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In this episode of the LinkedIn Presents: Redefining Work podcast, host Lars Schmidt sits down with Ruben Harris, co-founder and CEO of Career Karma, to discuss the launch of OutRival, a no-code platform that democratizes access to AI across the enterprise. Ruben shares how OutRival empowers non-engineering teams to build AI-driven agents and solutions without technical expertise, reshaping how companies engage with customers and employees. They dive into the future of work, AI's role in personalization, and how OutRival is transforming workforce development for industries beyond tech.

Sign Up For The Newsletter: https://jonathanraymond.com/#newsletter In today's episode of Good Authority, Jonathan and Ruben Harris sat down to talk about their shared experiences as business owners, founders, and CEOs navigating the tech space amidst the massive disruption brought on by AI. They explored topics like childhood, music, and the ways we relate to our minds and hearts. Ruben detailed his journey from musician to co-founder and CEO of Career Karma, highlighting his transition from music to investment banking and the founding and growth of Career Karma. Jonathan and Ruben discussed the evolving landscape of careers, the future of AI, and its impact on job markets. They touched on the potential of AI to enhance human capabilities and the importance of maintaining balance between the mind and heart. They shared personal stories, including Ruben's long-standing passion for the cello and Jonathan's reflections on his daughter's piano lessons and their family music sessions. As you listen, reflect on the significance of embracing emotions, the potential of AI to enhance human capabilities if we manage it correctly, and the enduring value of relationships and community in achieving true happiness.   About Ruben Harris: Ruben Harris is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Georgia where he served as an Advisor for Forge and organized Atlanta's first Healthcare Hackathon. Over the past couple of years, Ruben has worked with academics, organizers, politicians, and union leaders at Hustle, Honor and AltSchool focused on improving their personalized outreach, healthcare and education. Ruben began his technology career working in Partnerships and Sales after writing a viral blog post called Breaking Into Startups about how he moved to San Francisco without a job and landed a position 3 weeks later. After receiving thousands of e-mails asking how to break into tech, Ruben Co-Founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process, resulting in a social media reach of ~3 million people, 200,000+ downloads, 10,000+ website visits per month, over 100+ reviews on iTunes, a Facebook Community of 10,000+ people, and invitations to be a Contributor for TechCrunch and Black Enterprise. Prior to working in tech, Ruben worked as an Investment Banker focused on Food, Consumer, and Retail companies in Chicago and Atlanta. As a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, he recruited others to focus on issues related to food security, climate change, and agriculture. In 2010, Ruben worked on operational improvements for Senior Living Communities after completing a double major in Business Administration and Music. During college, Ruben organized 50+ events for non-profits, athletes, and celebrities including Tyrese, Kim Kardashian, and Jay-Z. Ruben has been playing the cello for ~25 years, taught music, performed in venues all over the world - including Carnegie Hall, and landed placements from Def Jam. He is also an active member of the NAACP. Connect with Ruben: https://x.com/rubenharris https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubenharris/ Continue the conversation with Jonathan: https://www.instagram.com/agoodauthority Try Ren, the AI Leadership Coach: https://rencoach.com/

Help us with the brand survey here: https://rebrand.ly/CalumSurvey 6 years ago, Ruben started Career Karma with a mission to connect people to their dream tech roles and has now scaled it to over $50M. In this episode he shares the whole process of building a startup that makes $1B. He also talks about the evolution of AI and it's impact on our future. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 2:30 You must be unreasonable 6:11 What Ruben learnt from being rejected by Y-Combinator 12:00 How running your startup changes you. 18:06 You must be UNSTOPPABLE to build a billion dollar business. 26:53 How the people around you influence your progress 31:52 Taking risks based on your intuition as a founder/CEO. 36:02 How to come up with a billion dollar Idea. 44:37 How to create a billion dollar startup based on your personal problems (Just like Airbnb) 48:18 How to get over $50M funding for your idea 1:01:36 The next revolutionary company will be in AI (What you need to know) 1:10:14 How AI would change our lives in 2024. 1:24:32 How to use ChatGPT at the highest level. 1:34:00 What keeps Ruben going when he thinks about quitting (EMOTIONAL) Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calumjohnson1/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/calum_johnson9 Guest: https://www.instagram.com/rubenharris/?hl=en

In this episode, we invite Madeline Mann. Madeline is the founder of Self Made Millennial which is the Top 5 Career YouTube Channel by Career Karma, and the #2 Career-Focused TikTok channel, second only to Gary Vaynerchuk. What you will learn: - When did Madeline start helping jobseekers - Madeline's opinion on using TikTok - What's happening with the Gen Z - Crafting your image online - The biggest mistakes that millennial jobseekers are making - The marketing rules of 7 - What is holding millennials back - Importance of networking - Cultivating relationships selflessly - The #WhoYaKnow Show's YouTube channel Mic Drop Moments:

On this episode of Work in Progress, I'm discussing increasing representation of Black talent in the tech industry and the new career exploration tool Black Genius Academy with Rachelle Olden, head of Google's Tech Equity Collective, and Ruben Harris, co-founder and CEO of Career Karma. Black talent is underrepresented in some of the fastest-growing jobs in the country. According to a report from McKinsey, Black talent makes up 12% of the U.S. workforce, but only 8% of the tech industry. Tech Equity Collective (TEC) – a Google initiative – is on a mission to accelerate Black innovation and representation in tech. TEC has partnered with Career Karma - an app and web platform that connects career transitioners with coding and tech boot camps – to launch the a new career exploration app – Black Genius Academy. Ruben Harris says Black workers in the U.S. are overrepresented in some industries and underrepresented in others, partially because of lack of exposure to certain career pathways and training. "Of the 17 million Black workers in the United States, 65% of them developed their skills through alternative routes. Those alternative routes are often not the career paths that we are talking about in technology," says Harris. These alternative routes can be work experience, some community college, or even military service. He adds, "Even if you might have heard of a career path and you have been exposed to the right training, if you don't have access to someone that can guide you, or that has been through what you've been through, a lot of times you don't move forward. And so having someone that can mentor you or guide you, that also has been through what you've been through, is a very powerful thing." Rachelle Olden agrees that there is an exposure gap and that there are multiple challenges in getting Black workers better access to the tech industry. "There are series of different exposure points to prepare someone to enter into tech, whether that is early childhood and you are playing with LEGO (bricks), so you are learning how to build. Whether that's having STEM available in your school. Whether that's having engineers who are in your community or in your family. It's a plethora of things," explains Olden. She adds that "we, as an industry have to continue to think holistically about talent and how we identify talent and how we bring talent in. What schools are we going to? What communities are we going to? What organizations are we going to? How are we evaluating talent? Everybody is coming into the tech space with very different lived experiences and really placing value on those lived experiences." Addressing these issues is what has brought TEC and Career Karma together to create the new Black Genius Academy. "Black Genius Academy (BGA) is a career exploration app that gives Black people resources and knowledge and access to people that help them identify, enroll, and succeed in technical education programs," says Harris. Olden describes BGA's goal as demystifying the tech ecosystem. "A lot of people may ask, 'Oh, is it for me? Can I do it?' We want to demystify that for so many people who have been underexposed to opportunities in tech. In addition to that, we want to celebrate all of the amazing contributions that the Black community continues and has made to the tech ecosystem." BGA has audio and video of successful Black tech leaders to give app users/learners guidance and coaching in one of three career paths – cybersecurity, UX design, and software engineering. She continues, "Once you choose a career pathway, you'll take a deeper dive and you'll start to hear from Black industry leaders in these spaces about their experience. You'll learn more about what is it, for example, what does it mean to be a software engineer? What do software engineers do? How do software engineers spend their day? What is required and expected of a software engineer?"

