204 JSJ Free Code Camp with Quincy Larson
JavaScript Jabber - A podcast by AJ ONeal, Charles Max Wood, Aimee Knight, Dan Shappir, Steve Edwards, Christopher Buecheler, Dave Smith, JC Hiatt, Chris Ferdinandi, Steve Emmerich, Joe Eames, Aaron Frost, Tim Caswell, Cory House, Christian Liebel, Ward Bell, Tracy Lee, Jamison D... - Tuesdays
Categories:
03:10 - Quincy Larson Introduction
03:20 - Free Code Camp
04:47 - Quincy’s Background
06:43 - Curriculum and Non-Profit Projects
09:47 - Keeping the Curriculum Updated
10:30 - Enrollment; Starting & Finishing
12:20 - Resources for Learning
15:39 - Funding
16:06 - Working Through a Self-Paced System vs Structure
17:17 - Nonprofits
19:51 - Learning to Work on Non-Greenfield Code
21:47 - Getting Hired After the Program
23:21 - Marketing and Media
26:07 - Sustaining Living While Running This Program
27:31 - The Future of Free Code Camp
28:34 - Long-term Sustainability
29:44 - Hypothetical Monetization and Contribution
33:51 - Coding as a form of art or function?
36:55 - Partnerships
37:53 - Making Free Code Camp More Effective
39:18 - Criticism?
40:29 - Curriculum Development and Evolution
43:02 - Is Free Code Camp for everybody?
- Read, Search, Ask
46:09 - The Community
51:07 - Getting Involved in Free Code Camp
Picks
Our Greatest Fear — Marianne Williamson (AJ)
The Rabbit Joint - The Legend of Zelda (AJ)
Nintendo (Twilight Princess HD Soundtrack) (AJ)
Steve Wozniak: The early days @ TEDxBerkeley (AJ)
Favor of the Pharaoh (Joe)
The Goldbergs (Joe)
The Best Podcast Rap (Chuck)
Word Swag (Chuck)
Cecily Carver: Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Learning How to Code (Quincy)
Code for the Kingdom (Aimee)
diff-so-fancy (Aimee)
