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Ep. 126 - The Mechanic (Ray Acevedo)

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Tech News, Technology

4.7618 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Ray was a mechanic, a full-time job he held while he learned to code part-time at the Coalition for Queens. In this specially produced segment, Ray shares his coding journey, how he came close to quitting altogether, and how his brother got him through.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, that's my prime delivery.

0:01.6

What, already?

0:02.7

Only one thing can match the buzz of Prime's fast delivery.

0:06.2

And that's the buzz of Prime's entertainment.

0:09.0

What are we watching?

0:09.7

Heads of state, that new action comedy with Idris Elber as the Prime Minister,

0:13.3

John Sina as the president, and Prianka Chopra Jonas,

0:15.9

as their only hope.

0:17.0

It looks like a blast.

0:18.2

From fast delivery to explosive entertainment, it's on Prime. For only

0:23.0

899 a month, join now. Content includes limited ads, subscription, or to renews. For more information,

0:28.2

go to amazon.com.uk.U.K. slash prime. Hey, it's Zaron. So you may have noticed that this episode

0:33.7

is a lot shorter than our previous episodes. That's because this episode is a little

0:38.1

different from what we usually do. I hope you like it. It's totally okay if you don't, but either

0:43.3

way, I want to hear from you. So take a listen, then email me at hello at codewby.org, and let me know

0:48.3

if you want to hear more episodes like this or if you totally don't. Either one is fine. Okay,

0:53.5

here we go.

0:55.0

Hope you like it.

1:02.4

Today on the show, I'm so excited to have Android developer Ray Acevedo sharing his coding journey.

1:05.8

Before learning to code, I was working as a mechanic.

1:07.3

Did that for a while.

1:12.6

Other odd jobs, I worked at Home Depot for a while, worked at McDonald's for a little bit, until I got into the Coalition for Queens.

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