# Joel Hooks - Egghead, Badass Courses, and the Future of Developer Education

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Published: 2025-01-06T01:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This week we're talking to Joel Hooks, a founder of Egghead. For years Joel has been building courses and helping developers learn to code. He's been the invisible hand behind many of the high quality courses that have been created over the years. On this episode we talk to him about his journey through developer education and where he thinks the future lies. https://egghead.io/ https://joelhooks.com/ https://badass.dev/ Apply to sponsor the podcast: https://devtools.fm/sponsor Become a paid subscriber our patreon, spotify, or apple podcasts for the ad-free episode. https://www.patreon.com/devtoolsfm https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/devtoolsfm/subscribe https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/devtools-fm/id1566647758 https://www.youtube.com/@devtoolsfm/membership

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