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In this episode we sit down with David Lindahl, a friend and colleague that recently pivoted his career from a the financial sector to web development.\nSegment 1 -\xa0Introduce Yourself\nIntroductions and pathway to today\nSegment 2 - Bootcamp\nYou mentioned that Code Fellows, which is where you took your classes, prefers to call it more of a coding school, or coding academy. What differences are there between traditional boot camps and a course at Code Fellows?\nIn general how was the experience?\nWould you recommend the coding academy route for developers starting in the industry in 2018?\nWould you say the connections you made during your time at Code Fellows has helped you finding work or been beneficial in any way so far?\nWhat are some of the frameworks you learned?\nWhat were some of the example projects you made?\nSegment 3 - First month on the job\nHow many interviews did you end up getting, and how many positions did you apply for?\nHow did the interview process play out?\nWhat did you end up doing in your first week?\nAre you applying the skills you learned in your schooling to your daily work, if yes then how?\nHow challenging has it been adapting to your new job, this being your first web development one?\nSegment 4 - Comparisons of Class Training vs Self-Taught\nWe worked together on the very first steps of The Appex, where you were fresh out of the code academy, whereas I more or less self-taught frontend development to myself.\nWhat do you think about class training vs the self-taught mentality?Pros and Cons?\nHow much have you had to self-teach yourself after working on projects outside of your schooling?I think you mentioned learning flexbox as an example?\n\xa0\nYou can find David via...\nTwitter & Instagram\nRainier Watch\nMade with Spark\nThe Appex\nLindahl Studios\n\xa0\nYou can find us on...\nFacebook\xa0|\xa0Twitter\xa0|\xa0Instagram\nRSS | Patreon | Spotify\nMedium\xa0|\xa0YouTube\xa0|\xa0GitHub\xa0\nNew! -\xa0Reddit