Jesse chats with Mike Schutte, 1608 Alum, about his Turing story, sociology, capitalism, Shape Up, clean code, the principle of parsimony, front end engineering, and running. Check out Mike's running planner utility (https://strava-insights.
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.
The original Turing Podcast creator and host, Brennan Holzclaw joins Jesse to share his Turing story, the origins of the Turing podcast, his pre-Turing life in radio, his work in C#, management, boomeranging between jobs, AI, fatherhood, and adoption.
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register at turing.edu/try-coding.
Jesse chats with Josh Thompson 1701 BE Alum about his Turing story, Mythical Creatures, blogging, writing, TIL workflow, Scooters, traffic, urban design, and what's next. Some books mentioned are The Power Broker by Robert Caro, A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein, and Streetfight by Janette Sadik-Khan.
You can read more from Josh at josh.works including his Turing guide at https://josh.works/turing-
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a free Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.
Bailey & Jesse chat with the Director of Turing's Backend Program and Turing Alum Amy Holt about her Turing Story, her career at Turing, management, the future of the Backend program, and .
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a free Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.
Bailey and Jesse chat with 2207 BE Alum Alaina Kneiling about her Turing story, the bond she built with her cohort mates, her tenacious job search, interview tips, her new career as a software developer and combating imposter syndrome.
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a free Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.
Bailey & Jesse chat with Horace Williams, a member of the first proto-Turing program called Hungry Academy in 2012. Horace was one of the first instructors at Turing and is a current Staff Software Engineer at Medallion. The discuss the early days of code schools and Turing, Horace’s work on political campaigns, Clojure, Ann Arbor, and other topics.
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. You can register for a free Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.
Jesse chats with Eric Weissman the Director of Turings Launch Program all about the new Launch Program.
Link to Launch Site: https://turing.edu/launch
Schedule time to learn more about Launch: https://go.oncehub.com/EricWeissman
Email: eric@turing.edu
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can register for a free Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.
Bailey and Jesse chat with Turing’s Director of Strategic Partnerships, Stephanie Pacheco-Davidson about her Turing story, her identity, the growth opportunities for strategic partnerships, the Q1 2023 Turing Jobs report, how Turing centers its mission in its work with strategic partners, and other topics.
Checkout the Turing Jobs Report from Q1 2023 - https://writing.turing.edu/q1-2023-jobs-and-hiring-report/
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can register for a free Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.
At the start of every inning, Jeff Casimir updates our Turing community on the State of Turing. This SoT from 2305 is from May 8, 2023 where Jeff discusses relationships, technology, and staying connected.
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can register for a free Try Coding class at turing.edu/try-coding.
Bailey and Jesse chat with Try Coding Instructor Brandi Gehrke about her Turing story, the Turing Try Coding session for folks thinking about enrolling at Turing, the goals of try coding, Turing vs. traditional computer science programs, what’s up next at Try coding, and other topics.
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can use code POD100 to register for Try Coding at turing.edu/try-coding.
Bailey & Jesse speak with Wheel Health Software Engineer and 1711 BE alum Ellen Cornelius about her Turing story, her career, start ups, and the hackathon she organized in Denver - Mile High Hack.
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can use code POD100 to register for Try Coding at turing.edu/try-coding.
A huge part of our jobs as Software Developers is to keep on learning. In our last episode of season 1 of the New Dev Series Jeannie, Bailey, and Jesse break down what this can look like, when to find the time, and how to best be supported.
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can use code POD100 to register for Try Coding at turing.edu/try-coding.
Jesse talks with Senior Software Engineer, gSchool 0 grad, and former director of the Backend program, Josh Mejia. They discuss Josh’s Turing story, the overlap between coders and musicians, gSchool, the early days of Turing, teaching, cognitive biases, individual contributor and management tracks, the current software developer market, and other topics.
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can use code POD100 to register for Try Coding at turing.edu/try-coding.
Jeannie and Jesse discuss what you might expect in your first on call rotation, how it can suck, and what to do when it does.
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can use code POD100 to register for Try Coding at turing.edu/try-coding.
Bailey and Jesse chat with Tilt Engineering Manager and former Turing Front End director Pamela Lovett about her Turing story, her career, engineering management, having a healthy mindset when it comes to challenges, and other topics.
You can connect with Pam on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatpamiam/
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can use code POD100 to register for Try Coding at turing.edu/try-coding.
Jeannie, Bailey, and Jesse walk through what the Software Development Lifecycle is and how to be a successful part of this process as a junior dev. We went a little long on this one, but as you will discover, there is a lot to cover
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can use code POD100 to register for Try Coding at turing.edu/try-coding.
Jesse chats with Software Engineer and Mod 0 TA Cydnee Owens about her Turing story, her work in devops, the Turing Mod 0 program and other topics.
You can connect with Cydnee on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/cydnee-owens-5280
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can use code POD100 to register for Try Coding at turing.edu/try-coding.
1:1s might be the most important meeting you have all week. Jesse, Jeannie, and Bailey discuss ways to make the most of these meetings and what red flags to look out for.
Bailey and Jesse chat with Gusto Principal Infrastructure Engineer Toni Rib about her Turing story, her career growth, mentorship, risk mitigation, the role of a Principal engineer, giving back, and other topics.
Connect with Toni on twitter at https://twitter.com/tonimarierib and on linkedIn at https://twitter.com/tonimarierib.
Checkout Jeff Casimir's State of Turing talk from March 21st here: https://vimeo.com/turing/2320-state-of-turing
If you or someone you know are code curious, we encourage you to attend a Turing Try Coding Event. As a listener, you can use code POD100 to register for Try Coding at turing.edu/try-coding.
Career progression, titles, and leveling vary depending on the company and role. On this episode of the New Dev Series Jeannie, Jesse, and Bailey break down what this can look like by sharing their own experiences and processes they have be a part of. How do you define your own career progression and what does it mean to level up?
In this episode of the New Dev Series hosts Bailey, Jesse, and Jeannie discuss the life in the day of a new software developer. They discuss the challenges of a dev's first 6 months - 1 year on the job and advise on how to contribute during that time, all while taking in a ton of new information.
Bailey and Jesse are joined by Peloton Engineer and former Turing Instructor and 1602/03 Alum Ilana Corson. They discuss Ilana’s Turing story, how she became an instructor at Turing, her work as a TestDouble consultant, consultancy vs product work, being female in tech, and how all Turing community members can move the needle on justice and equality.
Jeannie and Jesse hold down the conversation this week as they discuss mentorship in all its forms.
Bailey and Jesse chat with Turing co founder and Revelo Chief Community Officer Jorge Téllez about the early days of Turing, Turing’s mission, the origins of the Turing admissions process, making the tech world more inclusive, Revelo, doing good and other topics.