Quincy Larson
Special guest
Quincy Larson founded freeCodeCamp.org, a community where millions of people are learning to code together. Before that, he did his grad work in China through an American university, and went through an intensive Mandarin program. During his five years in China, Quincy taught at and served as an interpreter for various language training operations. He also worked as a teacher and tutor throughout college and graduate school, and then served as director of several schools in the US and China.
Quincy Larson has been a guest on 1 episode.
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495: Free Code Camp with Quincy Larson
October 5th, 2023 | Season 11 | 56 mins 49 secs
Quincy Larson is the founder of freeCodeCamp.org, which helps people learn to code for free by creating thousands of videos, articles, and interactive coding lessons–all freely available to the public. Quincy shares his journey from transitioning from teaching into software development, how freeCodeCamp was born out of his desire to make educational systems more efficient through coding, and discusses the early challenges of bootstrapping the platform, and how it has now grown into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Quincy and hosts Victoria and Will, discuss the platform's technical architecture, especially their global server distribution and decision to rely on volunteer-led translation efforts rather than machines to ensure both the quality and human touch of their educational content. He also talks about the state of free and low-cost degree programs, the student loan crisis, and the ongoing debate between traditional computer science degrees and coding bootcamps.