Podcasts about codepath

The following is a conversation between Michael Ellison, CEO and Co-founder of CodePath, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving.

What would it look like to build coalitions to disrupt poverty, pollution, and the prison system? This week's guest received a $100 million grant to do just that. Van Jones is a CNN host, New-York-Times-bestselling author, and the co-founder of multiple social enterprises to address issues of criminal justice, climate change, and social equity. Aria and Reid spoke with Van about what it will take to rethink our social systems and build fair, balanced coalitions for change. How can we disrupt the profit-driven prison system? How can underserved communities better contribute their talent and resources? And how can we change our news, media, and even sci-fi comic books to reflect a better future? Read the transcript of this episode here. For more info on the podcast and transcripts of all of the episodes, visit www.possible.fm/podcast. Topics: 04:35 - Hellos, intros, and Van's comic book ideas 09:00 - Make Wakanda Real and plans for change 12:12 - How to build a coalition for change 17:15 - How to build trust with vulnerable people 20:31 - Bringing people with power and purpose together 21:15 - Using the Bezos grant to disrupt poverty and the prison industry 27:29 - How organizations like Codepath make change 31:09 - What does addressing climate change look like 37:07 - What is the role of media for change 40:00 - How might AI change media? 42:41 - How to address political division 48:55 - Rapidfire questions The award-winning Possible podcast is back with a new season that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. Most of all, it asks: what if, in the future, everything breaks humanity's way? Tune in for grounded and speculative takes on how technology—and, in particular, AI—is inspiring change and transforming the future.  This season, hosts Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger, are speaking with a new set of ambitious builders and deep thinkers about everything from art to geopolitics and from healthcare to education. These conversations also showcase another kind of guest: AI. Whether it's Inflection's Pi, OpenAI's ChatGPT or other AI tools, each episode will use AI to enhance and advance our discussion.  Possible is produced by Wonder Media Network and hosted by Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger. Our showrunner is Shaun Young. Possible is produced by Edie Allard, Sara Schleede, and Paloma Moreno Jiménez. Jenny Kaplan is our executive producer and editor. Special thanks to Katie Sanders, Surya Yalamanchili, Saida Sapieva, Ian Alas, Greg Beato, Ben Relles, Rae Steward, Gus Alexander, Andi Lichtenfeld, Belicia Montgomery, Kalia Lydgate, Didier Morais, Chantel Muentes, Felicia Shand, and Little Monster Media Company.

NBC10 Investigative Reporter Claudia Vargas sits down to talk tech and the future of Philly with Michael Ellison, CEO/founder of CodePath.org, a nonprofit transforming computer science education for underrepresented minorities at over 50 colleges and universities.

Introduction: Welcome to Five & Thrive: a weekly podcast highlighting the Southeast's most interesting news, entrepreneurs, and information of the week, all under 5 minutes.  My name is Jon Birdsong and I'm with Atlanta Ventures.  Announcement of the Week: Neighborhood Studios was recently launched by Dave Payne - Former Managing Director at TechStars and Co-founder of ScoutMob. Neighborhood Studios is a hyper-local venture studio with the thesis that starting hyper-local is the best way to build something users love and then expand it nation and world wide. If you listened to last week's Youtube Video of the Week with Brian Chesky of AirBnB and how earning a 100 users that love your product is the best approach, well it just validates it's a damn good thesis. Dave has built a passionate and very talented team around him including Tapan Patel to validate ideas, execute on customer discovery, and then recruit a CEO to run the business. Their first company has already been spawned called Homegrown. Homegrown is the best way to finance your next brick & mortar location. The best SMB businesses face limited access to growth capital. Homegrown creates opportunities between local wealthy investors and best-in-class businesses that are ready to expand. Keep an eye on Neighborhood Studios and the idea generation occurring – oh and they are also looking for a CEO.      Community of the Week: This week I had a wonderful meeting with CodePath CEO Michael Ellison who is expanding their reach to Atlanta. CodePath is reprogramming higher education to create the most diverse generation of engineers, CTOs, and founders. There are over 20,000 students and alumni from 500 colleges now working at 2,000 companies that have learned how to build through CodePath. CodePath is supported by Google, JP Morgan, Andreessen Horowitz, and several other prominent companies. Whether you're a CS student today or moonlighting at night, joining CodePath provides the programming, mentorship, and community to accelerate your career and learning.    New Meetup of the Week: This week, Atlanta Ventures launched Atlanta AI Meetup. Artificial Intelligence is moving quickly. Applications are built every day that will lead to thousands of use cases in our work, art, science, life, and leisure. This Meetup group is for the curious ones who want to explore the rabbit hole of applications and deciphering what is valuable and what is not and the larger impact on society as a whole. The pace of advancement is so rapid this will be a great force function for those looking to learn the most important and latest innovations in the AI space. Whether you are an engineer on the OpenAI team or taking your first prompt, this Meetup is for you. At our events, we'll be experimenting with the most interesting applications and discussing ways this changes society through a respectful, supportive, and engaging environment. We're ironing out the date of the first meeting but join the Atlanta AI Meetup to get notified of the date which we'll cement soon.  Product of the Week: The product of the week is led by founder and CEO, Astrid Androsch called AlpStoriesTech out of Atlanta. They provide mass-customization at scale to the beauty, nutrition and health industry while making the world cleaner. They focus on influencers and entrepreneurs between 1M-20M followers who want to sell their own product but don't want to go through the pain of finding a manufacturer, sourcing the material, navigating packaging and design. AlpStoriesTech handles all of it, including the customization. How do they do it? As an influencer and entrepreneur you have 60 ingredients to create your customized product and they take care of the rest with their end-to-end supply chain technology solution with robotic on-demand manufacturing. If you want to create your own beauty product, AlpStoriesTech is one of the best avenues to design, manufacture, and build without the headaches and hassle with zero waste. Level Up with Coaching: Atlanta entrepreneur and co-founder of Terminus, Eric Spett is ramping up his coaching services. If you're an entrepreneur looking to accelerate value creation while minimizing pain, Eric is your coach. Having an objective sounding board removed from the inner circle of a business (co-founders, employees, investors, and Board members) is a huge asset while building in the trenches. If you're interested, reach out to Eric Spett on LinkedIn. Annnnnnnd that's 5 minutes!    Announcement of the Week: Neighborhood Studios and Homegrown Community of the Week: CodePath New MeetUp of the Week: Atlanta AI Meetup Product of the Week: MyAlpStory Level Up with Coaching: Eric Spett

