CodeNewbie

Saron Yitbarek created CodeNewbie in 2014 as a community for people learning to code, and the podcast quickly became its flagship product. Over 365 episodes, Yitbarek has interviewed developers from wildly different backgrounds — career changers who left medicine or sound engineering, bootcamp graduates finding their first jobs, self-taught programmers who built companies, and experienced engineers reflecting on what they wish they had known starting out. The interview style is warm and curious without being soft. Yitbarek asks the questions that people early in their careers actually want answered: how did you get your first job, what did the learning process actually feel like, how do you deal with imposter syndrome, what does a typical day look like. Recent episodes have covered AI's impact on the job market for new developers, networking strategies that actually work, and practical approaches to work-life balance in tech. CodeNewbie holds a 4.7 star rating from over 570 reviews, and listeners consistently point to the show's welcoming tone as its defining quality. But it is not just for beginners — experienced engineers often say they get value from hearing fresh perspectives and remembering why they got into this field. The show has grown into a broader organization with conferences and community events, but the podcast remains the heart of it. Episodes run 35 to 55 minutes and drop weekly.