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Reboot features interviews with people who have made big career transitions. Hosted by scientist-turned-management-consultant-turned-developer Adarsh Pandit.

Episodes

  1. 13/03/2015

    4: Jim (Engineer > Baseball > Poker)

    Adarsh talks to Jim Perry, a professional poker player who trained as a civil engineer and baseball pitcher, now looking at his next career adventure. Half Life Duke Baseball Jim's Blog Rounders Movie Magic the Gathering Under the Boardwalk - Monopoly Championship Two Plus Two Forums Deuces Cracked Independent Association of Baseball Leagues Worcester Tornadoes Ron Guidry, Red Sox Catcher Black Friday 2011

    1h 16m

  2. 24/02/2015

    3: Jessie (Camp Counselor>Bootcamp Grad>Ruby Developer)

    Adarsh talks Jessie Young, who started her professional life as a political volunteer, worked in marketing, and became a developer after attending a technical bootcamp. PDA Edward "Ted" Kennedy Brookline, MA Sermo RailsBridge "Head First HTML with CSS" by Elisabeth Robson, Eric Freeman (not Kathy Sierra as I had thought) "Learn to Program" by Chris Pine Hungry Academy Dev Bootcamp Pivotal Labs

    1h 2m

  3. 16/01/2015

    2: Brenda (Waiter>Bartender>Lost Soul)

    Adarsh talks with thoughtbot designer Brenda Storer. Brenda started out as a psychology major and waitress in California, moved to New York City right after 9/11, and finally threw away her waitressing shoes to work as web designer. Bryant Park Chico State Brenda's Robbie Williams site from 1999 David LaChapelle Tilde Club DreamWeaver BUNAC Study Abroad Program 3Com Fountain Titanic FIT, Fashion Institute of Technology Quark Imposter Syndrome Girl Develop It Sara Chipps

    55 min

  4. 18/12/2014

    0: Adarsh (Scientist > Management Consultant > Developer)

    In Episode 0 of Season 1 of Reboot, Chad talks to Adarsh Pandit, thoughtbot SF Managing Director & host of the Reboot podcast, about his personal journey which inspired this, our newest show. This episode originally aired as #125 on the Giant Robots Podcast (http://giantrobots.fm/125) Reboot "The Pickaxe" Agile Development with Rails Learn to Program apprentice.io Adarsh on Twitter

    44 min

  5. 17/11/2014

    1: Gordon (Bartender > Film Editor > iOS Developer)

    In episode 1 of the first season of Reboot, Adarsh talks with Gordon Fontenot, an iOS developer at thoughtbot, about his career path, moving from college dropout, to bartender, to film editor and finally iOS developer. Gordon Fontenot on Twitter Gordon’s podcast with Mark Adams on iOS development Waltham, Massachusetts Avid Video Editor Central Booking AppleScript Pragmatic Programmers Stack Overflow Careers Imposter Syndrome Dog typing on computer thoughtbot

    1h 3m
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About

Reboot features interviews with people who have made big career transitions. Hosted by scientist-turned-management-consultant-turned-developer Adarsh Pandit.

Information

  • Creator
    thoughtbot
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2015
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Reboot
  • Show Website
    Reboot

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