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Ruben Harris<\/span> Contributor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Ruben Harris is a professional cellist and a recovering investment banker who now leads partnerships in San Francisco for Honor<\/a>, a healthcare startup focused on seniors. He is also a founder of the Breaking Into Startups<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n

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Education teaches you skills and skills give you power<\/a>.\u00a0And these days, a mastery of technology can be\u00a0the difference<\/a> between personal liberty and job security and a permanent instability.<\/p>\n

While there are several traditional and non-traditional educational programs that are available to get these skills, most of them require tens of thousands of dollars in tuition just to join.<\/p>\n

On today\u2019s Breaking Into Startups<\/a> episode, Harris\u00a0interviews Quincy Larson, the founder of Free Code Camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Free Code Camp has created a tuition-free, open-source curriculum that has attracted 1 million students, placed 5,000 entry-level developers, empowered 6,000 experienced developers to level up into better jobs and created the top technical publication on medium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

His remote team of three people did this in two years<\/span><\/span> and also allow schools to use their curriculum free of charge.<\/p>\n

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\"\" On today’s Breaking Into Startups episode, Harris interviews Quincy Larson, the founder of Free Code Camp. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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