James Q Quick shares how he got his start in tech and how a couple of job interview rejections turned into a bigger opportunity and ultimately a career path as an evangelist, speaker, and teacher.SPONSORSPathwire / Mailgun / MailjetPathwire is a powerful email API and intuitive email marketing solution that delivers over 250 billion emails a year for 400,000 companies around the world.You can sign up now and try Mailgun or Mailjet for free today. Mailjet offers a trial that allows you to send 6,000 emails per month for free, forever. Mailgun offers a 3 month trial for 5,000 emails per month after which you only pay for what you send.For more information, simply visit Pathwire.comVercelVercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.For more information, visit Vercel.comZEAL is hiring!Zeal is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.Zeal believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, Coding Zeal looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.For more information visit their site.Show Notes0:00 Introduction0:54 Missed Opportunity in High School1:24 Majoring in Computer Science1:59 Building your First Mobile Application5:42 First Technical Interview7:55 Sponsor: Vercel / Next.js8:58 Getting into JavaScript9:14 Applying for Jobs9:53 Technical Evangelist at Microsoft10:41 Moving back to Memphis10:57 Developer Bootcamp by Colt Steele on uDemy11:42 Decisions and Setting the Trajectory of Your Life14:07 Getting into Content Creation16:23 Working at FedEx17:27 Transitioning into Auth017:53 The Easiest Part about Content Creation19:09 Learning Right Now20:22 Automating Everything21:45 Sponsor: Pathwire / Mailgun / Mailjet22:37 Grab Bag, Question #1: How do you start a career in tech?24:57 Grab Bag, Question #2: Is there a moment where you almost quit? What made you push through?27:35 Sponsor: ZEAL28:22 James's Picks: Testimonial.to29:33 James's Plug: [James's YouTube Channel(http://youtube.com/c/jamesqquick)29:38 James's Weekly newsletter29:58 Amy's Pick: Descript31:08 Amy's Plugin: SelfTeach.me YouTube Channel31:56 Conclusion