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231 JSJ Codewars with Nathan Doctor, Jake Hoffner, and Dan Nolan

September 28, 2016
Episode 231
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231 JSJ Codewars with Nathan Doctor, Jake Hoffner, and Dan Nolan

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3:23 Discussing the purpose and aim of Codewars
7:30 The process for building a program with Codewars
11:07 The UI and editor experience
12:55 The challenges faced when first building Codewars
14:23 Explaining PJAX
16:54 Building code on Codewars
21:24 The expanded use of KATA on Codewars
23:11 Practicing “solving problems” and how it translates to real world situations
34:00 How Codewars proves out the persistence of coders
36:41 How Codewars appeals to collaborative workers
44:40 Teachable moments on Codewars
49:40 Always check to see if Codewars is hiring. Codewars uses Qualified.io, which helps automate the hiring process.
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231 JSJ Codewars with Nathan Doctor, Jake Hoffner, and Dan Nolan
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Marrow Sci-fi book
Uprooted Fantasy book
Five Stack software development studio
Code book
Special Guests: Dan Nolan, Jake Hoffner, and Nathan Doctor.