On this episode of Work in Progress, I'm discussing increasing representation of Black talent in the tech industry and the new career exploration tool Black Genius Academy with Rachelle Olden, head of Google's Tech Equity Collective, and Ruben Harris, co-founder and CEO of Career Karma. Black talent is underrepresented in some of the fastest-growing jobs in the country. According to a report from McKinsey, Black talent makes up 12% of the U.S. workforce, but only 8% of the tech industry. Tech Equity Collective (TEC) – a Google initiative – is on a mission to accelerate Black innovation and representation in tech. TEC has partnered with Career Karma - an app and web platform that connects career transitioners with coding and tech boot camps – to launch the a new career exploration app – Black Genius Academy. Ruben Harris says Black workers in the U.S. are overrepresented in some industries and underrepresented in others, partially because of lack of exposure to certain career pathways and training. "Of the 17 million Black workers in the United States, 65% of them developed their skills through alternative routes. Those alternative routes are often not the career paths that we are talking about in technology," says Harris. These alternative routes can be work experience, some community college, or even military service. He adds, "Even if you might have heard of a career path and you have been exposed to the right training, if you don't have access to someone that can guide you, or that has been through what you've been through, a lot of times you don't move forward. And so having someone that can mentor you or guide you, that also has been through what you've been through, is a very powerful thing." Rachelle Olden agrees that there is an exposure gap and that there are multiple challenges in getting Black workers better access to the tech industry. "There are series of different exposure points to prepare someone to enter into tech, whether that is early childhood and you are playing with LEGO (bricks), so you are learning how to build. Whether that's having STEM available in your school. Whether that's having engineers who are in your community or in your family. It's a plethora of things," explains Olden. She adds that "we, as an industry have to continue to think holistically about talent and how we identify talent and how we bring talent in. What schools are we going to? What communities are we going to? What organizations are we going to? How are we evaluating talent? Everybody is coming into the tech space with very different lived experiences and really placing value on those lived experiences." Addressing these issues is what has brought TEC and Career Karma together to create the new Black Genius Academy. "Black Genius Academy (BGA) is a career exploration app that gives Black people resources and knowledge and access to people that help them identify, enroll, and succeed in technical education programs," says Harris. Olden describes BGA's goal as demystifying the tech ecosystem. "A lot of people may ask, 'Oh, is it for me? Can I do it?' We want to demystify that for so many people who have been underexposed to opportunities in tech. In addition to that, we want to celebrate all of the amazing contributions that the Black community continues and has made to the tech ecosystem." BGA has audio and video of successful Black tech leaders to give app users/learners guidance and coaching in one of three career paths – cybersecurity, UX design, and software engineering. She continues, "Once you choose a career pathway, you'll take a deeper dive and you'll start to hear from Black industry leaders in these spaces about their experience. You'll learn more about what is it, for example, what does it mean to be a software engineer? What do software engineers do? How do software engineers spend their day? What is required and expected of a software engineer?"

Ruben Harris is the co-founder and CEO at Career Karma, which bills itself as the easiest way to find a job training program online. Rachelle Olden is Lead at Google's Tech Equity Collective, which creates energizing paths into tech for Black people.  Together, they're launching the Black Genius Academy — a software initiative to demystify fast-growing tech career fields and support Black talent in identifying technical education programs that prepare them to enter the industry with no prior experience required. On this episode, Ruben and Rachelle speak with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the launch of the initiative. Follow Black Tech Green Money: @blacktechgreenmoney, @btgmpodcast Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David York, a founder and managing director of Top Tier Capital Partners, provides invaluable insights into the intricacies of fund of funds (FOF). Delving into the dynamic nature of FOFs within the venture capital ecosystem, he sheds light on three distinct methods of investing in venture capital. Furthermore, David offers a comprehensive overview of his meticulous evaluation process for VC firms, highlighting the formidable challenges that investors encounter when selecting the most promising ventures.In this episode, you'll learn:[6:47] 3 ways of how to become ‘the money behind the money'.[11:05] Why is it difficult to evaluate VC firms?[20:35] What goes into starting a VC firm? What are the benefits of using FOFs in your VC journey?[26:00] Missing opportunities, how to handle NOs as a VC, and the importance of relationships in venture capital.[28:44] Future of venture capital: will venture capital become a more attractive asset class?The non-profit organization that David is passionate about: NESsTAbout David YorkDavid York is a founder & Managing director at Top Tier Capital Partners. He leads the Corporate Development team and is responsible for the management, development & growth of the firm's offerings, and is a member of the Investment and Management Committees at the firm. David has 30+ years of industry knowledge and networks, which uniquely equip him to be a liaison and international ambassador not only for Top Tier's brand, but also the broader venture community. Previously, he led the fund of funds business at Paul Capital Partners, before spinning it out and founding Top Tier. Prior to Paul Capital, he spent seventeen years on Wall Street running various trading desks.David is also a board member in various for-profit and nonprofit organizations. He's on the Board of Directors of NESsT, a 23-year-old Social Development Enterprise and Impact Investing non-profit investment firm focused on the development of social entrepreneurs in Central European and Latin American countries.About Top Tier Capital PartnersTop Tier Capital Partners is a venture capital specialist managing niche-focused funds of funds, secondaries, and co-investment strategies. The firm makes primary and secondary investments in venture capital funds and co-invests in select portfolio companies.Top Tier's history is marked with investments in renowned VC firms such as Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, Atlas Ventures, Abingworth, Initialized, Accel, and A.Capital Ventures, and its current portfolio companies include Paro, Prime Roots, Plus One Robotics, Komprise, Career Karma, Talkdesk, LaunchDarkly, among many others.Subscribe to our podcast and stay tuned for our next episode. Follow Us:  Twitter | Linkedin | Instagram | Facebook

