#161 How to go full-on Renaissance Man mode in 2025 with Vaughn Gene

#161 How to go full-on Renaissance Man mode in 2025 with Vaughn Gene

On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Vaughn Gene. He's a self-taught software engineer who works with lots of freelance clients. Vaughn lived in Japan for 10 years, and speaks Japanese, speaks Spanish, plays guitar, plays piano, and is skilled at MMA. He's obsessed with learning new skills.

We talk about:
- How Vaughn struggled with high school and joined the Navy
- How he learned Japanese so he could work as a personal trainer in Japan
- How he learned coding using freeCodeCamp as a way to make more time and more money
- His pragmatic approach for teaching himself new skills for free

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Support also comes from the 11,043 kind folks who support freeCodeCamp through a monthly donation. Join these kind folks and help our mission by going to https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate

Links we talk about during our conversation:

- Vaughn's YouTube channel and his approach to pursuing multiple skills in tandem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTnsjmsgJS8

- Vaughn on Instagram where he posts guitar: https://www.instagram.com/vaughngene/

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