On this week’s episode of the podcast, I interview Tim Ruscica, the software engineer and prolific programming teacher behind the Tech with Tim YouTube channel. He’s also developed courses on freeCodeCamp’s YouTube channel.
We talk about:
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How Tim managed to get a $70k salary by hacking his way into a Microsoft internship when he was just 19
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How he learned computer architecture as a kid by playing Minecraft
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Lessons he learned from a failed tech startup
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Why he recommends Python as a first programming language. “It’s the least overwhelming thing to get your hands dirty.”
Can you guess what song I’m playing in the intro?
Also, I want to thank the 11,133 kind people who support our charity each month, and who make this podcast possible. You can join them and support our mission at: https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate
Links we talk about during our conversation:
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The classroom montage from Real Genius that Quincy mentions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB1X4o-MV6o
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One of Tim’s mock coding interview videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q_oYDQ2whs
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Tim’s course: https://techwithtim.net/dev
Source: freeCodeCamp Programming Tutorials: Python, JavaScript, Git & MoreÂ