Bärí A. Williams is an attorney and startup advisor and cofounder of The Runda Lab. She currently serves as an advisor to Vera, and fractional GC for Career Karma. Her primary practice areas include emerging technology transactions, privacy and data protection, IP licensing, and terms of service. She is also a published author with bylines in the New York Times, WIRED, Fortune, and Fast Company. She is the former Head of Business Operations Management for North America at StubHub, where she was responsible for business planning and operations to manage and oversee technical internal and external metrics, product innovation, and partnerships and drive P&L results across the company. Prior to StubHub, she served as Lead Counsel at Facebook doing legal work supporting Connectivity Labs to build drones, lasers, and satellites. During her Facebook tenure, she also built the company's Supplier Diversity Program. She has served as an advisor to startups in the enterprise and e-commerce space, including Blavity (and AfroTech), Bandwagon, Owl (acquired by CallPass), and Telepath. She recently gave congressional testimony on bias in AI in financial services in Feb. 2020. Her book, Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-Opening Interviews to Jumpstart Conversations About Identity, Privilege, and Bias, was released on March 31, 2020, and she is awaiting her second book to be published, detailing her experience as a Black woman from Oakland working in tech in the heart of the Valley.Support the show

On episode 5 my guest Ruben Harris, CEO and co-founder of Career Karma who has raised over $52M in funding and generated millions in revenue, gives amazing insight into his mindset, strategy, and his advice for startup founders and job seekers.Make sure to subscribe to my IG: @doctaj and the podcat's IG: @bigtechenergypodcast for BTS footage, and subscripe to the YouTube channel to watch the episode live as well.The most affordable way to break into Tech is by doing CourseCareers. It's only 449 bucks with my promo code: BTE50 and they help you get interviews with their partner companies!To further expand your network and career strategy, I recommend signing up for @therealblackinhr's Elite Membership program which gives you access to 9,000 HR professionals and end to end career guidance. Use the code BTE to get one month free on the Starter Plan.Got any questions? Click Here To Connect With Jarrett Albritton On All Social Media Platforms

 Bärí A. Williams is an attorney and startup advisor and cofounder of The Runda Lab. She currently serves as an advisor to Vera, and fractional GC for Career Karma. Her primary practice areas include emerging technology transactions, privacy and data protection, IP licensing, and terms of service. She is also a published author with bylines in the New York Times, WIRED, Fortune, and Fast Company. She is the former Head of Business Operations Management for North America at StubHub, where she was responsible for business planning and operations to manage and oversee technical internal and external metrics, product innovation, and partnerships and drive P&L results across the company. Prior to StubHub, she served as Lead Counsel at Facebook doing legal work supporting Connectivity Labs to build drones, lasers, and satellites. During her Facebook tenure, she also built the company's Supplier Diversity Program. She has served as an advisor to startups in the enterprise and e-commerce space, including Blavity (and AfroTech), Bandwagon, Owl (acquired by CallPass), and Telepath. She recently gave congressional testimony on bias in AI in financial services in Feb. 2020. Her book, Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-Opening Interviews to Jumpstart Conversations About Identity, Privilege, and Bias, was released on March 31, 2020, and she is awaiting her second book to be published, detailing her experience as a Black woman from Oakland working in tech in the heart of the Valley. Support the show

At AfroTech 2022, we spoke with Ruben Harris, Co-Founder and CEO at Career Karma and Sydnee Sampson Blackwell, an engineer who came through Career Karmas pogromming about how we better prepare ourselves for the changing demands of the workforce. Career Karma is technology which helps match students to educational opportunities like boot camps, to better prepare you for product and technical careers. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 ---> Check out the Causeartist Partners here.---> Subscribe to the Causeartist Newsletter here.In this episode of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Ruben Harris, Founder and CEO of Career Karma, on using Software Development Bootcamps to re-skill America and make high paying tech jobs accessible to all individuals and communities.Over the past couple of years, Ruben has worked with academics, organizers, politicians, and union leaders at Hustle, Honor and AltSchool focused on improving their personalized outreach, healthcare and education.Ruben began his technology career working in Partnerships and Sales after writing a viral blog post called Breaking Into Startups about how moved to San Francisco without a job and landed a position 3 weeks later.After receiving thousands of e-mails asking how to break into tech, Ruben Co-Founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process, resulting in a social media reach of ~3 million people, 200,000+ downloads, 10,000+ website visits per month, over 100+ reviews on iTunes, a Facebook Community of 10,000+ people, and invitations to be a Contributor for TechCrunch and Black Enterprise.Prior to working in tech, Ruben worked as an Investment Banker focused on Food, Consumer, and Retail companies in Chicago and Atlanta. As a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, he recruited others to focus on issues related to food security, climate change, and agriculture.Career Karma is a member of Y Combinator's 2019 class and since then has been helping people that want to become software engineers by matching them with the right coding bootcamp and supporting them throughout their careers. Hundreds of millions of people will need to change jobs in the coming years. Career Karma gives them a placement quiz and gets them accepted at coding bootcamps and other training programs. With income-sharing agreements growing in popularity, plenty of job skill providers will be willing to pay to enroll the highest potential students.Another epic initiative by Ruben and his team is their current Reskill America campaign. Covid - 19 has left over 42 million Americans without jobs over the last few weeks — disproportionately impacting low - income communities, women, and people of color. ---> Check out the Causeartist Partners here.---> Subscribe to the Causeartist Newsletter here.Listen to more Causeartist podcast shows hereFollow Grant on Twitter and LinkedInFollow Causeartist on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram

I am thrilled to bring you today's guest, Ruben Harris. Ruben is the CEO of Career Karma, which recently raised a $40 million Series B round, and co-host of the Breaking Into Start-Up podcast which reaches 3 million listeners and counting. Ruben is a lifelong learner, dedicated to connecting people to jobs in technology and sharing his personal insights. Ruben comes from a Seventh-Day Adventist family from Atlanta, Georgia. His faith played a strong role in his upbringing, attending an Adventist school, and his parents especially helped to grow Ruben's early love for learning, music, and language. Ruben was brought up understanding that everyone is born with a gift and that it's your duty to use what you've been given to put out into the world. This philosophy has influenced his worldview, understanding that you cannot force someone into a path, they have to take their own journey with their own discoveries to get there. In my discussion with Ruben, we talk about how his Adventist upbringing has shaped his mindset and approach to entrepreneurialism and the importance of following your own path to what you define as success. In this episode, you'll hear: The ways that Ruben's Adventist upbringing has influenced his perspective and priorities as an adult How your own inner conflict can hold you back from growth and when to trust your instincts instead The importance of seeing learning as a lifelong process Supporting Resources: You can connect with Ruben Harris on Twitter at @RubenHarris and on Linkedin *** EPISODE CREDITS: If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Emerald City Productions. They helped me grow and produce the podcast you are listening to right now. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com. 

