047: What to Do When You Wanna Give Up Coding
In this episode, Nicole helps you work through your feelings and obstacles when you feel like giving up on learning to code.
Podcast Category: Personal Stories
037: I Hated Public Speaking… So I Became a Public Speaker
In this episode, Nicole shares her experience overcoming a lifelong fear of public speaking by giving a conference talk, and facing the negative emoti…
034: Overcoming Perfectionism and Getting Things Done
Perfectionism can derail your entire coding education. I share my story, and help you understand where it comes from, and how I'm working to overcome …
019: Why I Became a Tech Entrepreneur
Have you ever thought of what your career could be like without the constraints of others affecting your output? To have total control over your…
013: When Mental Illness Affects Your Coding Goals
Web development is a highly volatile industry at times. But if you’re also doing it as one of the millions of Americans living with mental…
007: Lessons from Code Academy with George Mandis
In this episode, Nicole talks to her first in-person coding instructor and good mentor friend, George Mandis of Snaptortoise Development. She met George, a Portland,…
004: My First Dev Job Used ColdFusion (or, Why I’m a Freelancer)
In this episode, Nicole opens up about her first web development position, in a story about why expectation (vs. reality) matters, and how our newbie…
002: How I Learned How I Learn
In this episode, Nicole shares her personal story of how she learned to learn. After a lifetime of feeling frustrated with traditional education systems, she…
001: Introduction & My Web Development Origin Story
For the inaugural episode of the La Vie en Code podcast, Nicole talks about her own journey in self-taught web development, and how her life…