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310: While Loops Dressed up for Halloween

Embedded.fm · 15 Nov 2019 · 1h 12m · Episode 310

What this episode covers

Aimee Lucido, a former software engineer at Facebook and Uber, explains how she transitioned to becoming a children's book author with her novel *Emmy in the Key of Code*. She discusses the structural parallels between coding and poetry, the decision to write in verse to engage reluctant readers, and the strategic choices involved in publishing with a startup imprint. Lucido also details her journey from working in tech to quitting her job to write full-time, including the financial and emotional challenges of that pivot.

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Facebook, Uber, Houghton Mifflin, Versify
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Emmy in the Key of Code, The Crossover
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Kwame Alexander, Java, Python

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