Today I'm discussing money karma, astrological timing, and career success. Our focus on this topic is prompted by a question from a client in my coaching course, Your Magnetic Blueprint. Join me for a closer look.Show Highlights:An explanation of planetary periods and why they are powerfulHow the planetary periods change the way your karmas play outWhy a period of affliction means you should move more slowly and rest moreThe basics of the main, secondary, and tertiary planetary periodsHow changing planetary periods sometimes bring major shifts in priorities, interests, and personalitiesHow each planetary period has a flavor and influence by the nature of that planetWhy you should continue with long-term vision even against the odds of the planetary period My advice: “Move more slowly, use remedies (covered in Ep. 52), and know when the windows are there to take action and when to rest.”Why a slower planetary period is an invitation to shift, as I've done by:Shifting core beliefs and mindsetWidening my karmic pool by partnering with others to give backCreating a Saturn list of tasks I have avoidedHow partnering with others whose karmas complement yours can be helpfulWhy giving back helps the universe see you as a collaboratorResources and Links:Plan your 2023 schedule according to astrology! Get your copy of the 2023 Astrology Guidebook for my hand-picked lay-low and auspicious dates, all of the new and full moons and their placements, and more – and drop it right into your Google calendar.Join the Weave Your Bliss newsletter for exclusive Resonance Love Letters– sign up hereCheck out my mini-course, The Planets, and Your Business: www.weaveyourbliss.com Are you a spiritual business owner? Join my free Facebook group: The Cosmic Business Salon

Ruben Harris is the CEO of Career Karma. Ruben is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Georgia where he served as an Advisor for Forge and organized Atlanta's first Healthcare Hackathon. Over the past couple of years, Ruben has worked with academics, organizers, politicians, and union leaders at Hustle, Honor and AltSchool focused on improving their personalized outreach, healthcare and education. Ruben began his technology career working in Partnerships and Sales after writing a viral blog post called Breaking Into Startups about how he moved to San Francisco without a job and landed a position 3 weeks later. After receiving thousands of e-mails asking how to break into tech, Ruben Co-Founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process, resulting in a social media reach of ~3 million people, 200,000+ downloads, 10,000+ website visits per month, over 100+ reviews on iTunes, a Facebook Community of 10,000+ people, and invitations to be a Contributor for TechCrunch and Black Enterprise. Connect with Ruben on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubenharris/ www.CareerKarma.com Connect with Alli and Peter SUPPORT US BY SHOPPING DISRUPT EDUCATION MERCH - https://disrupt-education-2.creator-spring.com/ Peter Hostrawser LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterhostrawser/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/peterhostrawser/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/disrupteducation1/ TW: twitter.com/PeterHostrawser Website: https://www.peterhostrawser.com Alli Privitt LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alliprivitt/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendalli/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/My-Friend-Alli/100070164684007/ Website: https://www.myfriendalli.com/ Check out our sponsors below DistrictZero Empower your learners to achieve self awareness, resiliency, and improved emoitional climate across learner groups within 15 days! Sign up for a FREE 30 minute consultation with a DistrictZero team member today! CLICK HERE To SIGN UP! https://bit.ly/3pNu5VG spikeview You are more than a grade and test score. Colleges, internships, jobs, any opportunity needs to see that! Head to www.spikeview.com and build your portfolio for FREE and start heading towards your dreams today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/disrupt-educ/support

Over the past couple of years, Ruben has worked with academics, organizers, politicians, and union leaders at Hustle, Honor, and AltSchool focused on improving their personalized outreach, healthcare, and education.  Ruben began his technology career working in Partnerships and Sales after writing a viral blog post called Breaking Into Startups about how he moved to San Francisco without a job and landed a position 3 weeks later.  After receiving thousands of e-mails asking how to break into tech, Ruben Co-Founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process, resulting in a social media reach of ~3 million people, 200,000+ downloads, 10,000+ website visits per month, over 100+ reviews on iTunes, a Facebook Community of 10,000+ people, and invitations to be a Contributor for TechCrunch and Black Enterprise.  Prior to working in tech, Ruben worked as an Investment Banker focused on Food, Consumer, and Retail companies in Chicago and Atlanta. As a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, he recruited others to focus on issues related to food security, climate change, and agriculture. In 2010, Ruben worked on operational improvements for Senior Living Communities after completing a double major in Business Administration and Music.  During college, Ruben organized 50+ events for non-profits, athletes, and celebrities including Tyrese, Kim Kardashian, and Jay-Z. Ruben has been playing the cello for ~25 years, taught music, performed in venues all over the world - including Carnegie Hall, and landed placements from Def Jam. He is also an active member of the NAACP. Learn more about how Ruben got Career Karma started, his incredible story, and his panel at this year's Florida Chamber Future of Florida Forum.  – Check out Career Karma: https://careerkarma.com/  For more segments like these, subscribe to Small Biz Florida and Follow the official Small Biz Florida Instagram! This and the following segments were recorded at this year's annual Florida Chamber Future of Florida Forum hosted at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. – To learn more about The Florida Chamber, visit their website here.

1:33 - Getting into Finance2:29 - Folks who aspire3:36 - Obstacles on the way6:43 - Extracurricular events11:32 - Personal Board of Directors13:47 - Unrealistic/Realistic Goals16:08 - Build Support System19:00 - Story of Career Karma21:51 - The initial days24:03 - Empowerment29:25 - Relationship with Cofounders31:15 - Business Insider Article34:30 - Roadmap Forward38:03 - Single Greatest piece of advice40:02 - Ruben's North Star

Career karma is the benefit we create from taking a 'giving' approach to building relationships. This week, Sarah and Helen share 5 ways you can give to the relationships that support your career development to create a community that gives back to you over the long-run.1. Catch-up on past episodes and download our PodSheets https://www.amazingif.com/listen/2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sunset Boulevard is considered to be one of the best movies of all time. But it was almost an abject failure. What ended up being a saving grace to the creators Billy Wilder and Charles Bracket was going directly to their viewers and hearing their feedback. And in their case…it was brutal. But going straight to their customers was their saving grace—and it might be yours too.Today's guest, Ruben Harris, is the CEO of Career Karma, and he knows the secret to great CX is engaging directly with customers. In this episode, he'll share how Career Karma is revolutionizing people's lives, building trust with users, prioritizing customer input, and much more.--------“If you're trying to rehaul your CX, you have to take calls yourself and actually talk to your users.” - Ruben Harris--------Time Stamps* (0:00) Lights, Camera, CX* (5:12) What is Career Karma?* (7:54) How Career Karma helps people* (10:31) Putting trust at the center of CX* (14:24) The importance of speaking with customers--------SponsorThis podcast is presented by Oracle CX. Hear more executive perspectives on CX transformation at Oracle.com/cx/perspectives--------LinksConnect with Ruben on LinkedInCheck out Career Karma

