![]() Looking back on it, it's crazy to not charge a lot of money for that right now. We searched for months and months and months because, as everybody knows, that skillset is in such high demand. What's funny is that platform that we wanted to build would have helped us find the people that we were trying to help us build it, I guess. So we set out to find some people who knew how to code. Like I said, me and my co-worker and co-founder, we were so passionate about this idea, we thought it could really help people, and change the world, all the cliche stuff. Could you kind of just hash that out for the audience a bit? You also have a really awesome blog post about how you began learning. The one about why every millennial should learn to code and you shared some really awesome insights there. For anyone listening, I actually interviewed Evan in an article on Forbes, he's mentioned. I know your story of how you kind of got started because we spoke before. Yeah, I guess if I counted my internships and my side jobs in college, it would have probably been 4-5 years, but full-time working at a corporate job it was like a year and a half or two years. Yeah, so this was how many years after college? How many years were you kind of in the working world not doing anything code related? We wanted to build this app for entrepreneurs and whatnot, so that was my Then I got my first job and then that's where I met my co-founder for Fount. I basically got into business and I tried to start a couple companies and they all flopped, while I was in college. It's kind of funny because I have this addictive personality I guess, where when I find something that I like I'll just do it 130% for however long my body can sustain it for. I still do music but I really took a deep dive into business. When I was 19, I got my first internship at a startup and it really changed my whole view on how I wanted to go about life. I went to hotel restaurant management and then I did some marketing, I was all over the place. I jumped around majors, didn't study any IT in college or anything that had anything to do with code. So I went to SoCal for school for college, but I mainly went down there for music. That's the only thing that I ever wanted to do. So basically in high school, I really wanted to be in a band. It's really crazy, I can never hammer down one specific thing I've done for my entire life. Yeah, so could you kind of go back a bit maybe, before you began learning to code, what were you doing? Were you doing what you studied in college? I love hearing those stories. I recently just got into code and it's been a lot of fun. Yeah, my name is Evan Leong and I'm born and raised in sunny California. Hi, how are you doing? I'm glad to be here.Īwesome, I'm so glad to have you here and I know we have so much awesome stuff to talk about. Hey Evan, thanks so much for coming on the show. Remember, you can get the Show Notes for this episode, plus a full transcript at /podcast. If you want to build your own mobile app or start your own startup, this episode is for you. Today, Evan also does UX and UI design at Devslopes. In our conversation today, Evan shares how he built his own iOS app in just 90 days for his startup, Fount. He's obsessed with brilliantly designed products with the goal of delighting users and enhancing their lives. Evan is a musician, designer, and recently turned iOS developer. In today's episode, I talk with Evan Leong. Hey listeners, welcome to the Learn to Code With Me podcast. The best part? HyperDev is totally free at. There's no set up, and the apps you create are instantly live. Unlike other playgrounds, HyperDev allows you to write both backend and frontend code. ![]() HyperDev is developer playground ideal for quickly building fullstack web apps. Visit bootcampprep.io to learn more and get a $500 scholarship with the code learnwithme. Fullstack also offers a part-time boot camp prep course that prepares you for admission into selective coding bootcamps. Welcome to Season 2 of the Learn to Code With Me podcast, where I'm chatting with people who taught themselves how to code and are now doing amazing things with their newly found skills.įullstack Academy is a coding bootcamp that helps people become software developers at companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
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