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Edtech Insiders
Week in Edtech 6/11/25: OpenAI’s $10B Milestone, Meta’s AI Superteam, Grammarly’s $1B Raise, Ohio State’s AI Mandate, IXL & CodeHS Acquisitions, and More! Feat. Rod Danan of Prentus & Lars-Petter Kjos of We Are Learning
Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest developments in education technology, from AI breakthroughs to high-stakes funding rounds and institutional shifts in AI strategy.✨ Episode Highlights:[00:02:45] OpenAI’s $10B Annual Run Rate: ChatGPT drives unprecedented growth[00:05:12] Anthropic CEO criticizes proposed 10-year ban on state AI regulation[00:08:04] Google.org Accelerator: New cohort tackling generative AI for good[00:10:17] News Sites Struggle as Google AI Summarizes Content[00:13:33] Zuckerberg’s Meta Bets Big: $...
2025-06-17
1h 16
Price Writer Podcast
Books of 2024 on the Price Writer Podcast Episode 23
Books mentioned:Best of the yearA Risky Business: An Actuary's Guide to Quantifying and Managing Risk in Society - Catrin TownsendNon-fictionFluke - Dr Brian KlaasEscape from Model Land - Erica ThompsonYou're Better Than They Think You Are - Sir Rod AldridgeBlue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim, Renee MauborgneThe Power of Moments - Chip Heath, Dan HeathEnzo Ferrari - Luca Dal MonteThe Diary of a CEO: The 33...
2025-03-18
46 min
The Tony Shap Method: Achieving Business Growth and Mastery
Episode 121 Rod Danan
Rod Danan Building the bridge between bootcamp and career | Founder & CEO at Prentus | Host of the Booting Up Podcast & Community
2021-09-20
11 min
Council Of The Wise Developers
Episode 2 - COUNCIL: Tech Interviewing | Entrepreneur or Cult Leader | Rod Danan @ Prentus
The council discusses the wondrous privilege of tech interviews, and tries to guess if a quote is from an entrepreneur or a serial killer. The head of the council interviews Rod Danan of prentus.cocouncilofthewise.dev
2021-07-06
56 min
Booting Up
Overcoming adversity, recovering from injury, and secrets to getting offers with Charity Garcia
The most inspirational episode of the season with Charity Garcia who is a Software Engineer at The New York Times and graduated from Fullstack Academy in 2017. 1:32 What her plan was before diving into tech 8:43 The fateful car crash that set her back 14:02 How to learn with a weakened memory 18:50 4 hour commutes to Fullstack every day 21:20 Why giving up was not an option 23:23 Starting her job search with a kid in hand 27:53 The secret that got her 10 job offers 3...
2021-04-08
54 min
Efecto Aura (Con Rodrygho Felinix)
ENTRE PAREDES NADIE SABE LO QUE PASA
Este episodio está dedicado a ayudarte sobre los ataques que pueden suceder en nuestro alrededor, una reflexión sobre los instantes que nos dañan y que podemos hacer lo más conveniente FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/RodryghoFelinix14 https://www.facebook.com/EfectoAura20 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/felinix14/ https://www.instagram.com/efectoaura_mx20/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@rod_felinix?lang=es TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Rod_Felinix TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/rodryghofelinix DISCROD: https://discord.com/channels/@RodryghoFelinix--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ea-rodrygho-felinix/message
2021-03-28
31 min
Booting Up
11: Bootcamp to Engineering Manager in 3 Years with Vivek Tumrukota of UserLeap
Vivek is a Senior Software Engineer at UserLeap. He first spent 3 years in Technical Sales at Texas Instruments before joining Hack Reactor. Then, he joined the startup WorkSpan and became a manager in just 3 years. Listen in to gain some secrets to level up your career. 6:08 Selling to startups in Silicon Valley (environment is key!) 12:04 Surrounding yourself with people that will lift you up 18:28 Bootcampers are always extra motivated 21:07 The process of landing a first job 27:14 Startups the perfect fit for career...
2021-03-26
1h 00
Booting Up
10: iOS vs. Web Dev, keys to the job search, & fixing Slack bugs for Twitter CEO with Laura Weaver
Laura Weaver started at Hack Reactor and has worked at Yelp & Slack. Her latest venture is at an exciting new startup called WhatNot. Some of the things we dived into include: 8:24 Why she chose the bootcamp route to get into tech 11:56 Freaking out coming out of bootcamp 13:40 iOS is harder than web development? 18:26 Searching for iOS jobs vs. Web Dev jobs 22:46 Why companies actually hire junior devs 25:32 The key to gaming the job search 27:16 Joining an unstructured startup within Yelp
2021-03-19
58 min
Forward Thinking Founders
577 - Rod Danan (Prentus) On Getting Startups Vetted Tech Interns on Demand
Rod Danan is the founder of Prentus. Prentus sources and vets diverse tech talent that you can trial on demand. Save $10,000 in salary and start hiring with confidence. ★ Support this podcast ★
2021-03-15
10 min
Booting Up
9: Company sponsored career switching, Google interviews, & remote life with Danielle Katz
9:21 How to get support from manager on transitioning into tech 14:40 What the QA role is like 19:05 Lessons of the first year as a Software Developer 23:49 Interview process after a cold DM from Google recruiter 26:37 How she prepared for the technical interview 31:24 Life at Google vs. working at a startup 36:35 Learning new languages on the job 39:30 How work changes when you go remote 43:17 Game plan to get hired out of a bootcamp today 44:52 What to do in your first year as an...
