Michael Pimentel's guest appearances

Michael Pimentel

CodeNewbie

Learn to Code With Me

Alexander Kallaway

Jamal O'Garro

Bill Sourour

Jerome Hardaway

Jesse Weigel

Rebecca Garcia

Ben Halpern

Kara Luton

Bekah Hawrot Weigel

Danny Thompson

Matt Wiethoff

Rachel Nabors

Andrew Chen

Ryan Hoover

Linda Liukas

OwlTail

With barely enough income to support his wife and child, not to mention a poor working environment for his physical and mental health, Michael Pimentel wanted to move on from being a glassblower. That’s why after 9 years in the film industry, Michael decided to pursue a career in tech by using free online resources to teach himself how to code.  If you’re considering a transition to tech from a non-traditional background, Michael offers great advice about teaching himself to code while working a physically intense full-time job, and how his tech career has evolved over the last three years. To learn more about Michael Pimentel, Laurence Bradford, and today’s key takeaways, visit learntocodewith.me/podcast. ------------- Thank you to this episode’s partner, Interview Cake, one of the best coding interview preparation courses out there! Learn To Code With Me listeners get 20% off at learntocodewith.me/cake.

With barely enough income to support his wife and child, not to mention a poor working environment for his physical and mental health, Michael Pimentel wanted to move on from being a glassblower. That’s why after 9 years in the film industry, Michael decided to pursue a career in tech by using free online resources to teach himself how to code.  If you’re considering a transition to tech from a non-traditional background, Michael offers great advice about teaching himself to code while working a physically intense full-time job, and how his tech career has evolved over the last three years. To learn more about Michael Pimentel, Laurence Bradford, and today’s key takeaways, visit <a href="https://learntocodewith.me/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">learntocodewith.me/podcast</a>. ------------- Thank you to this episode’s partner, Interview Cake, one of the best coding interview preparation courses out there! Learn To Code With Me listeners get 20% off at <a href="https://learntocodewith.me/cake" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">learntocodewith.me/cake</a>.

S7E7: From Glassblower to Software Developer using Free Coding Resources with Michael Pimentel

Michael started his career as a glass blower, creating lighting for movies and tv shows. But after cutbacks at work, he decided it was time to look into other careers, and revisited his childhood love of computers. He shares how he taught himself to code, and the one-year job search that landed him the developer job he has today. Show Links AWS Insiders  (sponsor)  freeCodeCamp Codeland Conf Codeland 2019 Michael PimentelMichael is a self taught software developer that is passionate about learning and teaching all things software.

Michael started his career as a glass blower, creating lighting for movies and tv shows. But after cutbacks at work, he decided it was time to look into other careers, and revisited his childhood love of computers. He shares how he taught himself to code, and the one-year job search that landed him the developer job he has today. <h4>Show Links</h4> <ul><li><a href="https://link.chtbl.com/awsinsiders?sid=podcast.codenewbie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AWS Insiders </a> (sponsor) </li> <li><a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freeCodeCamp</a></li> <li><a href="https://cnewbie.io/2GhU03r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Codeland Conf</a></li> <li><a href="https://cnewbie.io/2Q5oA26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Codeland 2019</a></li> </ul><h4>Michael Pimentel</h4>Michael is a self taught software developer that is passionate about learning and teaching all things software.

S4:E6 - From glass blower to developer (Michael Pimentel)