interviews

We couldn’t be more excited to introduce you to Isabel Abonitalla — a computer science and biology student, programmer, entrepreneur, and one of the leaders of Codecademy’s CUNY Tech chapter. CUNY Tech is the Codecademy Community chapter made up of the schools in the City University of New York school system, led by Isabel and…

Thinking about a career in front-end development? We spoke with John Pham, a front-end developer at Smartsheet and formerly at Microsoft, to find out more about his day to day and what he works on in his front-end role. John was a subject matter expert on our brand new Front-End Engineer Career Path.John got hooked…

Codecademy for Business and our friends at Code Climate have been meeting with engineering leaders to talk about their career journeys, leadership tactics, and their advice for the next generation of engineers in a new series, 1 on 1 with Engineering leaders.So far we’ve heard from Tara Ellis of Netflix and Brooks Swinnerton of GitHub.…

Codecademy for Business and our friends at Code Climate have been meeting with engineering leaders to talk about their career journeys, leadership tactics, and their advice for the next generation of engineers in an interview series, 1 on 1 with Engineering Leaders.We’ve had conversations with Tara Ellis of Netflix, Brooks Swinnerton of GitHub, and Gergely…

We’re celebrating International Women’s Day by looking to the future for women in tech.Through our community, we get a glimpse into the tech industry’s future — because today’s learners are tomorrow’s leaders. From what we’ve seen, the next generation is more diverse, open-minded, and innovative than ever. But there’s still more work to do.It’s more…

Choosing a career path while in college can feel like a huge undertaking. You may still be trying to decide what exactly you want to study, trying to navigate finding an internship, or figuring out what type of job you want to get when you graduate.Because hindsight is 20/20, we interviewed five members of the…

Are you a front-end developer, thinking about switching from front end to back end? We talked with Arnav Luthra, a Back-End Software Engineer at Delivery Hero, to find out how he made the transition.Making the switch from front end to back end can feel daunting. It means having to learn new frameworks, new languages, and…

Codecademy for Business and our friends at Code Climate are meeting with engineering leaders to talk about their career journeys, leadership tactics, and their advice for the next generation of engineers in a new series, 1 on 1 with Engineering Leaders.Last week we shared an interview with Tara Ellis, Manager, UI Engineering at Netflix. This…

Codecademy community member Regina Gerbeaux recently went from being a classical piano teacher with no coding experience to landing a job as a software engineer in six months. We sat down to talk with Regina over Zoom about her inspiring journey.If you’re considering a career change, we know it can be daunting. So, as part…

Codecademy for Business and our friends at Code Climate have been meeting with engineering leaders to talk about their career journeys, leadership tactics, and their advice for the next generation of engineers in an interview series, 1 on 1 with Engineering Leaders.This week, Hillary Nussbaum of Code Climate speaks with Engineering Coach Mathias Meyer. You…