Launch School Podcast
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
55 episodes of Launch School Podcast since the first episode, which aired on January 4th, 2017.
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Major Curriculum Updates with Chris
April 26th, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 hr 1 min
ai, chatbot, education, software
In this webinar, Chris discusses the recent updates to the Launch School curriculum, including new LSBot features, revamping assessments in response to the evolution of AI, and and updating a course with the most up-to-date best practices.
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S5E16: Student Spotlight - Battling Self-Doubt, A Student Transformation with Sherece
June 10th, 2024 | Season 5 | 36 mins 52 secs
coding, community, confidence, education, launch school, mastery, programming, self-doubt, software engineering, tech
In this episode, Brandi talks with Sherece about one of the biggest hurdles many face at Launch School, finding the courage to start the core curriculum amidst self-doubt. They also talk about the personal transformation that she, and many students, experience at Launch School.
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S5E15: Daniel Nalesnik - Founder of HackChinese and Core Graduate
May 27th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 21 mins
career transition, coding, education, engineer, engineering, entrepreneur, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
In this episode, Chris interviews Daniel Nalesnik, the founder of Hack Chinese and core graduate. Daniel used the fundamentals learned in core to go on a build his own business.
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S5E14: Student Spotlight - The Ups and Downs of the Core Curriculum with Patrick
May 13th, 2024 | Season 5 | 58 mins 57 secs
coding, community, education, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
In this episode, Brandi chats with current student Patrick about his journey through the core curriculum and the challenges that have come with it.
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S5E13: Setting Students up for Success - Smooth Start Program with Karis
April 29th, 2024 | Season 5 | 56 mins 27 secs
coding, community, education, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
In this episode, Karis shares the history of Smooth Start. Why the program was introduced, how it's changed based on student feedback, and what's to come.
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S5E12: Missy Lovegren - From Fine Arts to Software Engineering
April 15th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 20 mins
capstone, career transition, coding, education, engineer, engineering, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
In this episode, Chris interviews Missy Lovegren, a Capstone grad and software engineer at New Relic. Missy was a TA at Launch School and part of a 2022 Capstone cohort.
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S5E11: Student Spotlight - From Coasting to Excelling, a Student Transformation with Nick
April 1st, 2024 | Season 5 | 41 mins 37 secs
coding, community, education, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
In this episode, Brandi has a conversation with Nick Perry, a current student, SPOT lead, Smooth Start lead, and an active member of the Launch School community.
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S5E10: Felicia Bacon - A Lifelong Learner Thriving at Starbucks
March 18th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 26 mins
capstone, coding, education, engineer, engineering, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
In this episode, Chris has a conversation with Felicia Bacon, a Capstone grad and Software Engineer at Starbucks.
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S5E9: Student Spotlight - Climbing the Learning Curve as a New Student, with Katelyn
March 4th, 2024 | Season 5 | 40 mins 40 secs
coding, community, education, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
In this episode, Brandi interviews Katelyn, a current student finding her footing in the first few courses of the core curriculum.
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S5E8: Alex Strick van Linschoten - Open Source Machine Learning, based in Europe
February 19th, 2024 | Season 5 | 55 mins 33 secs
capstone, coding, education, engineer, engineering, europe, launch school, machine learning, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
In this episode, Chris interviews Alex, a Capstone grad who became interested in machine learning and came to Launch School after over 15 years of history research in Afghanistan. He's now a machine learning engineer at ZenML.
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S5E7: Launch School Explained with Chris Lee
February 5th, 2024 | Season 5 | 1 hr 23 mins
capstone, coding, education, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
In this episode, Chris begins by telling the story of his journey into teaching software and how it led to Launch School in its current form. He then answers the most frequently asked questions from both current and potential students.
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S5E6: Julia Martin - The Journey from JS101 to Databricks
January 22nd, 2024 | Season 5 | 52 mins 24 secs
capstone, coding, data, databricks, education, engineer, engineering, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
Chris interviews Julia Martin, a Capstone graduate and software engineer working at Databricks. She shares her journey from quitting her job to study at Launch School full-time, to her day-to-day now at a large tech company.
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S5E5: Student Spotlight - Imposter Syndrome and Recovering From a 'Not Yet', with Trisha
January 8th, 2024 | Season 5 | 35 mins 28 secs
coding, community, education, imposter syndrome, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
Brandi interviews Trisha about receiving a 'Not Yet' on the first assessment in Launch School and how she changed her habits after.
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S5E4: Jon Kulton - From Software Engineering to SRE
December 25th, 2023 | Season 5 | 57 mins 59 secs
capstone, coding, data, education, engineer, engineering, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
Chris interviews Jon Kulton in this episode. Jon completed Capstone at the end of 2019 and landed his first role during the beginning of the COVID pandemic. He has since transitioned to working for Datadog, a public company that provides monitoring and security services for cloud applications.
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S5E3: Student Resources - The SPOT & GatherTown
December 11th, 2023 | Season 5 | 54 mins 30 secs
coding, community, education, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
Chris has a conversation with JD and Daniel about The SPOT community and GatherTown, two resources available to Launch School students.
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S5E2: Student Spotlight - ADHD and Parenthood with Benjamin
November 27th, 2023 | Season 5 | 37 mins 34 secs
adhd, coding, education, engineer, engineering, launch school, mastery, neurodivergent, parenting, programming, software engineering, tech
In episode two, Brandi interviews Benjamin Walker, a current student juggling parenthood and ADHD after stepping away from a career in education.