Software Development

NDP S01E13: Taylor Sandquist – Tayloring Networking

February 15, 2017 by Manu Garcia

With a background in Criminal Justice and Sociology, Taylor is now the Comunity Relations Manager at Prime Digital Academy.

Graduating from a coding immersion program is only the first step a new developer takes into their new career. Job hunting can be one of the most overwhelming situation we can stumble upon.

Taylor Sandquist is the Community Relations and Operation Manager at Prime Digital Academy, and she gives great advice to anyone looking a job or a new opportunity!

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Connect with Taylor.

Taylor’s resources:

TECHdotMN – Minnesota technology news.

Cover Letters

The Career Code (eBook)

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NDP S01E12: Katie Vogel – MMA Developer

February 8, 2017 by Manu Garcia

Katie Vogel is a Full Stack Software Developer at Evereve, a women’s contemporary retail chain in Edina, MN.

She worked as a Math Teacher for 7 years in Minneapolis Public Schools and she is a current Martial Arts Instructor at The Minnesota Martial Arts Academy, one of the most prestigious martial arts training centers.

She joins us today to talk about her experiences as a teacher, her passion for martial arts and how she found the career she had been waiting for in Software Development.

Connect with Katie on LinkedIn

Check out Evereve

Interested in martial arts? Check out The Academy

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NDP S01E11: Derek Roche – Reformed Stay-at-Home Dad

February 1, 2017 by Manu Garcia

Having been a Mechanical Engineer working for a Paper Mill in Northern Minnesota, Derek supported his family by becoming a stay-at-home-dad, which led him to find a passion for coding and software development.

He is now a Front End Developer working at The Nerdery, in Bloomington, MN, where he builds web based applications.

Derek joins the show to talk about his journey into Development.

Shout out to Prime Digital Academy from Derek.

Resource of the Day: The Nerdery’s Blog

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NDP S01E10: Sam Moss – Behavioral Neurocoder

January 26, 2017 by Manu Garcia

Sam Moss has a background in Behavioral Neuroscience and has a passion for writing fiction. Before getting into Software Development he worked as a Lab Technician.

While being unemployed, Sam discovered a coding bootcamp that would allow him to go back to the work force now as an Application Developer at a large insurance company.

Connect with Sam on LinkedIn

Check him out on Quora

Resource of the day: Code Wars

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NDP S01E09: Laryssa Husiak – Developer by Day, Playwright by Night

January 18, 2017 by Manu Garcia

Laryssa Husiak has her roots in NYC, for years, she has been writing original and solo performances that focus on identity, family and intergenerational relationships from a queer point of view, always taking into account her environment as a theatrical device. In 2014 her play “She is King” premiered at the Incubator Arts Project in NYC.

She is now an Associate Software Engineer at BuzzFeed being part of a full stack development team.

She joins us today to talk about her jump into Software Development as well as her experience in social work and her involvement in the art community.

BuzzFeed has a new website to help connect with the Tech community, and you can follow them on Twitter.

Check out Laryssa’s personal website.

You can get a peek of “Room for Cream”, the project Laryssa talks about, here and here.

Resource of the day: JSFiddle

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