{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Indie Hackers","title":"#143 – Following Your Passion to Become an Indie Hacker with Pete Codes of No CS Degree","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/83ed3354\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3341,"description":"Pete Macleod (@petecodes) didn't have a cushy fallback plan when he set out to become an indie hacker. Eight months ago he was unemployed, and a few months after that he was working a minimum wage job with dangerous clientele. He knew figured his best bet would be to strike out on his own: \"I don't really have anything to lose at this point, so I suppose I'll just go for it.\" Today he runs No CS Degree, a profitable online business that helps aspiring software engineers who don't have the stereotypical credentials. In this episode, Pete and I discuss his remarkable ability to get help from others, his techniques for rapidly learning how to create a successful company, and the reasons it was crucial for him to solve a problem he was passionate about.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/143-pete-codes-of-no-cs-degree","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/hdohCXPH-scU5wt_XTGUZNcvyzw90CqYMi1KMtSSm6E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEwOTg1LzE1OTAy/NTc1OTMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}