Jun 20, 2025
On this week's episode of the
podcast, freeCodeCamp founder Quincy Larson interviews Kelly
Vaughn. She's a self-taught software engineer who ran her own
developer agency. She was also the founding CTO at financial
technology startup. Kelly runs the popular Ladybug Podcast focused
on women in tech.
We talk about:
- How to freelance and ultimately create a developer agency and get
clients
- Tips for navigating the current developer job market
- How to move from freelance to working for someone else
- Tips for recognizing burnout so you can know when to take
break
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Links we talk about during our conversation:
- Kelly's website: https://kvlly.com
- The Ladybug Podcast talks about tech, career, and code lead by
women in tech: https://ladybug.dev
- Kelly's engineering leadership newsletter:
https://modernleader.is
- Kelly's new burnout-focused newsletter:
https://afterburnout.co