S1 E2: A Fun, Approachable Way (Jessica / @codergirl1991)

06/21/22 • 17 min

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WebJoy: Real Stories from Tech About the Struggles and Delights That Made Us Who We Are Today

Jessica Wilkins joins the show to talk about her origin story coming from being a musician to building a passion project to promote diversity in classical music and how she got pulled into the tech industry by warm, friendly communities.

We discuss a fun, approachable way to learn technology as we discuss Exercism, an online platform built to teach the joy of programming to everyone.

(00:00) - Season 1, Episode 2: A Fun, Approachable Way (Jessica Wilkins)
(00:01) - Intro
(00:38) - Origin Story
(07:39) - Exercism
(14:45) - FreeCodeCamp

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Jessica Wilkins - Guest

We discuss a fun, approachable way to learn technology as we discuss Exercism, an online platform built to teach the joy of programming to everyone.

(00:00) - Season 1, Episode 2: A Fun, Approachable Way (Jessica Wilkins)
(00:01) - Intro
(00:38) - Origin Story
(07:39) - Exercism
(14:45) - FreeCodeCamp

🔗 Discussed Links

🙋 Guest Links

❓Listener Survey

If you have 3 minutes, take our short listener survey.

❤️ Reviews

If you could leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, that will help others find the podcast as well! You can share your favorite guest or topic!

Some other areas you can leave us reviews! Spotify, Podchaser.

🗺️ WebJoy Links

To stay up to date, you can subscribe to A Lil' Bit of Joy which sends out a monthly email letting you know what's new in the WebJoy community.
Creators & Guests

Eddie - Host
Jessica Wilkins - Guest

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S1 E1: Play Until It Pays (Jason / @jlengstorf)

Jason Lengstorf joins the show to talk about his origin story coming from a screamo band and learning design and development in order to help the band marketing. His somewhat accidental journey through internal developer experience into external developer experience at Netlify.

We discuss his approach to continuous learning and how flow state and enjoying the experience help shape the way we focus and our ability to develop ourselves through learning new skills and abilities.

(00:00) - Intro
(00:35) - Developer Experience in the Industry
(03:03) - Origin Story
(09:30) - Continous Learning
(15:29) - Compound Wins and Flow State
(22:03) - Netlify
Jason's Website: https://jason.af
Jason's Twitter: @jlengstorf
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We discuss his passion for helping new engineers break into the industry. We talk about some of the common challenges and fears that can hold people back from applying to and going for the jobs that interest and excite them.