EP95 – "Programming's gateway drug" with Samantha Geitz
Should you double down on your strengths, or learn something new?
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This is a great chat with Samantha Geitz, a Senior Developer at
Tighten, and the founder of
BetaFish.
Topics in this episode:
- Should "business/marketing" people learn programming?
- What's the difference between messing around and being a serious programmer?
- Do regular programmers Google for answers?
- Why English Majors can make great programmers.
- If you want to learn hard things, do you need to be in a classroom?
- Why should take a mental health day when you need it.
Announcement:
- Want to speak at a tech conference? I'm doing class called "public speaking for geeks." More info here.
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Justin Jackson
⚡ Bootstrapping, podcasting, calm companies, business ethics. Co-founder of @transistorfm (podcast hosting).
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