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S7:E1 - Moms who code (Bekah Hawrot Weigel)

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4.7618 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Bekah is a mother of four who’s learning to code and used coding as a form of therapy to get through a very tough time in her life. We also introduce the first episode of a brand new segment, Tales from the Command Line.

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0:00.0

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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.uk. U.K.S. I had the absolute pleasure of speaking to Pamela Anderson.

0:34.3

All thanks to the Dove Self-Esteen project. We speak about the impact Y2K has had on women's body confidence and how Pamela has regained control. The Dove Self-Esteen project is an amazing initiative supported by science-backed methodology to help us improve our relationship with our bodies. To find more body confidence building exercises, go to dove.com forward slash

0:55.4

Y2K. That's Y2K spelt WHY2K.

1:04.2

Welcome to the Codenovie podcast, where we talk to people on their coding journey in hopes of helping you on yours. I'm your host, Saron, and today we're talking about being a mom and learning to code. Okay, so I've been a fan of Becca's for a while. Hi, I'm Becca Harat-Wigel, and I'm a freelance web designer and student at

1:29.2

Flatiron School. She's learning to code. She's a mom of four, and she's found a way to not just

1:34.5

spend two to four hours a day coding, but also sharing resources, teaching other people, coaching

1:40.3

other people on their coding journey. Now, I'm not a mother myself, and whenever I think about all the parents out there who are

1:48.0

learning to code while taking care of their kids, I literally don't know how they do it.

1:54.0

But Becca's story isn't just about being a mom.

1:57.0

It's about how she used coding as therapy to get through a really tough time.

2:02.7

She tells us what happened and how she got through it after this.

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