Jules Walter is a product leader at YouTube and co-founder of both the Black Product Managers Network and Codepath.org. Previously, he led monetization and mobile growth teams at Slack. He's also a very well-known leader in the broader product community. In today's episode, we discuss the skills that matter most to PMs, and how to build those skills. We also spend quite a bit of time talking about the importance of finding mentors to help you learn new skills, how to nail your next job interview, barriers to entry for underrepresented people, and some of the most common paths into product management.—Find the full transcript at: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/leveraging-mentors-to-uplevel-your-career-jules-walter-youtube-slack/—Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting this podcast:• Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security: https://vanta.com/lenny• Notion—One workspace. Every team: https://www.notion.com/lennyspod• Linear—The new standard for modern software development: https://linear.app/lenny—Where to find Jules Walter:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/julesdwalt• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juleswalter/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• Twitter: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—Referenced:• Black Product Managers Network: https://www.blackproductmanagers.com• Maryanna Quigless on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/quigless/• Brittany Bankston on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-bankston-77693a85/• Benin Saffo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benin-saffo/• Lawrence Ripsher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceripsher/• Matt Mochary on Lenny's Podcast: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/videos/how-to-fire-people-with-grace-work-through-fear-and-nurture-innovation-matt-mochary/• Adriel Frederick on Lenny's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humanizing-product-development-adriel-frederick-reddit/id1627920305?i=1000583287891• Bangaly Kaba on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iambangaly/• The Minto Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing, Thinking, and Problem Solving: https://www.amazon.com/Minto-Pyramid-Principle-Writing-Thinking/dp/0960191046• Pathwise Leadership: https://pathwiseleadership.com/• Erin Teague on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinteague/• Bradley Horowitz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleyhorowitz/• Nikhyl Singhal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhyl/• Tim Ferriss on what makes a great mentor: https://www.businessinsider.com/tim-ferriss-what-makes-great-mentor-2017-11• Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended on It: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-audiobook/dp/B01COR1GM2• Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends and Colleagues: https://www.amazon.com/Connect-Building-Exceptional-Relationships-Colleagues/dp/0241986869• Chris Voss's MasterClass on negotiating in the workplace: https://www.masterclass.com/sessions/classes/win-workplace-negotiations• Lex Fridman's podcast: https://lexfridman.com/podcast/• Never Have I Ever on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80179190• Top Gun: Maverick on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KBTJBiL3oQInterview Prep Communities:• Lewis C Lin's Interview Community: https://join.slack.com/t/pminterview/shared_invite/zt-1mqc5lzdt-SZuIvbzZIl8ob7UJeydVGg• Exponent: https://www.tryexponent.com/• StellarPeers: https://stellarpeers.com/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Jules's background(06:07) Two paths to becoming a product manager(07:20) How Jules became the first growth PM at Slack(09:03) Black Product Managers Network and Codepath.org(12:05) The most important skills to refine as a PM: IQ skills and EQ skills(14:48) How to improve your interview skills (18:50) Why interviewing is more difficult for underrepresented people(20:39) EQ skills: what are they and how to improve them(22:44) The EQ skills Jules has had to develop over the course of his career(24:27) The importance of having a mentor or coach for self-reflection(26:09) How cultivating self-awareness helped Jules improve his communication(30:13) Strategies for learning new skills(35:32) Improving strategy, execution, and product sense(37:00) How identifying best practices can help you improve skills(40:22) Communicating clearly and asking for feedback(42:38) Methods Jules uses to improve skills(45:31) How to approach asking for feedback(47:46) Why it's harder to get honest feedback on EQ skills(50:56) The importance of understanding your strengths and weaknesses and leaning into the former(55:18) Jules's most impactful mentors(56:14) The qualities to look for in a good mentor and how to approach them(1:02:15) How to foster the best relationship with your mentor(1:06:51) Lightning round—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. 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There are no quick fixes when it comes to opening the tech workforce to underrepresented groups, according to CodePath's co-founder and CEO. The solution, he argues, is a carefully calibrated end-to-end program combining academic and industry expertise to prepare college students for the most competitive entry-level positions.

