<p>Bekah is a mother of four who’s learning to code. But what’s incredible about her story isn’t just that she’s raising young children while finding 2-4 hours every day to code, it’s that she used coding as a form of therapy to get through a very tough time in her life. We’re also introducing a new segment called Tales from the Command Line, and in our first episode, we dig into coding and mental health.</p> <h4>Show Links</h4> <ul><li><a href="https://dev.to/advertise">Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie!</a> (sponsor) </li> <li><a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/">freeCodeCamp</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/BekahHW/Moms-Learn-Tech">Moms Learn Tech (repo)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.momscancode.com/">Moms Can: Code</a></li> <li><a href="https://flatironschool.com/">Flatiron School</a></li> <li><a href="https://cnewbie.io/2GhU03r">Codeland Conf</a></li> <li><a href="https://cnewbie.io/2Q5oA26">Codeland 2019</a></li> </ul><h4>Bekah Hawrot Weigel</h4><p>Bekah is a mom of four kids under 10, and learning to code after ten years as an adjunct English instructor. </p>

S7:E2 - How do I level up? (Ben Orenstein)

The CodeNewbie podcast was born from CodeNewbie, an organization which fosters a supportive, international community of people learning to code. Each season, host Saron Yitbarek delivers stories and interviews from people of diverse backgrounds and expertise about their coding journeys, as well as beginner friendly discussions about the tech you should know about.