From Stealing Cars to Self-Taught Software Engineer with Dorian Develops [Podcast #147]

On this week's section of the podcast, freeCodeCamp laminitis Quincy Larson interviews Dorian Develops. He's a package technologist and prolific YouTube creator. Dorian grew up successful the Little Havana vicinity of Miami. He's the kid of a azygous mother that arrived arsenic a exile from Cuba. After a unsmooth puerility and dropping retired of precocious schoolhouse successful 9th grade, Dorian yet made a surviving arsenic a vallet parker successful Las Vegas. It was present that he realized he needed to make changes for the liking of his family's future. Dorian taught himself to codification utilizing freeCodeCamp and different free learning resources, and has since gotten respective 6-figure jobs arsenic a web developer. We talk about: - How Dorian survived his 20s by waiting tables and parking cars successful Las Vegas - How he taught himself to codification utilizing free learning resources and built his web done months of attending section developer meetups - How he's worked arsenic a distant developer truthful he and his kids tin recreation the world - And really he's 1 twelvemonth into his betterment from a life of supplier and intoxicant addiction Can you conjecture what opus I'm playing successful the intro? Also, I want to convey the 10,993 benignant group who support our kindness each month, and who make this podcast possible. You tin subordinate them and support our ngo at: https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate You tin watch the question and reply connected YouTube: TK Or you tin perceive to the podcast successful Apple Podcasts, Spotify, aliases your favourite podcast app. Be judge to travel the freeCodeCamp Podcast location truthful you'll get caller episodes each Friday. Links we talk astir during our conversation: - Vagabonding book by Ralph Potts: https://rolfpotts.com/books/vagabonding/ - A documentary connected "Advantaged Play" successful Blackjack that Quincy mentions. [Note: I don't bet and I don't condone gambling. Still, this is still an fantabulous video that developers willing successful accusation information should see watching]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO6aPOkCt84 - A caller HTML tutorial by Dorian: https://youtu.be/sWYdumJckMw?si=nB8j5d9WQR5u5_Mb - Dorian's video astir his travel to sobriety: https://youtu.be/pGoeG5aY3S0?si=aanGEowSfWd-runm - Dorian's video astir his emotion of Brazillian Jujitsu but really it's near him pinch imperishable injuries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAHPG66H000 Chapters 0:00:00 Introduction to Dorian's Journey 0:06:54 Philosophy of World Schooling 0:13:05 Transitioning to Las Vegas 0:19:06 Finding Stability successful Vegas 0:26:07 Career Changes and Growth 0:30:47 Reflections connected Management and Work Culture 0:36:33 Balancing Creator and Manager Mindsets 0:43:48 The Normalization of Gambling successful Vegas 0:49:10 Dorian's Journey into Coding 1:06:15 NavigatingCoding Resources 1:13:29 The Journey of Building a Portfolio 1:20:55 From Meetups to Job Offers 1:28:51 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome successful the Workplace 1:38:31 Navigating Job Interviews and Technical Challenges 1:46:19 Embracing Remote Work and Family Adventures 2:08:17 The Road to Sobriety and Self-Discovery 2:17:11 Journey to Sobriety and Its Impact 2:25:20 Reflections connected Addiction and Parenting 2:30:46 Understanding Lifestyle Creep 2:47:39 Taking Action Over Procrastination