#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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#70: Dan Burrill - Director of Inside Sales at Twillio

#70: Dan Burrill - Director of Inside Sales at Twillio

Dan Burrill is not just the inside sales boss at Twilio but he's also a seasoned executive having spent time with other amazing companies including Box and Honeywell. A man who’s big on commitment an...

9 Marras 201755min

#69: Adam Braun - Co-Founder of MissionU

#69: Adam Braun - Co-Founder of MissionU

Adam is a co-founder of MissionU where he is building a school for the 21st century. He is also a founder of Pencils of Promise that has built over 400 schools around the world and provided over 70k k...

1 Marras 201756min

Nick Caldwell - VP of Engineering at Reddit

Nick Caldwell - VP of Engineering at Reddit

Nick Caldwell is the VP of Engineering at Reddit and has been in the game for over fifteen years. He has worked for impressive institutions including Microsoft and NASA. He is also heavily involved in...

20 Loka 201759min

#67: Bangaly Kaba - Journey to a Product Manager Role at Facebook & Instagram

#67: Bangaly Kaba - Journey to a Product Manager Role at Facebook & Instagram

Bangaly Kaba shares his story on how he broke into product management from a non-traditional backgrounds in Education and Finance. Originally from the East Coast, Bangaly is now considered as one of t...

11 Loka 20171h 3min

#66: Rocio Lopez - A Product Designer & a DACA Recipient is Standing Up for All DREAMers

#66: Rocio Lopez - A Product Designer & a DACA Recipient is Standing Up for All DREAMers

Rocio Lopez came to the U.S. as an undocumented minor and lived on the East Side of Palo Alto. For years, she and her family have gone through so much struggle until the Deferred Action for Childhoo...

1 Loka 201754min

#65: Zac Otero - From the Meat Factory's Floor to becoming a Salesforce Admin

#65: Zac Otero - From the Meat Factory's Floor to becoming a Salesforce Admin

A Missouri-native, Zac Otero is a true testament that a four-year degree isn’t always an indicator of success. High school dropout, Zac Otero describes how he worked his way up the career ladder from ...

22 Syys 201749min

#63: Saron Yitbarek - Self-taught Engineer & Founder of CodeNewbie Podcast

#63: Saron Yitbarek - Self-taught Engineer & Founder of CodeNewbie Podcast

From New York to San Diego, Saron has launched one of the biggest coding podcasts called CodeNewbie. The show has over 1.4 million downloads and listened to over a hundred countries. With a Twitter c...

8 Syys 201751min

#62: Mandy Cole - VP of Sales of Startups such as Living Social, Zenefits and Stella & Dot

#62: Mandy Cole - VP of Sales of Startups such as Living Social, Zenefits and Stella & Dot

Born in Atlanta, Mandy Cole is the founder of The Cole Method, a consulting firm that helps startups that have reached $1 million revenue to start learning how to go from putting balls in the basket t...

31 Elo 20171h 6min