Justin Gordon (justingordon212) talks with (@SamaraMHernandz), the Founding Partner at Chingona Ventures, an institutionally-backed pre-seed stage fund investing in the next generation of badass founders building technology and technology-enabled companies all over the U.S. In May 2022, Chingona Ventures announced the close of their $52M Fund II.Samara has over 15 years of experience in investing, selling, and advising on both public and private markets. She has a background in sales, operations and technology at Goldman Sachs. She was an early-stage investor with MATH Venture Partners and advisor to Angeles, Camino Financial, and Chicago Blend. Samara is actively involved in the Chicago tech community and passionate about helping underrepresented groups get into STEM education, venture capital and entrepreneurship. She co-founded the Latinx Founders Collective organization to bring together Latinx founders, investors, and community leaders to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Samara is an active member of Latinx VCs, a San-Francisco based group of experienced venture investors coming together to connect, engage, and foster the Latinx VC ecosystem. She studied engineering at the University of Michigan, and has her MBA from Northwestern University. Samara is a proud Mexican immigrant and mama to a toddler.Website: Chingona VenturesLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/samaramejia/Twitter: @SamaraMHernandzSamara on the Just Go Grind Podcast in January 2021: https://www.justgogrind.com/samara-mejia-hernandez-podcast/Show Notes: Samara's journey to raising a $52M fund for Chingona Ventures, including doubling her target Portfolio construction from Fund I to Fund II  Funding 80% women and minorities and getting them in a position to grow a venture-backed business Building out the Chingona Ventures team and offering opportunities to interns What Samara is prioritizing platform-wise Having an authentic social media presence The origin story of one of Chingona Ventures' most successful investments, Career Karma, and meeting founder Ruben Harris via cold outreach The process of raising Fund I vs Fund II Participating as a Kauffman Fellow Samara's thoughts on leadership and passion More about the show:The Vitalize Podcast, a show by Vitalize Venture Capital (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed 300+ member angel community open to everyone), dives deep into the world of startup investing and the future of work.Hosted by Justin Gordon, the Director of Marketing at Vitalize Venture Capital, The Vitalize Podcast includes two main series. The Angel Investing series features interviews with a variety of angel investors and VCs around the world. The goal? To help develop the next generation of amazing investors. The Future of Work series takes a look at the founders and investors shaping the new world of work, including insights from our team here at Vitalize Venture Capital. More about us:Vitalize Venture Capital was formed in 2017 as a $16M seed-stage venture fund and now includes both a fund as well as an angel investing community investing in the future of work. Vitalize has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.The Vitalize Team:Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVCCaroline - https://twitter.com/carolinecasson_Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212Vitalize Angels, our angel investing community open to everyone:https://vitalize.vc/vitalizeangels/

For episode 174 of Earn Your Leisure, we spoke with Ruben Harris, the CEO of Career Karma. Ruben is a Y Combinator alumni who recently raised $40 million.  Career Karma is revolutionizing the world of tech, by providing tech training for tech job placement for people who would traditionally be looked over. In this episode, we cover how to raise money, the steps to get to a billion dollar valuation, Venture Capital, Angel investing, technology, business building, and more. #careerkarma #ventureCapital #business  EYL University: https://www.eyluniversity.com Guest IG: https://instagram.com/rubenharris?utm_medium=copy_link Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Today's guest is Ruben Harris, CEO & Founder of Career Karma. Career Karma gives you the information, tools, and support you need to quickly get into a tech career. In this episode we discuss Career Karma's recent $40 million funding round, how anyone can find their purpose & why its so important. Finally how Ruben finds emerging trends early & the value of an incredible network. Show notes: Career Karma's recent $40 million dollar funding round, why Ruben started the importance of finding your purpose (3:47), What inspired Ruben to publish content online (5:55), where does Ruben get his confidence from (8:54), why entrepreneurship media can be toxic (14:07), How Ruben turns losses into Ws (17:35), How Ruben broke into investment banking (20:07), Why succeeding in today's current job market is mostly psychological (22:10), How employees can win in today's job market (25:42), Why timing is everything (27:49), Why now is the right time for a company like Career Karma (29:09), How think clearly & predict trends (33:53), What pushback did Ruben get while fundraising (36:55), Who inspires Ruben (41:49), How to build a world-class network (44:43) Ruben Harris: https://twitter.com/rubenharris https://www.instagram.com/rubenharris/

Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) talks with Ruben Harris (@rubenharris), Co-Founder and CEO of Career Karma, which is helping over 1 million workers navigate their careers every month through advice and coaching. By offering free coaching and peer mentorship, Career Karma has grown to over 150,000 members from every background and profession. Through their directory of 9,000 bootcamps and trade schools, career switchers discover training programs by comparing courses and reading student reviews.Ruben Harris is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Georgia where he served as an Advisor for Forge and organized Atlanta's first Healthcare Hackathon. Over the past couple of years, Ruben has worked with academics, organizers, politicians, and union leaders at Hustle, Honor and AltSchool focused on improving their personalized outreach, healthcare and education.Ruben began his technology career working in Partnerships and Sales and later Co-Founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process, resulting in a social media reach of ~3 million people and invitations to be a Contributor for TechCrunch and Black Enterprise.Prior to working in tech, Ruben worked as an Investment Banker. During college, Ruben organized 50+ events for non-profits, athletes, and celebrities including Tyrese, Kim Kardashian, and Jay-Z. Ruben has been playing the cello for ~25 years, taught music, performed in venues all over the world - including Carnegie Hall, and landed placements from Def Jam. He is also an active member of the NAACP.Website: Career KarmaLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rubenharrisTwitter: @rubenharrisInstagram: instagram.com/rubenharrisEmail: ruben@careerkarma.comShow Notes: What Career Karma is and how they've expanded and evolved in recent years How the student loan bubble and “the great resignation” have led Career Karma to work more closely with employers Career Karma's secret sauce of community building How social audio rooms have played a part in the growth of Career Karma The Breaking into Startups podcast Ruben's view on audio, communication, and community in the Future of Work and Learning How Ruben has approached personal branding and taking control of your narrative Relationship building on the internet Ruben's advice for what employers and recruiters need to do differently to identify and develop talent The 110 initiative Education as an employee benefit Ruben's perspective on juggling part time roles and the freelance economy Career navigating as a social experience Social capital and virtual currency More about the show:The Vitalize Podcast, a show by Vitalize Venture Capital (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed 300+ member angel community open to everyone), dives deep into the world of startup investing and the future of work.Hosted by Justin Gordon, the Director of Marketing at Vitalize Venture Capital, The Vitalize Podcast includes two main series. The Angel Investing series features interviews with a variety of angel investors and VCs around the world. The goal? To help develop the next generation of amazing investors. The Future of Work series takes a look at the founders and investors shaping the new world of work, including insights from our team here at Vitalize Venture Capital. More about us:Vitalize Venture Capital was formed in 2017 as a $16M seed-stage venture fund and now includes both a fund as well as an angel investing community investing in the future of work. Vitalize has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.The Vitalize Team:Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVCCaroline - https://twitter.com/carolinecasson_Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212Vitalize Angels, our angel investing community open to everyone:https://vitalize.vc/vitalizeangels/

