Sotheideaiswe'regonnahavejustonecommandthatwillrunthecurriculumapp, whichislearnedAfricaCometoearegonnahave a PRSeverinaswell, andyou'llbeabletoonceagaineditthecurriculum.
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Soyes, itwillbemucheasier, andoureffortswillbefocusedon a singlerepositoriesthat's active.
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Andsoyou'renothavingThioclickbackandforthandinput a wholebunchofcommandyourself.
Um, I withothersorganizedmeetupsfromJohannesburgon I'm a softwaredeveloper.
AndthankstofreequoteCam's curriculum, I havemanyneedsto, youknow, breakingtotheindustry, which I, umyouknow, atthebeginning, I thoughtitwasimpossibletodo, butyeah, I'm verygratefultoQuincyandtheteamandmeetingallofyouguys.
It's justbeenfantastic.
I'm letting a lotand I continuetolearninmydaytodayjob, and, um, yeah, I'm lookingforwardtotherestoftheevening.
Okay.
Hi.
I'm Brianna.
Um, I havemadesomevideosfor a freecodeCam's YouTubechannelandfromKansasCityoriginally, butnowliveinBerlin.
And I thinkprettymuchprettymucheverybodyherehastheircareerhasdirectlybenefitedfromtakingthatjumpfromsaying, I canlearnsoftwaredevelopment.
I candoit.
I cangooutandget a job.
Aiken, Aiken, freelance.
I canhave a careeras a softwaredeveloper, andit's justthatthatfaithinyourselfandthatwillingnesstoreachouttootherpeopleinthecommunityandaskforhelpandthenturnaroundandhelpotherpeopleinthecommunitytodothesame.
I think I wastweetingand I waslike, hashtaglikewomenwhocodehashtagwomenandtech.
I wasjustputtinganythingoutthereand I couldbemisremembering, but I feellikeyoutweetedatmelike, Hey, youshouldtryfreecodecamp.
And I waslike, Okay.
And I did.
Andthen I stuckwithit.
I gotlucky.
Awesome.
Yeah, I sawyourenergy, and, uh, I rememberexactlythetweet I sent.
But, youknow, atthetime I wasreachingouttopeoplewho I thoughtwouldbegood, um, citizenswithinthecommunityandwhoseemedreallypassionateandanenergetic.
Soyeah, soyoujoinedthefreeCokeandcommunity.
And I rememberearlyonweweredoing, like, theselivecodingsessionseveryTuesday, andyouquicklytookkindofchargeonthose, andyouwouldregularlystreamyourselfcodingyoushare a littlebitaboutthat.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I thinkmyfirsttimewaswithterrorkilobytewithNathan.
Shoutout, TerryKilobyte.
Um, and I wassuperintimidatedatfirst.
I waslike, Everybody's gonnaseehowdumb I am.
Everybody's gonnaseethat.
I don't knowwhat I'm doing.
I'm gonna, youknow, talkweird, which I'm sure I did.
I thinkit's anexcitingchallengeforme, justintellectually, butitalsomakesthesereallyimportant.
Tatcomes a conceptsomuchmoreapproachable, andit's like, Hey, youactuallycandothis.
Thesearen't socomplex.
Youdon't havetogotake, youknow, take a fouryeardegreetounderstandthis, it's a pro.
Youcandothis.
It's okay.
Yeah.
AndbasedonyourvideosonYouTubeandtheskillsthatyouwereabletobuildup, justlearningthecodeonyourownandthroughdifferentcommunities, youwereabletoeventuallyget a job.
Ah, canyoutalk a littlebitaboutyourjobandhowyougotit?
Yeah.
Yes, I workit.
Gethub.
Whichisnotwhere I thought I wouldbeworkingwhen I startedlearningtocode.
Soit's a similarchallengetothesecomputerscienceconcepts.
Like, howcanwemakethissimpleandapproachable?
Um, this, Youknow, thattransitionwasweirdbecausecomingfromelementaryschoolmusicteachertoworkingandgethubiskindof a jump.
Um, butbut I thinkworkingwiththosevideosspecificallyandsaying, Howcanwetakethesedifficultconceptsandmakethemapproachabletoanybodyissomethingthatreallyprimedmeforworkingagain.
So I thinkevenifsomebody's goingthroughfreecodecamp, andifyou'regoingthroughfreecodecampandyou'relike, I don't knowif I necessarilyseemyselfas a fulltimedeveloper, that's okay.
Liketherearesomanyplacesforyouthatareperfectfreewhothatyoumightjustnotknowexist, like I didn't knowthatthisjobexisted.
But I loveitright.
Andas a trainer, it's a combinationofdoingdevelopmentandalsofiguringoutwaystoteachdifferentmechanicsofgetandgethubandcodingbestpracticesthingslikethat.
Canyou?
