Lessons from Freelancing for Dozens of Startups with Eddie Jaoude Podcast #141

On this week’s episode of the podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Eddie Jaoude who is a software engineer and open source creator. He’s worked more than 15 years as a developer everywhere from Germany banking sector to London’s tech startup scene. He’s now a dev rel for hire and runs several open source projects. We talk about: Eddie’s journey into open source How he built his reputation through hackathons How he leveraged his network to find his first freelance clients His audio-video setup for filming tutorials Can you guess what song I’m playing on my bass during the intro? It’s the theme from a 1982 police show. Also, I want to thank the 10,773 kind people who support our charity each month, and who make this podcast possible. You can join them and support our mis ... #freeCodeCamp 20240913 lb1rLu0bYL0