Ep. 81: How Ruben Harris Used the Power of Stories to Break Into Startups

The freeCodeCamp Podcast

Episode | Podcast

Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:03:50 +0000

<div> <p>In this week's episode of the freeCodeCamp podcast, Quincy Larson interviews Ruben Harris, who runs Career Karma, a social network for people interested in attending coding bootcamp. He also hosts the Breaking into Startups Podcast.</p> <p>Ruben just finished Y Combinator, a startup accelerator, where he and his team raised their first round of venture capital funding.</p> <p>Ruben grew up in Atlanta and worked in finance. He met his future co-founders - Ukrainian-born brothers Artur and Timur Meyster - years ago. The three of them agreed to spread out, get jobs in different industries, then later regroup to build a startup together.</p> <div> <p>Ruben shares his insights on coding bootcamps. He also shares what he learned going through Y Combinator. And he talks about his close bond with his co-founders.</p> <p>Follow Ruben on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rubenharris">https://twitter.com/rubenharris</a></p> <p>Follow Quincy on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ossia">https://twitter.com/ossia</a></p> <p>Subscribe to the Breaking Into Startups podcast: <a href="https://breakingintostartups.com/">https://breakingintostartups.com/</a></p> <p>Ruben interviews Quincy way back in 2017 (50 minute listen): <a href="https://breakingintostartups.com/quincy-free-code-camp/">https://breakingintostartups.com/quincy-free-code-camp/</a></p> <p>Ruben interviews Gary V (an episode he mentions during this interview): https://breakingintostartups.com/76-gary-vaynerchuk-ceo-vaynermedia/</p> </div> </div>