From hating coding to programming satellites at age 37 – Francesco Ciulla interview [Podcast #165]

On this week's section of the podcast, freeCodeCamp laminitis Quincy Larson interviews Francesco Ciulla. He's a package technologist who has worked pinch the European Space Agency connected codification that powers the Copernicus outer program. More precocious he's published courses connected learning Docker and the Rust programming language. We talk about: - How Francesco worked arsenic a volleyball coach until we was 32, earlier getting superior astir coding - Francesco's activity connected coding satellites - How he's fixed dozens of talks astir emerging devices astatine awesome tech conferences - How he creates tech tutorials moreover though he's a proud introvert who has to put himself retired there Support for this podcast comes from a assistance from Wix Studio. Wix Studio provides developers devices to quickly build websites pinch everything out-of-the-box, past extend, replace, and break boundaries pinch code. Learn much astatine https://wixstudio.com. Support besides comes from the 11,384 benignant folks who support freeCodeCamp done a monthly donation. You tin subordinate these chill quality beings and thief our ngo by going to https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate Links we talk astir during our conversation: - Francesco's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@francescociulla - Francesco's upcoming book connected Rust: https://mybook.to/YJI6DI - Francesco's individual website and each his links: https://www.francescociulla.com Chapters 0:00:00 Teaser 0:00:25 Intro & Song: Power of Anger 0:02:29 The Rise of Rust: A Programming Revolution 0:08:43 Francesco's Journey: From Volleyball Coach to Software Engineer 0:14:27 Teaching and Learning: The Importance of Knowledge Sharing 0:20:30 Navigating Social Media: Building a Developer Presence 0:28:26 Finding Your Niche: The Docker Community and Beyond 0:43:16 The Docker Ambassador Program 0:45:12 The Power of Community Engagement 0:47:33 Navigating Introversion successful Tech 0:52:45 Building Reputation and Networking 0:59:42 Day-to-Day arsenic a Freelance DevOps Consultant 1:09:23 The Future of DevOps and Automation 1:13:22 Certifications: A Means to an End 1:20:32 Advice to My Younger Self