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CodeNewbie
CodeNewbie
The CodeNewbie podcast was born from CodeNewbie, an organization which fosters a supportive, international community of people learning to code. Each season, host Saron Yitbarek delivers stories and interviews from people of diverse backgrounds and expertise about their coding journeys, as well as beginner friendly discussions about the tech you should know about.
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48 min
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10 episodes
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S27:E8 - Learning AI (Matt Eland)
50 min
311/18/2025Meet Matt Eland, AI Specialist at Leading EDJE. Matt shares what sparked his passion for AI years ago, why he’s made the decision to go back to school for his master's degree and how he aims to continue spreading his expertise with the community. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Matt on Data Science Central Ohio .NET Developer Group Matt's Twitter Matt's GitHub Matt's LinkedIn Matt ElandMatt is a habitual learner, speaker, and author who seeks to learn new things and share them with others in the nerdiest ways possible. Matt is a Microsoft MVP in AI, runs 2 blogs, a YouTube channel, organizes the Central Ohio .NET Developer Group, is currently working on his second book, second course, and finishing his master's degree. We're told Matt occasionally sleeps as well.
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S27:E7 - Tech and Art (Chris Immel)
36 min
311/18/2025Meet Chris Immel, AI Engineer and Digital Artist at Luminifera Projects. Chris shares how he works to create a symbiosis between software development and art and why he remains optimistic when it comes to the AI revolution. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Chris' Instagram Chris' Website Chris' GitHub Chris' LinkedIn Chris ImmelChris is a seasoned software architect and engineer who has built a broad variety of systems and energetically contributed to a long series of software startups of all sizes. He believes deeply in the inevitability of the transformative effect of AI on human society, and wants to be part of making that a transformation for the better.
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S27:E6 - The Crossover of Health, Technology and Art (Daniel Bourke)
49 min
311/18/2025Meet Daniel Bourke, Founder of mrdbourke Studios and Founder of Nutrify. Daniel shares his experiences trying to learn to code four different times before it finally stuck, how he’s combining his passions for health, technology and art and the time he built his own machine learning roadmap. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Daniel's LinkedIn Daniel's Website ML Courses Nutrify Daniel's Twitter Daniel's LinkedIn Daniel BourkeDaniel is a writer who makes YouTube videos about the crossover of health, technology and art. His mission is to use AI to help people move more and eat better.
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S27:E5 - Navigating the AI Evolution (Chelsea Kaufman)
48 min
311/18/2025Meet Chelsea Kaufman, Founder and CEO of LEARN Academy Chelsea shares why her background in theater set her up perfectly to found LEARN Academy, an AI native coding bootcamp, how she’s seen the bootcamp landscape evolve over the years and what role she believes AI will play in the future of software development. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) AI-Native Developers program LEARN Academy Website LEARN Academy Twitter Chelsea KaufmanChelsea, a strategic people leader, has dedicated the past decade to workforce planning & development. As the founder and CEO of LEARN Academy and co-founder of the Software Residency, she has transformed the careers of countless individuals in the tech industry. Her work has also been instrumental in helping hundreds of companies establish and maintain a robust talent pipeline of software talent.
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S27:E4 - Living the Dream with AI (Rob Frelow)
47 min
311/18/2025Meet Rob Frelow, Co-founder & Chief AI Officer at The Storygraph. Rob shares how a trip in his friend’s Tesla led him to enroll in his first AI course, how he broke into AI later in his career and his experience truly living the dream waking up each morning excited to dive into AI and his work at Storygraph. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Fast.ai Course Reddit ChatGPT Large Language Models The StoryGraph Rob's Twitter Rob FrelowRob is the Co-founder and Chief AI Officer at The Storygraph. He is responsible for all of the machine learning and AI that powers The StoryGraph, along with the backend infrastructure for the app and website.
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S27:E3 - Helping You Build Machine Learning Products (Pau Labarta Bajo)
46 min
311/18/2025Meet Pau Bajo, Machine Learning Engineer and Educator at Real-World Machine Learning. Pau talks to Saron about transitioning from working daily in Excel to Python, why data is everything, and what skills early developers need to foster if they want a career in machine learning. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Machine Learning Python Pau's GitHub Pau's Instagram Pau's Twitter Pau Labarta BajoPau is a Mathematician turned Machine Learning Engineer, turned Machine Learning educator. He creates hands-on content about Real-World Machine Learning and shares it with the world almost always for free and sometimes “for a fee” because he has a mortgage to pay. He tries to make people laugh too. The mortgage thing is not a joke.
