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Booting Up
Rod Danan
12 episodes
12 hours ago
The live show where we talk to Bootcamp Grads & self-taught techies working at the best companies. You'll learn about how to get your first job and how to stand out once you get there. Every episode is filmed live on our YouTube channel where you can ask guests questions yourself. For more career resources, join our community of bootcamp grads at prentus.co/bootcamp-grads. Podcast hosted by Rod Danan, Founder and CEO of Prentus.
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The live show where we talk to Bootcamp Grads & self-taught techies working at the best companies. You'll learn about how to get your first job and how to stand out once you get there. Every episode is filmed live on our YouTube channel where you can ask guests questions yourself. For more career resources, join our community of bootcamp grads at prentus.co/bootcamp-grads. Podcast hosted by Rod Danan, Founder and CEO of Prentus.
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2: Going from Pro Sports to Engineer at Twitter with Sam Gould
Booting Up
51 minutes 46 seconds
4 years ago
2: Going from Pro Sports to Engineer at Twitter with Sam Gould

Despite getting a Bachelors's in Biology from Stanford, Samuel never went into that field. Instead, he played squash professionally until 2017 when he decided to enroll at Thinkful. He leveraged his network to get a shot at a Twitter job and snagged a position with his hard work. Listen in on what happened during the first years and lessons you can learn from him.  


7:02 Why he chose Thinkful to learn software engineering 

12:35 Starting at Thinkful 

16:23 Mindset of being a bootcamp grad 

19:04 Landing an interview with Twitter 

23:06 First year in a new job 

27:50 Going from solo projects to giant teams 

33:15 It's ok to ask for help 

35:40 Biggest difference between Year 1 & Year 2 of being a dev


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Booting Up
The live show where we talk to Bootcamp Grads & self-taught techies working at the best companies. You'll learn about how to get your first job and how to stand out once you get there. Every episode is filmed live on our YouTube channel where you can ask guests questions yourself. For more career resources, join our community of bootcamp grads at prentus.co/bootcamp-grads. Podcast hosted by Rod Danan, Founder and CEO of Prentus.