It's an interesting time to talk to someone in the business of helping people get new jobs — we're still fully in the middle of the pandemic-driven Great Resignation, and a record 4.5 million people quit their jobs in November 2021, and it doesn't seem to be slowing down. But that's exactly what Career Karma and CEO Ruben Harris are doing. Links: Career Karma A record 4.5 million workers quit their jobs in November Breaking Into Startups AT&T's $1 billion gambit: Retraining nearly half its workforce for jobs of the future Making uncommon knowledge common The Great Resignation is accelerating How an Excel TickToker manifested her way to making six figures a day Launch House Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/22674665 Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Today's episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone, Jackie McDermott, and Liam James. It was edited by Callie Wright. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Highlights from their conversation include:How Ruben got started running (2:45)How running shoes help with pain (5:25)Why Ruben runs (6:34)Running roadblocks (9:24)Ruben's running routine (12:03)How running affects work (14:14)Highlights of Ruben's 30-mile run (15:35)Setting goals (16:30)Running misconceptions (18:50)Ruben's one song repeat (21:55)What Ruben likes about himself (23:17)Backstage Capital is a VC firm that boasts one of the largest portfolios of underrepresented founders in venture. To learn more about Backstage, visit backstagecapital.com.

Ruben Harris CEO and Co-Founder at Career Karma, which gives you the information, tools, and support you need to quickly get into a tech career. They recently announced a $40 million series B to bolster their efforts to reimagine education. On the episode, Ruben talks with AfroTech's Will Lucas about the future of education, what colleges and universities need to do to compete, and his $40 million series B. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram at @willlucas Learn more at AfroTech.com https://instagram.com/afro.tech Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Happily this week, we did not talk about NFTs, and I don't think that we even said “token” a single time.Instead, Mary Ann and Natasha and Alex got back to what we might consider the roots of Equity. Here's what we got into: We started with a look at the recent Fertilis round. Fertilis is an Australian startup working to make the IVF process more reliable. We are big fans of the concept, though the startup has lots of work ahead of it before it moves the needle for couples hoping to conceive.  Mary Ann brought together two very Equity topics: Fintech and SaaS, but more interestingly, fintech that only wants to serve SaaS startups. Even though we tried to define Arc's relationship with the startups it serves, Alex landed on it being a friends with benefits for the financial world. Speaking of fintech, Brex made headlines (again) with its new raise and new executive – thanks to Meta.We keep returning to the hiring conversation, and that's for good reason. Career Karma (news here) and SeekOut (news here) have two different strategies when it comes to empowering employees at companies -- and all of us agreed that retention, versus placement, is the future of hiring tech. We ended with a conversation on accelerators thanks to Y Combinator's news, and venture reaction thereof. Plus, new AngelList and Dorm Room Fund remind us that staying niche in strategy continues to be the way that early-stage venture operations are winning deals. A big hug to you all for surviving the start to the working year during a COVID surge. We can do this! We'll get through it as a big team, ok? 

Techish is back with a brand new bonus episode! Abadesi and Michael, break down:- The Molly Mae controversy that has been dominating the headlines O.37- Elizabeth Holmes: Where is the former Theranos CEO now?  10.39- Is the media doing its due diligence on founders and whether their businesses actually work? - 15.21- NFT marketplace OpenSea is now worth $13B+ 19.50- Black Girls Code founder Kimberly Bryant was suspended from her own organization 26.09- Career Karma founder Ruben Harris raises $40M in Seed B - 32.52—————————————————————www.pocitjobs.com for roles for POC in techwww.hustlecrew.co for talks and training to make your company more inclusive—————————————————————Extra Reading:https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/molly-mae-hague-apology-podcast-the-diary-of-a-ceo-steven-bartlett-b975901.htmlhttps://techcrunch.com/2022/01/08/theranos-elizabeth-holmes-startup-friends/https://techcrunch.com/2022/01/04/nft-kingpin-opensea-lands-13-3b-valuation-in-300m-raise-from-paradigm-and-coatue/https://peopleofcolorintech.com/break-into-tech/update-black-girls-code-ceo-releases-statement-and-denies-allegations-of-work-place-impropriety/https://peopleofcolorintech.com/front/imposter-syndrome-believing-youre-enough-and-raising-40m-founder-ruben-harris-tells-all/————————————————————Use the hashtag #Techish on Twitter & IGSupport Techish at www.patreon.com/techishAdvertise on Techish: goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8dJ2————————————————————Stay In Touch:www.twitter.com/michaelberhane_www.twitter.com/abadesiwww.twitter.com/hustlecrewlivetwitter.com/techishpodEmail us at techishpod@gmail.com

Career Karma raised its first millions off of a pitch that resonates with anyone who has ever googled coding bootcamps: a navigation tool for aspiring students and working professionals.

Bangaly Kaba is the Head of Platform Growth @ Popshop Live, a live streaming mobile marketplace that combines commerce, entertainment, and social. Prior to Popshop, Bangaly led the product growth and consumer product orgs at Instacart and before Instacart was Head of Growth @ Instagram, where he built and led the product team that helped grow Instagram from 440M to > 1B monthly actives in 2.5yrs. If all of this was not enough, Bangaly has also spent time investing as a Sequoia Scout having made investments into Career Karma, Binti.com and Squad App to name a few. In Today's Episode with Bangaly Kaba You Will Learn: 1.) How Bangaly made his way into the world of growth and came to lead some of the largest growth orgs in tech at the likes of Instacart and Instagram? 2.) How does Bangaly define the rule of "Head of Growth"? When is the right time for founders to start hiring a growth leader? How do they know whether to hire a growth leader or junior growth reps? Where should founders place these first growth hires in the org? Product or marketing? 3.) How would Bangaly structure the hiring process for any growth hire? What are the must-ask questions? What case studies would Bangaly ask all candidates to complete? What are the signals of a 10x growth hire? What are some core red flags that show in the interview process? 4.) What does the ideal onboarding process look like for new growth hires? What are the signs that a new growth hire is hitting target and expectations? What are some early warning signs that a growth hire is not meeting expectations?   5.) What is the ideal relationship between the Head of Growth and the CEO? How often should they meet? How should they structure the discussion? How should the growth team work with product teams to be successful? How should growth teams work with marketing teams?