2021-03-12
47 min
Booting Up
8: Self-teaching Product Design, pro-bono projects, and life at Netflix with Jessica Gaddis of Twitter
Jessica Gaddis is a Product Designer at Twitter that taught her way into the field. She worked at Netflix and did some pro-bono work too. Listen in on her secrets to learning: 6:30 How she discovered product design and started learning 13:38 Why she didn’t go to a bootcamp (but still used one) 19:28 Getting experience without a job 22:38 Product design is impossible without collaboration 23:56 Real-life design is different from those listicles 29:45 Process for kicking off her job search 33:14 The structure of tech company’s li...
2021-03-05
57 min
Booting Up
7: Networking to get hired, being a woman in tech, & starting with freelancing with Skye Free
Skye Free went from sociology and sales to tech. It wasn't easy but she did some freelancing with a heavy lean on her network. Listen in for how she did it: 11:04 - Starting off her career as a freelancer 22:21 - What were her multiple roles in her first company 26:12 - How is it to be a women in an engineering position 30:46 - Biggest factor in staying in a company for a long time 37:40 - Difference between working in a small or a big company
2021-02-26
59 min
Booting Up
6: Going from startup founder, developer, or designer to Product Manager with Ryan Jones
Ryan Jones founded a startup called Pixbi in 2015 and realized that tech was the way. He enrolled in Hack Reactor engineering program and then worked his way into a Product Manager role. Learn how you can wiggle your way into Product Management – no matter what bootcamp program you did. 4:57 Getting pushed down the “safe” finance path 10:36 How his startup came to start 18:08 The decision to shut down the startup 20:48 Why he chose Hack Reactor as his first post-startup step 24:49 Start a company vs. bootcamp to break into Product Management 32:54 The interview process for PM...
2021-02-19
53 min
Booting Up
5: Design thinking and misconceptions of a UX bootcamp with Abhi Bhattacharya from Facebook
Abhi Bhattacharya went from graduating CareerFoundry’s UX Design program to Product Designer at Facebook. Along the way, he made stops at CARFAX, Capital One, and other companies which gave him unique insight into how different design teams work. If you want to know what UX Designers do, listen in. 7:57 Getting his feet wet in UX 18:30 What is Design Thinking? 26:11 How the UX role works at different types of companies 30:44 Breaking down UX designer interviews 36:42 Design systems mean you don’t need as much UI skills 41:00 Giving back as a mentor at Care...
2021-02-12
50 min
Booting Up
4: Career paths for bootcamp grads & being your real self with Chloe Condon from Microsoft
Chloe Condon is a Senior Developer Advocate at Microsoft and graduated from Hackbright in 2017. She got pushed into tech by accident but has now helped to touch so many lives. Hear her story and lessons in this fun episode. 8:08 How a random talk pushed her into tech 18:20 Why diversity of opinions matter in building products 21:20 Authenticity helped make her Twitter famous 31:53 Applying bootcamp learning to multiple things 34:31 The lows (& highs) of searching for her first job 41:40 Don’t settle when choosing your first job 44:34 What does a Developer Advocate do ev...
2021-02-05
57 min
Booting Up
3: Pros & Cons of Bootcamps, Making Yourself an Attractive Candidate, & more with Raymond Gan
Raymond is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Tubi. He started at Flatiron School and moved his way through working with Will.I.Am, working for $300 a month in Ecuador, and a host of other gigs. We dive into a ton of interesting topics around bootcamps and learning like: 11:00 - Switching to a new career path 17:20 - Starting a bootcamp 19:44 - A better way to teach 28:15 - What it means to be a great student 37:46 - The downside of bootcamps 49:45...
2021-01-29
1h 16
Booting Up
2: Going from Pro Sports to Engineer at Twitter with Sam Gould
Despite getting a Bachelors's in Biology from Stanford, Samuel never went into that field. Instead, he played squash professionally until 2017 when he decided to enroll at Thinkful. He leveraged his network to get a shot at a Twitter job and snagged a position with his hard work. Listen in on what happened during the first years and lessons you can learn from him. 7:02 Why he chose Thinkful to learn software engineering 12:35 Starting at Thinkful 16:23 Mindset of being a bootcamp grad 19:04 Landing an interview with...
2021-01-22
51 min
Booting Up
1: What is Product Management and How to Break Into It with Clement Kao
Clement Kao is a Product Manager at Blend and Co-Founder at Product Manager HQ. He's one of the smartest people in the Product Management field. Some topics we go over in this episode include: What is Product Management? How he accidentally became a Product Manager How to level up once you get your first job The inspiration behind launching & growing Product Manager HQ What Product Managers WISH developers and designers knew His gameplan if he were job searching today Overcoming impostor syndrome to publish 3 books Feel free to connect with Clement on...
2021-01-18
1h 03