On this week's episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Dr. Chuck. He's a software engineer and Computer Science professor at University of Michigan, which has one of the top-ranked CS programs in the world.
Dr. Charles "Chuck" Severance is also creator of many popular free learning resources like his Python for Everyone and C for Everyone, which millions of students have taken over the past decade.
We talk about:
What separates a Master Programmer from an average developer, and how to become one
Dr. Chuck's mission to make programming knowledge freely available
The fundamental shortcomings of how Computer Science is currently taught at universities – even elite universities like the one he's a professor at
Dr. Chuck's theories on recent tech layoffs and what he thinks the near future holds
Dr. Chuck's love of racing $2,500 cars that he revives from the junk yard, and flying planes
Can you guess what song I'm playing on my bass during the intro? It's a 2015 song from an Australian musician.
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Links we talk about during our conversation:
Dr. Chuck's latest freeCodeCamp course on C programming: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/complete-c-programming-course-from-dr-chuck/
Dr. Chuck's Python for Everyone freeCodeCamp Course: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/python-for-everybody/
Kylie Ying's popular Machine Learning for Everyone course inspired by Dr. Chuck: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/machine-learning-for-everybody/
Dr. Chuck's website with his free interactive coursework: https://online.dr-chuck.com/