Welcome to the Codenovie podcast. We talk to people on their coding journey and helps of helping you on yours. I'm your host, Saron, and today we're talking about the evolution of FreeCode Camp with the teacher who founded FreeCode Camp, Quincy Larson.

There was a lot of ambiguity, and there was a lot of fear that maybe I just wasn't smart enough

I couldn't do it.

Maybe that lack of math knowledge was really holding me back.

Quincy talks about creating the online learning resource he wished he had when he transitioned

mid-career into tech and how FreeCodeCamp has grown over time in community and content.

After this.

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Thanks for having me, sir, Juan. So we've had you on the show in the past, but it's been a while.

We had you back in 2015, and I know that there is so much stuff that's been happening with FreeCodeCamp.

You guys have grown. You've built so many new products and new educational tools, free tools for the community.

But let's do a little bit of a refresher. Tell us about what first got you into coding.

Absolutely. So I was a school director. I had a staff of teachers and students and administrators.

And I wanted everybody to be able to spend more time together and less time, you know,

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