MJS 101: Chris Ferdinandi

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Host: Charles Max Wood

Special Guest: Chris Ferdinandi

Episode Summary

In this episode of My JavaScript Story, Charles Max Wood hosts Chris Ferdinandi, a Senior Front-End Engineer at Mashery. Chris is also a panelist on the podcast JavaScript Jabber and runs Go Make Things.

Chris started out his career as in Human Resources, decided he wanted to go into development after he was asked to work on a coding project by his manager and he really enjoyed it. He got his first coding job as an entry level developer after attending a web development conference.

Chris authors Vanilla JavaScript Pocket Guides which are short, focused e-books and video courses made for beginners.

Links

• JavaScript Jabber: How To Learn JavaScript When You’re Not a Developer with Chris Ferdinandi
• Vanilla JavaScript Pocket Guides
• Go Make Things
• Chris' GitHub
• Chris' Twitter
• Chris' LinkedIn
• Mashery
• https://devchat.tv/my-javascript-story/

Picks

Chris Ferdinandi:

• Accessibility: Back to the Future by Bruce Lawson
• Ralph Breaks the Internet | Disney Movies

Charles Max Wood:

• Running along San Francisco Bay
• Marriage

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