#120: Jerrick Warren - How Career Karma's first member became a Software Engineer at Gemini

#120: Jerrick Warren - How Career Karma's first member became a Software Engineer at Gemini

Jerrick Warren has an inspiring story of breaking into the Blockchain Tech Startup Gemini coming from a background in medicine. He went from joining the Career Karma community, to getting accepted into Lambda School to getting a Software Engineering job in a year! Today, he shares with us the many struggles he had to overcome and how Career Karma helped him pave his way to success. Career Karma is a community that helps you figure out a road map that is customized to you, your preferences, and your needs. Lambda School is a coding bootcamp that offers a unique pay structure to its students. Find out more about them.

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#86: Special Report - Congressional Black Caucus's Tech 2020 Initiative on Future of Work

#86: Special Report - Congressional Black Caucus's Tech 2020 Initiative on Future of Work

In May 2015, the Congressional Black Caucus launched CBC TECH 2020 to bring together the best minds in the tech, non-profit, education and public sectors to chart a path forward to increase African Am...

10 Touko 20181h 49min

#85: Michael Ellison - CEO of CodePath.org, Helping Engineers Advance their Careers

#85: Michael Ellison - CEO of CodePath.org, Helping Engineers Advance their Careers

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 f...

4 Touko 20181h 1min

#84: Joe Musselman - Founder of The Honor Foundation, Helping Special Forces Vets Break In

#84: Joe Musselman - Founder of The Honor Foundation, Helping Special Forces Vets Break In

Joe Musselman was spending his time in the military working with Navy SEALs and upon finishing his service, he started The Honor Foundation to help special operation forces who have left service to tr...

21 Huhti 201855min

#83: John Maeda - Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic

#83: John Maeda - Global Head, Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic

John Maeda is the Global Head of Computational Design and Inclusion at Automattic. Previously, he was a Partner at Kleiner Perkins where he founded the design and tech report that's read by people all...

15 Huhti 201847min

#82: Wendy Padua & Tami Forman - How Returnships help Mothers & Parents Get Back Into the Workforce

#82: Wendy Padua & Tami Forman - How Returnships help Mothers & Parents Get Back Into the Workforce

If you're a mom or you know some moms who want to know what it takes to break back into tech after you've been out of work for several years, this is a must-listen episode. Today's guest is Wendy Pad...

8 Huhti 20181h 1min

#81: Melissa Hereford - How to Win in a Salary Negotiation

#81: Melissa Hereford - How to Win in a Salary Negotiation

Melissa has been teaching negotiation tactics for the last 22 years. Today, Melissa Hereford is going to teach us how to negotiate, not only in terms of salary, but life in general - deadlines, rela...

2 Huhti 20181h 28min

#80: Jason Mayden - CEO 0f Superheroic and Former Designer at Jordan Sneaker

#80: Jason Mayden - CEO 0f Superheroic and Former Designer at Jordan Sneaker

Jason is widely known as a global brand director for the Jordan Brand at Nike, where he led and contributed to the creation of several shoes for athletes and cultural icons including Carmelo Anthony, ...

22 Maalis 20181h 1min

#79: Ghazal Asif - VP of Worldwide Channels Sales at App Dynamics

#79: Ghazal Asif - VP of Worldwide Channels Sales at App Dynamics

Ghazal Asif is the heading Channels Sales at App Dynamics and she shares her path into tech!

7 Maalis 20181h 10min