Launch School Podcast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

54 episodes of Launch School Podcast since the first episode, which aired on January 4th, 2017.

  • Meet a Student: Letladi Sebesho

    May 7th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  22 mins 24 secs

    In this episode, we speak with Letladi Sebesho, a South African developer who recently completed all (well, most) of the Launch School courses. He talks about how Launch School compares with his computer science courses, his job hunt process, and also...

  • Meet a Student: Jay Shenk

    April 1st, 2017  |  Season 1  |  29 mins 4 secs

    In this episode, Jay Shenk talks about changing career goals from an aspiring clarinetist to a programmer and how he applies what he learned as a trained musician to programming. Jay’s been at Launch School for around a year and shares some advice...

  • Meet a Student: Terry Lee

    March 14th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  26 mins 1 sec

    Terry Lee came on the podcast today to talk about her experience so far at Launch School. Terry has been at Launch School for about a year and has aced every assessment so far. She talks about her previous career as a product manager, getting laid...

  • Meet a Student: Naveed Fida

    February 27th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  37 mins 7 secs

    Naveed is has been learning at Launch School for around a year and has been an outstanding student so far. He's nearing the end of the curriculum and stopped by the podcast today to share his story. We talked about the unique challenges of...

  • Meet a Student: Darren Burgess

    February 13th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  33 mins 27 secs

    Darren Burgess stopped by the podcast to talk about his experience at Launch School. Before starting at Launch School, he spent many years as a Filemaker Pro developer and even attended a different coding “bootcamp”. We talked about the learning...

  • Meet a Student: Rachel Minto

    January 24th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  30 mins 38 secs

    Rachel is currently in the "Advanced" phase of the program, having completed all back end and front end courses. She stopped by to share her experience so far at Launch School. We talked about:  her art and philosophy background and how that's...

  • Meet a Student: Tommy Caruso

    January 9th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  47 mins 9 secs

    In this interview, Tommy Caruso shares with us his strategy of balancing a family, kids, finishing up his Computer Science degree, and Launch School all at the same time. Oh, and he’s also interning in his spare time. We had a great time chatting...

  • Meet a Student: Karl Lingiah

    January 4th, 2017  |  Season 1  |  35 mins 35 secs

    One of our students, Karl Lingiah, took time to answer some questions and talk about his journey so far at Launch School. He shares his ideas on learning in general, and specifically what his experience has been so far at Launch School. Note: we had a...