In this week's episode of the Between Two Divs podcast I chopped it up with Sydnee and talked about her tech journey. We also discussed how a teacher was so instrumental towards that path. Follow Sydnee on Twitter @sydnee_sampson

Today I brought on the legendary Madeline Mann. Madeline Mann is an HR & Recruiting leader who has built an audience of over half a million people and is known for her award-winning job search YouTube Channel, Self Made Millennial. Mann's career coaching programs have led to thousands of success stories, and her work has been featured on ABC, Bloomberg, New York Times, and more. The Self Made Millennial was named a Top 5 Career Youtube Channel by Career Karma, and she currently has the #2 Career-Focused TikTok channel, second only to Gary V. himself.So let's talk about interviews. Because there's so much more than meets the eye when it's game time and you're answering interview questions. ResourcesGet a professionally written resume from our expert writers at Let's Eat, Grandma (Podcast listeners get $70 off!)The “Tell Me About Yourself” Worksheet.Subscribe to Madeline's Youtube Channel, Self Made MillenialCheck out Madeline's WebsiteFollow Madeline on LinkedInFollow us:Follow Chris on LinkedInCheck us out on InstagramSubscribe to Let's Eat, Grandma's YouTube channel for video podcast highlights See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, I chatted with a truly special guest who has been a shining example of the philosophy of building in public for years. Ruben Harris is the co-founder and CEO of Career Karma, a platform that helps people find a job training program online to break into the tech industry. Previously, he was the founder and a co-host of the very popular podcast "Breaking Into Startups" and Ruben is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Georgia (where I live now). I've been following his story for a while on Twitter, Instagram, and on podcasts so this interview was years in the making. In this authentic and inspiring chat, we covered several topics like starting mission-driven startups, why every company is a media company and why founders should tell their stories directly themselves by building in public, his Atlanta memories, NBA icons, and more. I had a blast chatting with him and hope you enjoy this!

Casey Winters is the Chief Product Officer at Eventbrite where he leads the PM, product design, research, and growth marketing teams. Prior to Eventbrite, Casey spent close to 3 years at Pinterest where he led the growth product team. At Pinterest, Casey turned SEO into a scalable acquisition strategy, increasing conversion to signups 5x. Before Pinterest, Casey started the marketing team at Grubhub and scaled Grubhub's demand-side acquisition and retention strategies. Casey played an instrumental role in scaling Grubhub from 3 cities to 1,000+ and from a $1 million series A to an IPO and $7.3 billion exit. If that was not enough, Casey has also advised the likes of Canva, Hipcamp, Reddit, Faire and Career Karma to name a few. In Today's Episode with Casey Winters You Will Learn: 1.) How Casey made his way into the world of startups and came to lead some of the most powerful growth orgs in the world from Pinterest to Grubhub to Eventbrite? 2.) How does Casey define "growth" and "Head of Growth"? When is the right time to start thinking about implementing a growth team? When should one hire a growth leader? How should founders structure the process of hiring a Head of Growth? What do the stages look like? What signals suggest A* talent? What questions does Casey always ask? What tests does Casey do? 3.) What does the optimal onboarding process look like for growth teams? What tasks should a growth team perform in their first few months? What are clear signs you have an amazing candidate in place? What are some obvious red flags? How do the best growth teams approach post-mortems? How are they structured? Who attends them? How often? 4.) What is the ideal relationship between the Head of Growth and the CEO? How often do they meet? What do the best CEOs expect from their growth teams? How does Casey approach the relationship between growth teams and product teams? How does one know when to have an independent growth team vs within the product or marketing team? 5.) Casey AMA: What has been a decision that Casey made without data to back it up? How did it go? What were Casey's lessons? How does Casey prevent past experiments from impacting his future tactics? How does Casey's management style differ when managing larger vs smaller growth teams? How has angel investing impacted his approach to scaling growth teams?

Every Thursday best selling author Fredrick Kyomya interviews Dale Wilkinson, founder of Good gigs, and Ruben Harris, CEO and founder of Career Karma, in a live Clubhouse discussing confidence and careers

In this bonus episode, I speak with Ruben Harris, Founder and CEO of Career Karma, on using Software Development Bootcamps to re-skill America and make high paying tech jobs accessible to all individuals and communities.Over the past couple of years, Ruben has worked with academics, organizers, politicians, and union leaders at Hustle, Honor and AltSchool focused on improving their personalized outreach, healthcare and education.Ruben began his technology career working in Partnerships and Sales after writing a viral blog post called Breaking Into Startups about how moved to San Francisco without a job and landed a position 3 weeks later.After receiving thousands of e-mails asking how to break into tech, Ruben Co-Founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process, resulting in a social media reach of ~3 million people, 200,000+ downloads, 10,000+ website visits per month, over 100+ reviews on iTunes, a Facebook Community of 10,000+ people, and invitations to be a Contributor for TechCrunch and Black Enterprise.Prior to working in tech, Ruben worked as an Investment Banker focused on Food, Consumer, and Retail companies in Chicago and Atlanta. As a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, he recruited others to focus on issues related to food security, climate change, and agriculture.Career Karma is a member of Y Combinator's 2019 class and since then has been helping people that want to become software engineers by matching them with the right coding bootcamp and supporting them throughout their careers. Hundreds of millions of people will need to change jobs in the coming years. Career Karma gives them a placement quiz and gets them accepted at coding bootcamps and other training programs. With income-sharing agreements growing in popularity, plenty of job skill providers will be willing to pay to enroll the highest potential students.Another epic initiative by Ruben and his team is their current Reskill America campaign. Covid - 19 has left over 42 million Americans without jobs over the last few weeks — disproportionately impacting low - income communities, women, and people of color.The company is partnering with Diversity & Inclusion leaders and organizations to leverage the platform towards raising over $500,000 and giving away thousands of laptops to these communities impacted by Covid-19.Mentioned in this episode:State of the Bootcamp Market Report 2020Income Share Agreements (ISAs) – State of the Market 2019FlockJaySVAcademyKapor CenterListen to more Causeartist podcasts here.Check out:ImpactInvestor.io - Discover impact investors from around the world.Podcast Made with TransistorPodcast cover design Made with CanvaBuild amazing web platforms with Webflow

In this episode we discuss coding bootcamps, fear, fitness, and more with Ruben Harris, CEO of Career Karma. This interview was also recorded as a video podcast. Check out the video on the Software Daily YouTube channel. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Career Karma with Ruben Harris appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

