Episode 271 | Saron Yitbarek - High Riser

Guest:

Saron Yitbarek

@saronyitbarek

Saron Yitbarek talks with Dave Rael about support, podcasting, learning, and taking care of yourself

Saron Yitbarek is a developer and founder of CodeNewbie, the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. Most recently, she worked at Microsoft managing a new tech training program called Tech Jobs Academy. You can catch her interviewing incredible people in tech on the CodeNewbie Podcast (new episodes every Monday. Subscribe on your favorite podcast app). She's a frequent speaker, and if you wanna talk code, story-telling, or community-building, please feel free to holler. She also sends out a personal newsletter with updates on projects, mostly speaking and CodeNewbie related. You can subscribe here. Till then, happy coding y'all.

Chapters: 1:33 - Dave introduces the show and Saron Yitbarek4:11 - The reasons Code Newbie exists9:03 - Expectations regarding learning to code11:13 - Saron's quick rise to significance in developer communities13:38 - Saron's motivations for learning how to code19:11 - Options and support21:04 - Advice for someone interested in getting more technical24:42 - How Saron got involved as a panelist on Ruby Rogues27:50 - Starting the CodeNewbie Podcast and lessons learned33:29 - Saron's story of failure - panic on accidental sharing of passwords36:27 - Saron's success story - taking on an ambitious project and delivering41:24 - Saron's book recommendation44:01 - The things that have Saron most excited46:37 - Saron's top 3 tips for delivering more value51:35 - Keeping up with Saron

Resources: Saron's Site CodeNewbie CodeNewbie on Twitter The CodeNewbie Podcast CodeNewbie Twitter Chat Saron on Instagram Greg Shackles on Developer On Fire Scott Hanselman on Developer On Fire "Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth."- Mike Tyson Ruby Rogues Saron's appearances on Ruby Rogues Code Adademy CodePen Saron as Guest on Ruby Rogues - 159 RR Hacking Education David Brady Ira Glass Jad Abumrad To Acheive a Big Goal, Look at Your Feet "Stop aborting ideas that you haven't been consistent enough with to see growth."

Saron's book recommendation: I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons - Kevin Hart

Saron's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Pay attention to self-care Focus on days and weeks rather than years Stick with it