Reboot features interviews with people who have made big career transitions. Hosted by scientist-turned-management-consultant-turned-developer Adarsh Pandit. For sponsorship opportunities, inquire at thoughtbot.com/sponsorship
Adarsh talks to Jim Perry, a professional poker player who trained as a civil engineer and baseball pitcher, now looking at his next career adventure. Half Life Duke Baseball Jim's Blog Rounders Movie Magic the Gathering Under the Boardwalk - Monopoly Championship Two Plus Two Forums Deuces Cracked Independent Association of Baseball Leagues Worcester Tornadoes Ron Guidry, Red Sox Catcher Black Friday 2011
Adarsh talks Jessie Young, who started her professional life as a political volunteer, worked in marketing, and became a developer after attending a technical bootcamp. PDA Edward "Ted" Kennedy Brookline, MA Sermo RailsBridge "Head First HTML with CSS" by Elisabeth Robson, Eric Freeman (not Kathy Sierra as I had thought) "Learn to Program" by Chris Pine Hungry Academy Dev Bootcamp Pivotal Labs
Adarsh talks with thoughtbot designer Brenda Storer. Brenda started out as a psychology major and waitress in California, moved to New York City right after 9/11, and finally threw away her waitressing shoes to work as web designer. Bryant Park Chico State Brenda's Robbie Williams site from 1999 David LaChapelle Tilde Club DreamWeaver BUNAC Study Abroad Program 3Com Fountain Titanic FIT, Fashion Institute of Technology Quark Imposter Syndrome Girl Develop It Sara Chipps
In Episode 0 of Season 1 of Reboot, Chad talks to Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot SF Managing Director & host of the Reboot podcast, about his personal journey which inspired this, our newest show. This episode originally aired as #125 on the Giant Robots Podcast (http://giantrobots.fm/125) Reboot "The Pickaxe" Agile Development with Rails Learn to Program apprentice.io Adarsh on Twitter
In episode 1 of the first season of Reboot, Adarsh talks with Gordon Fontenot, an iOS developer at thoughtbot, about his career path, moving from college dropout, to bartender, to film editor and finally iOS developer. Gordon Fontenot on Twitter Gordon’s podcast with Mark Adams on iOS development Waltham, Massachusetts Avid Video Editor Central Booking AppleScript Pragmatic Programmers Stack Overflow Careers Imposter Syndrome Dog typing on computer thoughtbot