Whatwould a typicaldayforyoubelikeYoucouldgo a coupledifferentways?
Sotogethubappthatwillwalkyouthroughtheprocessongethubsoyoudon't havetogothroughlikeallthedifferentrabbitholes, which I know I experiencedwhen I waslearningtocode.
I thinkit's reallyexciting, Awesome, andonebigchangegoingfrom a nele, um, entryschoolteacherandIllinoisisnowyouworkforgethubandgetupisprimarily a remotefocusorganization.
But I thinkfreecodecampinmanywayspreparedmeforthatbecausewewereworkingreally a synchronously.
Weweren't inthesameoffice.
I thinkthingsaremovingthatwayingeneralandtechnology.
Yeah, And I'm a hugeproponentofremoteworkingandasynchronous, especially, I think, theabilitytosleepin.
Andifyouifyoudon't feellikegivingupandandthenjustworkinglaterorah, youknow, reallydrillinginandusingyourbestjudgmentaboutwhenToeTosaythisis a priority.
I needtofinishthisevenifitmeansworkingthroughtheweekendjusthavingthatagencyandbeingabletomakethosedecisionsforyourself.
I thinkthat's a reallypowerfulthingfor a 21stcenturyknowledgeworker, anditreallyempowersthemtomanagethemselvesmuchmorethanin a traditionalofficesettingwhereyouhave a managerandtheyhave a managerand I mean, getuphisembracemanagers.
I knowinitiallytheydidn't evenreallyhavethatmuchinthewayofmanagers.
But, um, whataresomethingsthat, uhso I guess, whataresomethingsthatexciteyoumostabout?
Gethelpinthedirectionthattheorganizationisgoing?
That's anexcitingquestions.
I thinkthere's somanythingsthat I'm excitedabout.
Um, anyone I talkedto, whethertheyworkatgethovertheyworkwithgetHubisdevelopingsomethingawesome.
There's somanyamazingprojectsbeingbuiltonGethome.
Somanyamazingmindsusinggethaveis a tool, youknow, as a product, as a platform, really, aboutwheretheycanshareideasandcollaborate.
Um, I thinkevensomeonethatyouknowworksatgethelp.
What I envisionedforthetoolisprobablyonly a smallpercentageofwhatisactuallycapableofonceit's inthehandsofthebrilliantdevelopersthataregonnabeusingit.
Um, so I I don't evenknowif I canimagine, Youknow, eveninmywildestdreams, I don't think I couldreallyseewhat's gonnahappen.
Twopeoplethat I thinkifsomebodywantstolearnsomethingthatshouldbeabletolearnandit's hard, it's it's notthateasyanditshouldbeso.
I thinkwhetherit's gethaveorsomethinggreaterthanthat, that's sothat's wheremygoalsareat.
Awesome.
Well, Briana, thankyousomuchforflyinginfromBerlinand, ah, yourecentlygotmarried, so I hopeyourhusbandisthanksthankstohimforlettingusborrowyoufor a weekend.
And I amexcitedtoseewhatyoudo.
Andandcertainlywewouldwelcomeadditionalvideosongettinggethubandotherconceptsastimepermitsforyourcreative, because I justsentout a videoanthologyofIt's About 25 minutesandit's wayputtogether, uh, I thinkmaybe 20 differentvideosthatyoucreatedoverthepastfewyearsabouthowcomputerswork, howtheInternetworks.
Soeverybodybesuretocheckthatout.
I thinkthat's prettyprominentontheYouTubechannel.
Um, andbesuretofollowBrianaonTwitterbecauseshesheshares a lotofexcitingstuff, wasgonnapopupherTwitterinformationagainrealquick.
JustBrianaMarie.
Ah, 132 So, thankyousomuchforjoiningus.
Thankyou, Quincy.
Thanks, everybody.
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Um, So, while I'm doingthis, whydon't youjusttellus a littlebitofyourself?
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Doyoudo a lotofyourdatascienceworkinpythonEsomostlypython?
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A lotofourreadersareinternationally.
Don't necessaryspeakEnglishas a firstlanguage.
Soit's veryimportant.
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Yeah, andwhatareyourfavoritetypesofarticles?
Yourfavoritetopics.
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Youknowhowsomethingworksinpractice.
So, yeah, I mean, I guessit's hardtopickanexacttypeofartgallerylikethink.
Yeah.
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Go?
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Butforme, itwasjust, youknow, justgettingin a lotofinformation, gettingasmuchinformationaspossibleaboutsoftwaredevelopment.
Andthat's why I mean, youwouldobviouslyknowthatyouknowthatthelearningneverstops, right?
SoesoLook, I reallyappreciatepeoplethatthatmakeittothetothemidupsonDSaregranted.
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So I getallofthat.
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Enoughuntilyoujustdecideaboutthat.
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