S10:E3 - How do you prepare for bootcamp and break into tech? (Ruben Harris)
Ruben Harris, CEO of Career Karma, shares his story about how he broke into the startup world, how people can do the same, and creating his app, which aims to help people build a coding community and better prepare themselves for bootcamps.
We chat with Ruben Harris, CEO of Career Karma, and a man with bit of an unconventional background. He’s worked as an event organizer for athletes and celebrities, an investment banker, and professional cellist. We chat with him about how he broke into the startup world, his advice for people trying to do the same, and his app, Career Karma, a resource for people trying to find a coding community and preparing themselves for bootcamps.
Show Links
- Compiler (sponsor)
- Stellar (sponsor)
- imgix (sponsor)
- Mary Meeker's Internet Trends
- Benedict Evans Newsletter
- Powderkeg Podcast
- The Learn to Code With Me Podcast
- Naval Podcast
- Breaking Into Startups
- Breaking Into Startups
- Y Combinator
- Career Karma
- StrictlyVC
- Social Capital Snippets
- The freeCodeCamp Podcast
- Software Engineering Daily
- Jocko Podcast
- #21DayCkChallenge
- App Academy
Ruben Harris
Ruben is the CEO of Career Karma and Co-Host of the Breaking Into Startups Podcast. His mission is to help blue collar workers get white collar jobs in less than 12 months, starting with people that want to become software engineers through coding bootcamps. He shares the stories on the Breaking Into Startups Podcast and before this he worked in Admissions at AltSchool, building out two-sided marketplaces for vocational training (nurses) at Honor, and workforce development with government during his time at Hustle. Prior to his work in tech, he was an investment banker for 3 years and he has been playing the cello for more than 25 years.