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MJS 054: Gordon Zhu

Guests :

Gordon Zhu

Hosts :

Charles Max Wood

Published : Mar 28, 2018

Duration : 45 Minutes

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Panel: Charles Max Wood

Guest: Gordon Zhu

This week on My JavaScript Story, Charles speaks with Gordon Zhu. Gordon is the founder of Watch and Code. The mission of the company is to take total beginners and turn them into amazing developers. He first got into programming by trying to avoid programming. He studied business in college and was really interested in the internet, leading him to have to learn coding. He talks about the importance of being focused, especially in the beginning, and the ability to figure things out.

In particular, we dive pretty deep on:

Watch and Code
How did you first get into programming?
Studied business in college
Peak
Two different eras of programmers
There is more than one way to get into programming
Culture is promoting a new way of thinking about technology
Black Mirror
How did you get into JavaScript?
Marketing, product management, and engineering
Angular
Tried to avoid JS and focused on Python
Importance of focus
The ability to figure things out
How to spend your time in the beginning
Current focus
Focus gives you freedom
Reading a lot of code
What are you proud of?
And much, much more!

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