First dev job at 45 – Interview with self-taught freeCodeCamp grad Eric Carlson [Podcast #194]
The Free Code Camp podcast features Eric Carlson, a self-taught developer who secured his first software engineering job at 45, alongside updates on new courses, tutorials, and community news.
MAIN POINTS FROM TRANSCRIPT
- Eric Carlson, a Free Code Camp graduate, became a software engineer at 45.
- New course on building MCP servers with Python is available on YouTube.
- Andrew Brown's course helps pass Google's generative AI leader certification.
- Tutorial on Stricks, an AI tool for app security testing, is now published.
TAKEAWAYS
- Free Code Camp offers a variety of new courses and tutorials for developers.
- The Python course teaches building interactive MCP servers for AI agents.
- Andrew Brown provides insights into Google Cloud's generative AI offerings.
- Stricks tutorial aids in enhancing app security against common vulnerabilities.