To code is to struggle! I interview Tech with Tim, who got a job at Microsoft at age 19 [Podcast #150]

On this week's episode of the podcast, I interview Tim Ruscica, the software engineer and prolific programming teacher behind the Tech with Tim YouTube channel. He's also developed courses on freeCodeCamp's YouTube channel.

We talk about:

• How Tim managed to get a $70k salary by hacking his way into a Microsoft internship when he was just 19

• How he learned computer architecture as a kid by playing Minecraft

• Lessons he learned from a failed tech startup

• Why he recommends Python as a first programming language. "It's the least overwhelming thing to get your hands dirty."

Can you guess what song I'm playing in the intro?

Also, I want to thank the 11,133 kind people who support our charity each month, and who make this podcast possible. You can join them and support our mission at: https://www.freecodecamp.org/donate

Links we talk about during our conversation:

• The classroom montage from Real Genius that Quincy mentions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB1X4o-MV6o

• One of Tim's mock coding interview videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q_oYDQ2whs

• Tim's course: https://techwithtim.net/dev