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Michael is the co-founder and CEO of CodePath, a 503 nonprofit transforming computer science education for underrepresented minorities at over 50 colleges and universities, doubling in size every semester. Working closely with major technology companies such as Cognizant, Microsoft, and Facebook, CodePath.org is changing what's being taught and how it's being taught in CS programs nationwide to increase diversity in tech using a system-wide solution. Prior to codepath.org, Michael founded three nonprofits and three tech startups starting at age 19. He was a founding board member for Women Who Code and co-founder of Segment, which went through Y Combinator in 2011 and is now valued at over $1,000,000,000.

Jocelyn Goldfein is a managing director at Zetta Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that invests in AI-first startups. Jocelyn led engineering teams while at Facebook and VMware during their high-growth years before becoming a venture capital investor. In founders, she looks for real empathy for customers. Jocelyn has backed over 20 startups focused on enterprise infrastructure and artificial intelligence.Real empathy for the customers is critical to a great go-to-market strategy.Throwing a ton of irrelevant data at an AI model doesn't make the model more useful. Data can only create real value if it is relevant and clean.Having the right people around the founding team makes big problems smaller, but the wrong people make small problems bigger.Sustainable innovation requires a combination of user needs and robust business models.Non-profit: CODEPATH.ORG

From in-depth courses and technical mentorship, to interview prep and career fairs, nonprofit CodePath seeks to eliminate educational inequity in technical careers. Our Alteryx BIPOC employee resource group sat down with CodePath CEO Michael Ellison, and CodePath graduate Omar Valenzuela to hear how CodePath resources can serve as a catalyst for landing a career in tech. Check out the full show notes on the Alteryx Community, where you can comment and join in on the conversation, or use #AlterEverythingPodcast on social media.Want more from Alteryx? Follow @Alteryx on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. You can also join us on the Alteryx Community, and download a free Alteryx trial to begin breaking through your analytic and business challenges.

Here's how a nonprofit teams up with colleges to support students underrepresented in tech and build their career prospects. We talk with Michael Ellison, the co-founder and CEO of CodePath, about how an extra layer inside an academic department can diversify a field.

Nathan Esquenazi, the Co-founder and CTO of CodePath, and I discuss how his team unlocked the power of cohort-based learning and leveraged that insight to build the CodePath platform.

This week we discover how to provide access to the tech industry with the CEO and founder of CodePath, Michael Ellison.

“Most Black computer science students think Silicon Valley companies are racist.”  If you didn’t know this already – you should really sit down and listen to this episode. No one educates more Black students in computer science than Codepath.  Codepath is the non-profit co-founded by Michael Ellison to eliminate educational inequity in technical careers.  Every year Codepath teaches hundreds of college students the skills they need to get jobs at companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon. In this episode, Michael shares his stark assessment of how Silicon Valley treats Black engineers, including CS students who may have not gone to a ‘top’ school.  He discusses the toll both Covid and the recent events like the George Floyd killing have taken on Black students. Michael shares what Silicon Valley leaders – venture capitalists and companies alike – can do to empower Black engineering students who seek jobs, or seek to start companies in Silicon Valley. https://codepath.org https://somethingventured.us 

