I had a chat this week with Laura Watkins of Rackspace about what it means to be a programmer, how to translate your background -whatever it may be- into a future in tech, and why a bootcamp may not be the best way to do that.  Hear about her experience as a Hackbright fellow and why she thinks that for some, self study might be a better option. Laura offers a ton of insight and candid advice for coding newcomers. I do have to apologize for a couple of odd audio moments because, you know…Skype.

You can find and follow Laura on Twitter @pinkyswearing. 

Show notes:

Laura’s Twitter Feed

Rackspace Cloud Storage

Object Rocket 30 Day Trial

Hackbright Academy

Learn Code the Hard Way

Zed Shaw on Code Newbie Podcast

Codecademy – Python

r/Daily Programmer

Mindy Kaling’s Office Cred

 

Music from Creative Commons: PolyXploit ft. TEM Deep-Funk Remix, Echosmith – Cool Kids Remix

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