From Stealing Cars to Self Taught Software Engineer with Dorian Develops Podcast, 147

On this week s episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Dorian Develops. He s a software engineer and prolific YouTube creator. Dorian grew up in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. He s the child of a single mother that arrived as a refugee from Cuba. After a rough childhood and dropping out of high school in 9th grade, Dorian eventually made a living as a valet car parker in Las Vegas. It was here that he realized he needed to make changes for the sake of his family s future. Dorian taught himself to code using freeCodeCamp and other free learning resources, and has since gotten several 6figure jobs as a web developer. We talk about: How Dorian survived his 20s by waiting tables and parking cars in Las Vegas How he taught himself to code using. .., freeCodeCamp 20241025 q85XZnkaVpU