1: Why are you learning to code?

This week Tom and Ed introduce A Question of Code, a new podcast answering the common questions that come up when learning to code. Ed’s a newbie coder who’s only been learning to code for a year and Tom’s a more seasoned developer having worked in the industry for a few years. They discuss how and why they got drawn into a career in programming and each explain what’s kept them there (or almost there in Ed’s case).

Show Notes

• Tom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thomashazledine 
• Ed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/edPython
• A Question of Code on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aQoCode 
• Python: https://www.python.org/
• Book: Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas Hofstadter https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0465026567
• Book: Flow: The Psychology of Happiness by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0712657592
• Course: Harvard CS50x: Introduction to Computer Science https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-introduction-computer-science-harvardx-cs50x

What is A Question of Code?

A newbie coder and a seasoned veteran discuss the questions that always come up when someone begins learning to code.

Ed is looking at getting a career in programming and has been learning to code for just over a year. During this time he’s been building up a stack of questions that keep coming up from other newbie coders. Luckily, he’s got someone he can ask for help: Tom. Tom’s a seasoned coder, having worked in the industry for a few years now and has all the answers Ed needs, or does he?