Hiring and Mentoring Coding Bootcamp Grads, With John Harden

John Harden is the Principal Software Engineer at Kerauno. Kerauno is a workflow and communication software company that just raised a $25M Series A. When he’s not leading a high-growth development team, he’s mentoring for two coding academies, Eleven Fifty and Kenzie Academy.

Hiring coding bootcamp alumni is a controversial subject in development circles, and I’m excited to dive into it.

In this episode, we talk about his experience both hiring and mentoring coding bootcamp alumni, finding mentorship early in your career, and the importance of “tech jams” when scoping a project.

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