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Welcome to another episode of Develomentor. Today's guest is James Tucker.\xa0

James Tucker is a developer, husband, dog dad, and former aspiring pastor.

Currently, he\u2019s working at soona as a full stack engineer, building out a content creation platform primarily with Vue.js and Ruby on Rails.

James is passionate about making things and teaching others code. When he\u2019s not coding, you can probably find him spending time with his wife Megan, reading, playing ice hockey, or camping.

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A note from Grant

In yet another first for the show, we have our first Theology major turned developer as a guest today. That\u2019s right, James Tucker, a once upon a time aspiring pastor with a Theology degree from Northland International University, spent three years working across manufacturing and insurance before deciding to go to a tech bootcamp and become a full stack developer for the likes of Journey Tellr and soona. In addition to his developer roles, he\u2019s an avid blogger and public speaker. Be sure to listen in as we learn about James Tucker\u2019s calling to code.

-Grant Ingersoll

Quotes

\u201cWhen I took Strength Finders and I started thinking about my past and I remembered that I was really creative as a kid and I love legos. I loved painting, I loved drawing. And we sort of thought that coding and being a developer was somewhat like an adult version of playing with legos. That\u2019s really when I decided to go off to my bootcamp.\u201c

\u201cOne thing that really helped me with my job search was building out side projects and making sure I had these listed on my resume so when I got interviewed I had something I was really passionate about. I got actual feedback from hiring managers that this was one of my strengths of my approach to getting a job\u201c

\u2014James Tucker

Key Milestones

Additional Resources

Podcasts:
How I Built This \u2013 https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this
Hardcore History \u2013 https://www.dancarlin.com/

Note Taking:
Obsidian \u2013 https://obsidian.md/
Roam \u2013 https://roamresearch.com/

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https://jamestucker.dev/

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