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S27:E2 - The Journey from Sound Engineer to Software Engineer (Alejandro Aspinwall)
44 min
311/18/2025In this week’s episode, we explore the journey of Alejandro Aspinwall, a Frontend Engineer at Amazon. You’ll hear how Alejandro began his career deeply immersed in the world of music and what led him to transition to the world of tech. He emphasizes the importance of adaptability in his career shift and provides insights into how coding bootcamps played a pivotal role in his development. Additionally, Alejandro explores the impact of artificial intelligence in his work, particularly discussing how AI tools have become an integral part of his coding toolkit. His experiences offer valuable perspectives on the practical use of AI in software engineering, and his story sheds light on the evolving nature of tech careers and the increasing role of AI in the industry. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) VS Code NPM Prisma GraphQL Cody Sourcegraph Stable Diffusion Claude Poe AWS Whisper FreeCodeCamp Coursera Udemy JavaScript C# Unity Unity DevOps Sound Engineering API Frontend Engineer Stack Overflow ChatGPT Open AI Alejandro AspinwallAlejandro started playing with computers when he was 11 years-old. Since then he has been tinkering with all sorts of technologies that in some way or another led him to work on music, photography, sound engineering, electric engineering, automation, video production, feature film post-production, VR games, and 3D sound. As a Senior Frontend Engineer at Amazon, he is responsible for maintaining and enhancing a suite of applications that cater to over 1 million daily users.
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S27:E1 - Nurturing Relationships for AI Excellence (Shawn Charles)
55 min
311/18/2025Meet Shawn Charles, Developer Advocate & Community Manager at The Hunt. Shawn shares with Saron how he got into tech solely by building and maintaining websites for local businesses, what inspired him to level up by enrolling in a bootcamp, and his advice on those who might feel overwhelmed in identifying their career path in this new world revolving around AI. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Resilient Coders AWS Services Udemy Shawn's GitHub Shawn's Twitter Shawn CharlesPreviously an Amazon (Audible) Software Engineer and now building tech communities as a Developer Advocate.
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S26:E8 - Being Open to the Unexpected (Katherine Evans)
50 min
311/18/2025Meet Katherine Evans, Lead Engineering Instructor at Actualize Coding Bootcamp and Senior Software Engineer at Neon One. Katherine walks us through her journey from bootcamp student to bootcamp teacher, sharing tips for recent grads looking to land their first role. Saron and Katherine also talk about whether Katherine thinks it’s still worth learning to code given the economic climate and what she would tell others who might be interested in learning to code. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) Actualize Coding Bootcamp Podium Education CAD PHP Katherine's GitHub Katherine's Website Katherine's Instagram Katherine EvansKatherine Evans is a software engineer, tech educator, and (amateur) potter living in Chicago. With a background in nonprofit work, she’s focused on how technology can tackle real-world problems, improve peoples’ lives, and do good in the world. A perennial student, she finds joy in learning new things and sharing these discoveries with others.
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S26:E7 - Thoughts on Degrees and Bootcamps (Johnny Proano)
39 min
311/18/2025Saron speaks with Johnny Proano, Associate Software Engineer at Hilton Grand Vacations. Initially drawn to code while building his personal DJ website, Johnny took the full leap with the support of his family. Johnny discusses his initial belief that a degree was necessary to become a software engineer and his decision to attend a coding bootcamp instead. He reflects on the differences between the bootcamp and college experience and shares his job search process after graduation. Show Links Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor) SQL Ruby Johnny's GitHub Johnny's Instagram Jonny's Website Johnny ProanoJohnny is a passionate Chicago Bulls fan, music enthusiast, Star Wars fan, and a proud father with a love for the creativity of coding. He is a dedicated Software Engineer blending university education and a coding bootcamp experience bringing leadership, innovation, and a commitment to making a difference through code: “Think it, code it, make a difference!"