About this episode
Rahul taught high school chemistry for 25 years. Now he ships code at a fintech startup. We talk about bootcamps, ageism, and the first bug he fixed alone.
What we talk about
Rahul did a bootcamp at night while still teaching full time. He is honest about the interviews that went badly, the recruiter who asked his age, and the bug in a payments service that he fixed alone at 2 a.m.
Chapters
00:00 Cold open
03:40 25 years of chemistry class
11:20 Night bootcamp
22:05 Interviews and ageism
33:30 First week at the startup
41:10 The 2 a.m. bug
Mentioned in this episode
The free course Rahul started with
Rahul's notes from his first year as an engineer
