Chris Lee
Co-Host of Launch School Podcast
Chris started his career in 2002 as a software engineer at IBM working on large enterprise software. He started working with Ruby in 2007 consulting and coding for several startups. Later, he founded his own startup, a video interviewing platform for recruiters and hiring managers. Chris has also been a senior consultant at Deloitte Consulting in its Salesforce practice as a SME (subject matter expert) for Ruby, Heroku and iOS development. Prior to Launch School, Chris was the engineering manager and technical lead in a VC backed startup in San Francisco.
In all, Chris has over 16 years of software engineering, consulting, and various leadership experience. His work experience has ranged from Fortune 100 companies to startups and small businesses. When he's not programming, he enjoys playing basketball and spending time with his wife and poodle.
Chris Lee has hosted 30 Episodes.
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S4E8: Capstone Salary Reflections
December 19th, 2022 | Season 4 | 27 mins 51 secs
capstone, launch school, programming, salaries, software engineer
In this episode Chris and Karis discuss the latest Capstone Salaries page update. Chris shares important data to look out for on the new salaries page, and provides advice when comparing other career-launching programs out there on the market. This discussion is to be used as a companion guide to the salaries page, and is especially helpful for those looking to have more clarity on Capstone. The episode finishes with some announcements and upcoming events.
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S4E7 Bytes: Biggest Takeaways This Year
December 7th, 2022 | Season 4 | 30 mins 13 secs
coding, launch school, mastery, programming, software engineering, tech
In this bytes episode Karis asks Chris and the Launch School community "What was some of their biggest takeaways this year at Launch School?" After the students and staff share their takeways, Karis closes the episode with some Launch School announcements and upcoming events.
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S4E6: Programming Essentials Workshops Q&A and Catchup with UK Capstone Graduate Kelvin
September 28th, 2022 | Season 4 | 56 mins 25 secs
coding, launch school, learn to program, software engineering
In this episode Chris and Karis conduct a Q&A session about Launch School's new Programming Essentials Workshops, what they are why new programmers would want to attend. Karis then catches up with Launch School Alumnus Kelvin, who shares his experiences as a UK Capstone student and what it's like working as a software engineer based in the UK. The episode comes to a close with some Launch School announcements and upcoming events.
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S4E5: Transforming at Launch School
August 22nd, 2022 | Season 4 | 1 hr 19 mins
coding, isa, launch school, software engineering, transformation
In this episode Chris and Karis discuss a recent inspirational talk given by Core graduate student Jake. Chris answers some additional Launch School-related questions including how ISAs work. Karis interviews Capstone graduate and Launch School Alumna Catherine, who shares what life has been like as a software engineer a year and a half on from her studies at Launch School. The episode ends with a few announcements about the latest events.
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S4E4: Capstone Salaries, Recession & The Younger Students of Launch School
July 19th, 2022 | Season 4 | 1 hr 14 mins
In this episode Chris discusses the latest 2021 Capstone salaries, and provides some advice for students that have concerns about the recession. Karis catches up with younger students, Ethan and Tyler, and learns how their Launch School studies are already making an impact on their software engineering journey. Karis ends the episode with a few announcements about the latest events at Launch School.
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S4E3: The Story of Launch School
May 5th, 2022 | Season 4 | 2 hrs 3 mins
how to learn, launch school, programming
In this episode Launch School Student Felicia interviews Chris as he shares the origin story of how Launch School came to be. He also offers his unique perspective on how Launch School approaches learning, coding education and software engineering. The show includes several new announcements that students should be aware of.
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S4E2: Latest News, Interviews and Catch-up with Mandy
April 14th, 2022 | Season 4 | 1 hr 12 mins
how to learn, launch school, programming
This episode Karis and Chris discuss the all the latest Launch School interviews and presentations. Karis also catches up with the co-host from last season Mandy who now works at Mozilla. Finally they leave you with a number of new announcements that students should be aware of.
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S4E1: Welcome to Season 4!
March 22nd, 2022 | Season 4 | 51 mins 19 secs
how to learn, launch school, programming
This season Chris kicks off our first episode by introducing Launch Schools new podcast format and new co-host Karis. Together they discuss the latest events happening at Launch School and some quick reminders students should be aware of. Karis also catches up with previous host Callie in a 1 on 1 interview.
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S3E10: Season 3 Final Episode
December 20th, 2021 | Season 3 | 26 mins 49 secs
In today's episode, our podcast hosts Chris, Callie, and Mandy share their end of the year reflections on Season 3, new updates on where Mandy and Callie are going, upcoming ideas for season 4, and ambitious goals for Launch School in the New Year and beyond.
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S3E4: John and Adam Isom -- Skipping College, CS Degree vs Launch School, and Making Six Figures Together
August 13th, 2021 | Season 3 | 57 mins 43 secs
education, programming
John and Adam talk about their journeys working together through Launch School, and their experiences working through a CS degree. John also talks about his decision to skip college to attend Launch School.
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S3E2: An update from Gabe, Arthur, and Ben on friendship and teamwork through Capstone, the Job Hunt, and as professional Software Engineers
July 19th, 2021 | Season 3 | 56 mins 31 secs
Previously in Season 2, Chris talked with Gabe, Ben, and Arthur to share their story on how they, as a group, supported one another through the Core curriculum. That episode highlighted the importance of community and friendship.
In this episode, Gabe, Ben, and Arthur are back with us to share more! They update us about their journey through Capstone, the job hunt, working as software engineers and meeting each other in person for the very first time.
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S2E11: Q&A Capstone, Assessments, DPP, & 2020 Salaries with Chris
May 15th, 2021 | Season 2 | 1 hr 7 mins
In this episode, Staacy and I held a Zoom Q & A. I was happily surprised by the wide-range of topics that we got to dive into. Questions ranged from knowing if you’re on track for Capstone, when and how to get a job, how your age affects a career in tech, how to know if Launch School is for you, and how the Deferred Payment Program works.
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S2E10: Conference on Study Habits by The Social Network with Liz, Jesse, and Katarina
February 14th, 2021 | Season 2 | 1 hr 19 secs
education, learn to code, learning, programming
In this episode, I caught up with Liz, Jesse, and Katarina to chat about another peer-led community group at Launch School called "The Social Network" and the recent conference they put on focused on study habits.
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S2E9: Student Panel Discussion
November 18th, 2020 | Season 2 | 1 hr 1 min
education, programming
This is a slightly different episode in that it’s a recording of a webinar we did a few weeks ago about our Deferred Payment Program. Now why would we include a webinar in the podcast? Well, the reason is because this webinar is actually a panel of Launch School students and the conversation is mostly about their journey through Launch School, so I thought it’d be suitable for the podcast.
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S2E8: Community Learning at The Spot with Leena, Rodney, and Christian
October 31st, 2020 | Season 2 | 44 mins 19 secs
education, learn to code, learning to code, programming
In this episode, I caught up with Leena, Rodney, and Christian who started a peer-based study group within the Launch School community called SPOT, which stands for Study, Practice, Overlearn, and Teach. This is, arguably, one of the most important topics for us as a mastery-based learning program.
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S2E7: Sunny Beatteay on Landing a Dream Job and Getting Promoted
July 23rd, 2020 | Season 2 | 1 hr 8 mins
education, programming
Sunny talks about his job as a Senior Software Engineer at Digital Ocean, how he got there, and how he got promoted so quickly.