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.

Segment 1 - Introduce Yourself

Introductions and pathway to today

Segment 2 - Bootcamp

You 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?
In general how was the experience?
Would you recommend the coding academy route for developers starting in the industry in 2018?
Would 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?
What are some of the frameworks you learned?
What were some of the example projects you made?

Segment 3 - First month on the job

How many interviews did you end up getting, and how many positions did you apply for?
How did the interview process play out?
What did you end up doing in your first week?
Are you applying the skills you learned in your schooling to your daily work, if yes then how?
How challenging has it been adapting to your new job, this being your first web development one?

Segment 4 - Comparisons of Class Training vs Self-Taught

We 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.

- What do you think about class training vs the self-taught mentality?
  - Pros and Cons?
- How 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?

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