Saron Yitbarek is the CEO and founder of CodeNewbie, the most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code. She's also the vibrant host of the CodeNewbie Podcast, Basecs Podcast, and Command Line Heroes (a Red Hat podcast).

Chantastic Asks her about learning in public, interviewing the world’s greatest developers, the art of storytelling, and aggressive kindness that surround her #CodeNewbie twitter chats.

They discuss podcasting, building a community you can trust, shower new developers with love and support, and what it takes to put on the most supportive conference in the world.

Featuring

• Saron Yitbarek — Twitter, Website
• CodeNewbie — Twitter, Website
• Codeland — Twitter, Website
• Michael Chan — Twitter, Github, Website

Links

• Flatiron School
• Michel Martin — Weekend Host, All Things Considered
• Starbucks’ Howard Schultz Doesn’t Sleep—But Don’t Blame the Coffee — Alec Baldwin’s abrupt interview style on Here’s the Thing
• Recode Decode — Kara Swisher’s podcast on Vox
• [CodeNewbie](https://www.codenewbie.org] — Most supportive community of programmers and people learning to code
• #CodeNewbie Twitter Chats — Join our weekly #CodeNewbie twitter chat, every Wed @ 9PM EST
• Saron Yitbarek of CodeNewbie at Red Hat Summit 2018 — “Code and…”
• Codeland — The only conference designed for new and growing developers, July 22 in New York
• Your Perfect Tech Talk — Saron’s stellar advice on giving a great tech talk
• How to Build a Magical Living Room by Saron Yitbarek — Saron’s 2018 RubyConf Keynote where she talks about interpreting constructive feedback