Gbenga Oladipupo
Coffee with Developers - CODE100 Manchester challenger Gbenga Oladipupo
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How a founder's story inspired a career in development
Gbenga shares how reading about a famous founder in 2014 motivated him to learn Java and start building mobile apps.
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Using multiple languages from Java to Python
While Java and Kotlin are his primary languages, he also uses Python and JavaScript, which is an advantage for coding competitions.
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First time competing after volunteering at hackathons
This is his first live coding competition as a participant, though he has experience volunteering at hackathons and helping others through pair programming.
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Adapting to a partner's language in pair programming
His strategy for pair programming is to find a common language like Java or Python, or to quickly adapt by skimming the documentation for a new language.
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Facing the challenge of coding before a live audience
He anticipates that coding in front of a large live audience will be a new and frightening challenge, but it's a key reason he applied for the competition.
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Investing the prize money into a personal startup
If he wins the competition, he plans to use the prize money to fund his startup by covering server costs and hiring additional developers.
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