:59) Enjoying Nature in Texas
⌨️ (1:15:32) Building Products for Others to Use
⌨️ (1:24:41) Introspection before Action for Career Satisfaction
⌨️ (1:25:16) Effective Communication of Statistical Concepts
⌨️ (1:32:29) The Value of Heuristics and Long-Form Content
⌨️ (1:40:48) Networking and Conferences in the Data Science Field
⌨️ (1:47:45) Optimism for the Future of Data Science")
