#107: Rich Smith - How A College Dropout Became A Senior Engineer at Netflix
Breaking Into Startups11 Joulu 2018

#107: Rich Smith - How A College Dropout Became A Senior Engineer at Netflix

Announcements: Watch the video recording of this episode on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rg8SHeq1Ns Rich Smith is a Senior UI engineer at Netflix but did you know this was his 17th job? Today, he talks about how he started hustling as early as 4th grader and eventually discovered his interest in coding! On the episode he covers a lot of topics as what it was like growing up with role models who were athletes, which a lot of us could relate with. And how not until he dropped out of college that Rich stumbled upon coding and later realized that this could be a viable career path! Rich’s journey to become a Senior Engineer at Netflix was certainly not an easy feat, but he lays out the roadmap on this episode that anyone can follow to attain the same results. Hint: it doesn’t involve a computer science degree :)

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#44: Anthony Pompliano - How an Army Sergeant became a Product Manager at Facebook

#44: Anthony Pompliano - How an Army Sergeant became a Product Manager at Facebook

Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano is best known for his hustle. Since early years, he's been coming up with business ideas and today he invests in companies and helps them grow. Before he became a Venture Ca...

21 Huhti 20171h 21min

#43: Soroush Mehraein - How a switch from Industrial to Software Engineering led to a job at Uber

#43: Soroush Mehraein - How a switch from Industrial to Software Engineering led to a job at Uber

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 b...

20 Huhti 201730min

#42: Dan Pickett - Founder of Launch Academy

#42: Dan Pickett - Founder of Launch Academy

Based in Boston, Dan Pickett founded a program called Launch Academy built around the premise of helping people become the best version of themselves. Graduating over 500 people, the school is now set...

15 Huhti 201751min

#41: Kim Han - Biz Dev Deep Dive: from Tango to Business Development at Square

#41: Kim Han - Biz Dev Deep Dive: from Tango to Business Development at Square

Growing up in Taiwan for 17 years, Kimberly Han moved to Seattle to go to College where she majored in Psychology while minoring in Dance. For majority of her adult life she was a professional tango d...

11 Huhti 20171h 1min

#40: Quincy Larson - Founder of Free Code Camp, Community of 1,000,000+ People Learning How to Code

#40: Quincy Larson - Founder of Free Code Camp, Community of 1,000,000+ People Learning How to Code

Coming from a nontraditional background as an educator living in China for years, Quincy combined his passion for education and technology to launch Free Code Camp, an open-source community that helps...

9 Huhti 201755min

#38: Nimit Maru - Founder of Fullstack Academy & Grace Hopper

#38: Nimit Maru - Founder of Fullstack Academy & Grace Hopper

Realizing the need for a more rigorous and accelerated curriculum for software engineers, Nimit Maru founded Fullstack Academy. He also founded its sister school, the Grace Hopper Program, which is th...

3 Huhti 201749min

#39: Carly Robinson - Chicago Actress who became a Software Engineer at Slack

#39: Carly Robinson - Chicago Actress who became a Software Engineer at Slack

From dancing to coding, Carly Robinson left her theater career in New York and Chicago to break into tech. She attended Hackbright Academy and is now working as a software engineer at Slack. Prior t...

2 Huhti 20171h 6min

#37: Natasha Vianna - Teen Mom who led the #NoTeenShame Campaign & became Head of Community at Honor

#37: Natasha Vianna - Teen Mom who led the #NoTeenShame Campaign & became Head of Community at Honor

As a teen mom, Natasha Vianna had to deal with the stereotype that society has boxed her in. But she didn’t let this break her spirit. Natasha’s goal was and is to be the best version of herself. In f...

30 Maalis 201740min