In this episode we discuss coding bootcamps, fear, fitness, and more with Ruben Harris, CEO of Career Karma. This interview was also recorded as a video podcast. Check out the video on the Software Daily YouTube channel. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Career Karma with Ruben Harris appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

In this episode we discuss coding bootcamps, fear, fitness, and more with Ruben Harris, CEO of Career Karma. This interview was also recorded as a video podcast. Check out the video on the Software Daily YouTube channel. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Career Karma with Ruben Harris appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

In this episode we discuss coding bootcamps, fear, fitness, and more with Ruben Harris, CEO of Career Karma. This interview was also recorded as a video podcast. Check out the video on the Software Daily YouTube channel. Sponsorship inquiries: sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com

In this episode, we take a deep dive into frontend development with Laurie Barth, senior software engineer at Netflix. Laurie talks about the difference between frontend and backend development, the difference between a frontend language and a framework, and what those new to coding should consider when learning frontend development. Show Links TwilioQuest (sponsor) DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Career Karma (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Vanilla JS TypeScript CSS HTML SQL Ruby JavaScript Python Svelte React Vue.js Angular Gatsby

In this episode, we talk about how to build communities and diversify tech with Veni Kunche, founder of Diversify Tech. Veni talks about her struggles landing her first coding job, often being the only woman of color at tech meetups in the past, and how she set out to diversify tech. Show Links TwilioQuest (sponsor) DevDiscuss (sponsor) DevNews (sponsor) Career Karma (sponsor) Cockroach Labs (sponsor) Diversify Tech Out In Tech Techqueria Black Tech Pipeline How to harness privilege to create equitable design

Ruben Harris is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Georgia where he served as an Advisor for Forge and organized Atlanta's first Healthcare Hackathon. Over the past couple of years, Ruben has worked with academics, organizers, politicians, and union leaders at Hustle, Honor and AltSchool focused on improving their personalized outreach, healthcare and education. Ruben began his technology career working in Partnerships and Sales after writing a viral blog post called Breaking Into Startups about how he moved to San Francisco without a job and landed a position 3 weeks later. After receiving thousands of e-mails asking how to break into tech, Ruben Co-Founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process, resulting in a social media reach of ~3 million people, 200,000+ downloads, 10,000+ website visits per month, over 100+ reviews on iTunes, a Facebook Community of 10,000+ people, and invitations to be a Contributor for TechCrunch and Black Enterprise. Prior to working in tech, Ruben worked as an Investment Banker focused on Food, Consumer, and Retail companies in Chicago and Atlanta. As a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, he recruited others to focus on issues related to food security, climate change, and agriculture. In 2010, Ruben worked on operational improvements for Senior Living Communities after completing a double major in Business Administration and Music. During college, Ruben organized 50+ events for non-profits, athletes, and celebrities including Tyrese, Kim Kardashian, and Jay-Z. Ruben has been playing the cello for ~25 years, taught music, performed in venues all over the world - including Carnegie Hall, and landed placements from Def Jam. He is also an active member of the NAACP.

Episode 42 is with Ruben Harris, Co-Founder & CEO of Career Karma! Career Karma is the easiest way to find a job training program online, matching people with the right coding bootcamp and supporting them throughout their careers. With over 150,000 members, 9,000 bootcamps and trade schools, Career Karma is on a mission to help 1 billion people. Ruben is a Bay Area transplant from Atlanta, Georgia who switched from investment banking to tech after writing a viral blog post called Breaking Into Startups about how he moved to San Francisco without a job and landed a position 3 weeks later. Due to popular demand, he then co-founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process and went on to build Career Karma with Artur and Timur Meyster. We talk to Ruben about his journey through professional and personal development. He details the Y Combinator experience, how to build a community, and explains the importance of mastering your own psychology. This was an insight-packed conversation that we hope you enjoy! Timestamps 2:20 - Life-long learning & the future of education 7:50 - Limiting mindsets in minority/oppressed communities 11:05 - Importance of Mentorship 15:13 - Ruben's career journey from school, to investment banking, to tech 21:00 - How to build a community: Blue zones, “Moai”, and positivity 28:17 - Parties in Atlanta & Celebrity Marketing 31:35 - The future of Career Karma 34:00 - The Y Combinator Experience 40:51 - Lessons from Y Combinator 46:38 - How to build a strategic vision 51:30 - Self-Confidence & Imposter Syndrome 57:10 - Lightning Round --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This is a freestyle episode! The ladies talk about whats happening in the news, Aliya's fun parents activities and being attacked by caterpillars Black Millennial Highlight of the week: Ruben Harris of Career Karma. @RubenHarris on IG Find us on Instagram at: Fam-llennial Podcast: @Fam_llennial Aliya: @AliyaFromHTown | Krystal: @KrissyCart12 | Vernique: @verniquetherealtor Shoot us an email at: Famllennial@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fam-llennial/message

This week on Investigating Pathways, I'm joined by Ruben Harris, the founder of the popular career reskilling platform, Career Karma. Career Karma is an online platform that helps folks looking to find job training programs. Ruben is also the host of the Breaking into Startups podcast. In today's episode, we talk about Ruben's time breaking into tech, how he built Career Karma, and how tech can be expanded to be accessible to minorities. FOLLOW Arnav: https://twitter.com/arnavvgarg FOLLOW Ruben: https://twitter.com/rubenharris To stay up to date with the podcast: Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9m1vhdkW7tA8NM8r6F9rOA/?sub_confirmation=1. Follow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GXOT2uv64WEXjXTnMfeOb Follow us on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/investigating-pathways/id1554195882 Follow us on Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80NTJiMWY3MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== #investing #startups #entrepreneurship

Ruben Harris wants you to succeed. Like other guests on The Operators, he left behind a successful career in finance to build a company that helps people. For Ruben, this came in the form of Career Karma, the #1 destination for career advice, and the easiest way to find a job training program. Bridging the gap between education programs that need candidates and prospective students that don't know where to start, Career Karma makes education accessible practically and effectively. Ruben is also the host of the wildly successful podcast Breaking Into Startups, a show about getting into tech from non-traditional backgrounds. In this episode, he gets into the details of who to pitch, how to talk about your startup, and how Career Karma has raised each of its financings, including getting into YCombinator and raising a Series A from Initialized Capital.

Ruben Harris is CEO of Career Karma, a company that matches people who want to learn to code with the right support circle and coding boot camp for their needs. Read the full blog post for this episode here. More on Ruben Harris and Career Karma Career Karma website Career Karma YouTube Ruben Harris Twitter Ruben Harris Instagram Breaking Into Startups Podcast Like this episode? Please review the EdTech Startup Show Podcast on iTunes. Leave a rating. And share the episode with an educator or entrepreneur who you think should hear it. Thanks for listening, Gerard Dawson http://gerarddawson.com

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