We discuss our time at the CTO Summit at the NASDAQ Marketsite from a couple weeks back. This was a great conference, because technology leaders from startups to larger companies congregated to talk about managing and scaling tech teams. We talk about software process, distributed teams, how deployment is the main cause of all software failures, and a whole bunch of other interesting software development topics. Just as a warning, there isn’t a lot of crypto content on this one, but we thought our learnings from the conference were worth highlighting. Topics: On the CTO Event Recaps  - Eliot Horowitz of MongoDB Inc.: The Right Amount of Process to Scale Your Engineering Team  - Maria Belousova of Grubhub: Building Highly Distributed Teams  - Michael Boufford of Greenhouse: Establishing a Management Cadence  - Bjorn Freeman Benson of Fresnel Research: Seventeen Things that Have Bitten Us But Shouldn’t Have  - Yvette Pasqua of Meetup: Engineering Leadership Through High Growth and High Change  - Angie Ruan of Nasdaq: The Nasdaq Financial Framework Transformation  - Rebecca Miller-Webster of DevMynd: Refactoring Trust on Your Team  - Johnny Ray Austin of Mapbox: Setting Your Team Up For Failure  - Mona Soni of Dow Jones: Is Your Team Built to Be Effective?  - Edith Harbaugh of LaunchDarkly: What I learned From Not Running 100 Miles  - Lena Reinhard of CircleCI: Better Communication for Stronger Teams  - Michael Ellison of CodePath.org: Improving Diversity in Tech by Transforming CS Education at Colleges  - Stacy Gorelick of Flatiron: Growing a Platform Team  - Jean Barmash of Komodo Health: How to Receive Feedback  - Ushashi Chakraborty of Mode Analytics: Run Engineering Meetings Using Improve Skills  -Kwame Thomison of Magnetic Inc.: Your Hiring Pipeline is a Product  - Debbie Madden of Stride Consulting: How to Retain Developers. And When To Let Them Go  - James Kenigsberg of 2U: Standing on the Shoulder of Giants - Adapting Existing Technologies for Speed and Credibility  - Andrew Montalenti of Parse.ly: Fully Distributed & Asynchronous: Building Eventually-Coordinated Teams That Ship  - Randy Shoup of WeWork: Breaking Codes, Designing Jets, and Building Teams Links: Bjorn Freeman Benson - https://twitter.com/bjorn_fb Johnny Ray Austin - https://twitter.com/recursivefunk Lena Reinhard - https://twitter.com/lrnrd Why we re-designed our engineering career paths at CircleCI - bit.ly/circleci-matrix Debbie Madden - https://twitter.com/debbiemadden200 Andrew Montalenti - https://twitter.com/amontalenti Randy Shoup - https://twitter.com/randyshoup

You may think you know about diversity in Silicon Valley, but you may not have heard it this straight up and candid before. Michael Ellison is African American and grew up poor as far from Silicon Valley as possible. Here he discusses how he made his unlikely way to Silicon Valley to become CEO of Codepath.org.  Codepath is the the hugely influential engineering training organization working with Silicon Valley’s tech giants, and universities across the country. We discuss problems with diversity programs, income inequality and racism on the road to Silicon Valley. A bonus : what you should really think of the movie Black Panther.

Michael Ellison is currently the Chief Operating Officer of CodePath where he leads product, operations, and business development. CodePath is an education technology startup that has a reputation for excellence in training engineers with the skills that they need for cutting-edge tech jobs. Running for four years now, CodePath has worked with over 850 of the top tech companies. Not to mention, they're the most popular Android resource on the Internet with over 20,000 startups and over 500,000 developers using their resource every month. They've also helped redesigned onboarding programs for companies like Facebook and Airbnb, of which 25% of their engineers have been taught by their program. Recently, they launched CodePath.org that is powering under-searched schools with coding curriculum. Presently, they've worked with over 30 schools and 1,200 students.

UK-born Soroush Mehraein moved to the United States and graduated from UC Berkeley. He studies Industrial Engineering and ended up doing consulting for biopharma companies, Soroush attended a coding bootcamp and transitioned into the software engineering roles top Silicon Valley tech companies. Prior to Google where he’s currently working as a software engineer, Soroush attended Hack Reactor to hone his coding skills and ended up landing a job at Uber. On the episode, Soroush discussed the interview process and what it was like working on the engineering team at Uber. While on the job, Soroush applied and got accepted into CodePath, a mobile training bootcamp for existing software engineers. Living by Winston Churchill’s quote, “If you’re going through hell, keep going,” Soroush believes that putting your heart and soul into building the right kind of relationships along with developing an in-demand skill set can surely take you places.