Quincy quotes from Noteworthy's video interview:
- 99.9% of the DNA in me is the same as in any human. Humanity is really one big tribe. That's why I started freeCodeCamp. I haven't taken a day off in the past few years. Writing some articles that are going to help people, at scale, learn to code.
- I want to help all the people out there who are already super busy, who are already resource constrained, to help those people learn to code at their own convenience.
- If I had to describe freeCodeCamp in one word, it would be accessibility. We wanted to make it to where any person anywhere in the world could just go somewhere in their browser and immediately start coding and they could work through 1200 hours worth of coursework for free.
- I spend probably about 100 hours a week in front of my computer either coding or reviewing the code of other people to make sure everyone feels motivated and keeps contributing and that this project keeps moving forward.
- I just had a daughter that is giving me a lot of perspective. My heart aches for all the people who only get to spend a little bit of time with their kids each day. I'm in an extremely privileged position where I can spend as much time with my family as I want and for me that is just huge that's worth so much more to me than any material asset that I could get or the ability to hop on a plane and just jet set around the world. I'd much rather just stay here and hangout with my family.
- Our ancestors stretch way back into the eons of passing knowledge down and it's not some formal handoff. It's just this continuous flow of life.
Want more? Checkout Kyle Prinsloo's Short interview with Quincy Larson.