#28: Rodney Urquhart - How a 16-year-old High School Dropout became a Software Engineer at Slack

#28: Rodney Urquhart - How a 16-year-old High School Dropout became a Software Engineer at Slack

Rodney Urquhart grew up in a North Philly neighborhood ridden with gang violence and effects of the crack epidemic. After seeing people around him get involved with gangs and crime, he realized that staying in high school would result in getting arrested or shot. At 16, Rodney dropped out of high school and moved in with his grand mother. Being a high school dropout and having no college degree, Rodney had his fair share of companies casting doubt on his ability. But his willingness to learn and work well with others was what got him to create an impressive company portfolio including Comcast, Microsoft’s Yammer, and ThoughtWorks. He didn’t just want to survive, he wanted to thrive. Rodney currently heads the test infrastructure team at Slack. He is also part of a program called /dev/color, a non-profit organization that aims to maximize the impact of Black software engineers in the tech space.

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#126: Marcelo Claure - Why Softbank Invested in Career Karma

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#125: Erik Torenberg - What Is Venture Capital? & How It Helps Job Seekers

#125: Erik Torenberg - What Is Venture Capital? & How It Helps Job Seekers

Not only a true believer in the power of networking, Erik Torenberg definitely walks the talk. Erik is big on community building and networking. He is known for organizing huge events as well as intim...

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#124: Jake Schwartz - CEO of General Assembly on COVID-19 Response

#124: Jake Schwartz - CEO of General Assembly on COVID-19 Response

Jake Schwartz is the co-founder and chief executive officer of General Assembly, a global company advancing the future of work. Jake leads GA's growth, creating sustainable talent pipelines for busine...

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#123: Dan Friedman - COVID-19 Response from the Co-Founder of Thinkful

#123: Dan Friedman - COVID-19 Response from the Co-Founder of Thinkful

Dan Friedman is the Co-Founder of Thinkful, a coding bootcamp that provides online courses Software Engineering, Design and Data Science courses. Dropping out of Yale, Dan is proof that you don't need...

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#122: Vaibhav Sahgal - Head of Growth at Reddit - How to be a Growth Product Leader

#122: Vaibhav Sahgal - Head of Growth at Reddit - How to be a Growth Product Leader

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#121: Kesha Lake - How a Mom from Atlanta became a Remote Software Engineer at Stitch Fix

#121: Kesha Lake - How a Mom from Atlanta became a Remote Software Engineer at Stitch Fix

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Kesha Lake is a member of the Career Karma community from Atlanta. She joined Career Karma in the beginning of 2019. Less than a year later, she got a job as a remote...

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#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 i...

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#119: Career Karma Origin Story (by the CEO of Free Code Camp)

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