From Fashion to Software Engineer with Alison Yoon [Podcast #130]
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Published 2024-06-28
We talk about:
- What it's like to work in fashion. "You're surrounded by exhausted, unhappy people."
- How she used freeCodeCamp and the 100DaysOfCode challenge to learn to code and start her software development career
- How she learned English and how to work on engineering teams in the UK.
- How she's leading the Korean translation effort for the freeCodeCamp community, with 10,000s of people now reading Korean articles each month
Can you guess what song I'm playing on my bass during the intro? It's from a 1985 song.
Also, I want to thank the 9,779 kind people who support our charity each month, and who make this podcast possible. You can join them and support our mission at: www.freecodecamp.org/donate
Links we talk about during our conversation:
- freeCodeCamp's Korean edition, including Quincy's "Learn to code and get a developer job" book translated into Korean: www.freecodecamp.org/korean/news/learn-to-code-boo…
- Alison on Twitter: twitter.com/aliyooncreative
- Devil Wears Prada trailer: • The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Trailer ...
Chapters
0:00:00 Introduction and Background
0:10:41 Transitioning from Fashion to Tech
0:33:49 Transitioning to the UK and Finding a Job
0:45:06 Working at Octopus Energy and Kraken Technologies
0:52:02 From Graphic Design to Web Development
0:58:26 The Benefits of Pair Programming
1:21:51 Making Programming Resources Accessible through Translation
All Comments (21)
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How are people commenting stuff like “best video I’ve seen”, when the video just came out 10 minutes ago.
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Much enjoyed, I downloaded it as an MP3 and listened to it while walking my dogs. My favourite bit was Alison's explanation of how she tackled imposter syndrome, but the whole thing was a lovely, inspiring conversation. Well done!
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Magnificent interview !!!! Quincy👌👍⚽
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Love you both 😊
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love this podcasts
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To be honest. I learned html, css , js and then React and react native. But I get stuck in coding for hours and even for weeks. And sometimes I solve the problem better than stack overflow. But I think I have to quit coding and go for data analysis.
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What's the best way to find volunteer work or internships for data analytics and software development?
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head over heals-tears for fears
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Make video on Data Engineering Please make free course for data engineering
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🎉🎉
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熱愛自己的工作很大一部份是因為他的工作很簡單
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getting a job without a CS degree might work 10 years ago. but not now, the job market is harsh. even a person with a CS degree couldn't get a job, that's the reality right now.
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❤❤❤❤
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Good day greetings
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Hola!!
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It's like winning the lottery now.
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Talking about toxic is pretty much every industry an more if the profesional is not truly enjoying their work it's more probably that they will complaint
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I like her
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My first comment
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Is she Korean?
