Spotify Developer Emma Bostian Talks Coding, Hiring Devs, and European Work Culture Podcast, 139

On this week s episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Emma Bostian. She s a software engineer turned manager at Spotify and Prolific coding teacher. We talk about: How at her first developer job at IBM, Emma s boss told her: You need to get your stuff together or you won t make it in this And the transformation that followed. Emma s thoughts on Computer Science degrees. Going to college gives you credibility and a network. You can get opportunities that How Emma hires software engineers. (Hint: she tries to disregard degrees completely. ) How Emma intentionally procrastinates some big tasks to give her mind time to figure out the puzzle pieces Can you guess what song I m playing on my bass during the intro It s from a 1979 punk song. . .., freeCodeCamp 20240830 sPLlG5EGw2g