How to become a self-taught developer while supporting a family [Podcast #164]

On this week's section of the podcast, freeCodeCamp laminitis Quincy Larson interviews Jesse Hall. He's package technologist and a developer advocator astatine MongoDB. He taught himself to codification while raising kids and moving connected the Best Buy Geek Squad fixing computers. Jesse has created tons of tutorials complete the years connected YouTube and connected freeCodeCamp. We talk astir his coding journey, really the section has changed complete the fewer years, and really hype has distorted peoples' cognition of getting into code. We talk about: - Growing up successful a 1 extremity ray town - Teaching himself to codification for free utilizing freeCodeCamp - How he created YouTube tutorials to animate his kids, past sewage rather bully astatine it - How Jesse's early liking successful Web3 lead him to needing to "dig himself retired of the grave" of being "the NFT tutorial guy" 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. Join these benignant folks and thief our ngo by going to https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate Links we talk astir during our conversation: - Jesse's tutorials connected freeCodeCamp: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/author/codeSTACKr/ - Jesse's people connected really to group up and configure the VS Code editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJEbVCrEMSE Chapters 0:00:00 Teaser 0:00:26 Intro pinch Song 'Elevator Action' 0:02:26 Introduction and Background 0:05:25 Embracing AI successful Development 0:08:28 Journey from Hardware to Software 0:11:23 Transitioning to Software Development 0:14:31 Family Life and Career Changes 0:17:25 The Role of YouTube successful Learning 0:20:24 Inspiration and Developer Advocacy 0:23:25 Life successful Texas and Encouragement for Others 0:28:45 Optimizing Development Environments pinch VS Code 0:31:12 The Impact of AI connected Learning and Development 0:33:02 Mentoring the Next Generation of Coders 0:35:01 Navigating AI Tools successful Production Environments 0:38:47 Boosting Productivity pinch AI Tools 0:42:48 Learning to Code successful the Age of AI 0:46:52 Project-Driven Learning and Development 0:49:19 Embracing New Tools and Technologies 0:56:31 Recognizing and Overcoming Ruts successful Learning 1:00:05 The Joy of Continuous Learning 1:03:06 Navigating Time Management and Side Gigs 1:04:38 The Value of Certifications successful Career Growth 1:10:03 The Rise and Fall of Web3 and NFTs 1:20:56 Advice for Aspiring Software Engineers