S8E4: From Washing Dishes to Managing Engineers: How Jesse Weigel Pivoted into a New Tech Career
07/06/21 • 52 min
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Jesse Weigel pivoted into a new tech career under a unique combination of circumstances – a growing family, a curiosity for coding, and a friend with a job opportunity. Even without formal training, Jesse was able to teach himself to code, leave his job in the restaurant industry, and ultimately become the head of engineering at Tabela and a live coder for freeCodeCamp, where he first learned to code.
To learn more about Jesse Weigel, Laurence Bradford, and today’s key takeaways, visit learntocodewith.me/s8e4.
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Jesse Weigel pivoted into a new tech career under a unique combination of circumstances – a growing family, a curiosity for coding, and a friend with a job opportunity. Even without formal training, Jesse was able to teach himself to code, leave his job in the restaurant industry, and ultimately become the head of engineering at Tabela and a live coder for freeCodeCamp, where he first learned to code.
To learn more about Jesse Weigel, Laurence Bradford, and today’s key takeaways, visit learntocodewith.me/s8e4.
Thank you to our sponsor for this season, Linode. Host your app, website, or service on the cloud from just $5 a month, plus get $100 in credit when you create a new account at linode.com/learntocode.
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To learn more about Nikkole Spurgeon, Laurence Bradford, and today’s key takeaways, visit learntocodewith.me/s8e3.
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