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The Scrimba Podcast

Learn from inspiring developers about how they found meaningful and fulfilling work that that also pays them well. On The Scrimba Podcast, you"ll hear motivational advice and job-hunting strategies from developers who"ve been exactly where you are now. We talk to developers about their challenges, learnings, and switching industries in the hopes of inspiring YOU. This is the podcast that provides the inspiration, tools, and roadmaps to move from where you are to work that matters to you and

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50:45

How To Figure Out Your Strengths as a Career Changer,...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/11/22

🎙 About the episodeMeet Caitlyn Greffly 🇺🇸! She's a career changer, developer career mentor, and the author of The Bootamper's Companion, a book of tips she wishes she had known when she was breaking into tech. In her past life, she was a psychologist working in beer. After changing careers at 31, Caitlyn is nowadays a full-stack software engineer with a passion for frontend.In her book, Caitlyn shares resources, advice, and approaches to help you stand out and find a job. In this

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33:48

Hired by Coca Cola! How Michael Learned Coding on...

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2022/11/15

🎙 About the episodeMeet Michael Robards 🇺🇸! Michael is a career changer whose path to becoming a developer was a long and winding one: he was a business analyst and a personal trainer; he worked front of house and managed restaurants; he studied biology and worked in customer service. Eventually, he got a developer job at Coca-Cola!In this episode, Michael shares his story and his approach to learning and getting a job. He did a lot of things right, and he's also a proof that it's never

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49:01

Homeschooler, College Dropout, Developer and Master...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/11/08

🎙 About the episodeMeet Madison Kanna 🇺🇸! She's a front-end developer and a creator of a coding book club. She's also a college dropout, a master networker, and a former homeschooler. In this episode, you'll learn about her fascinating journey and get a lot of good, actionable advice!Madison will teach you how to figure out what you are actually interested in and how to keep pursuing it. You'll learn about her journey to becoming a developer and how being homeschooled helped her in the

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47:43

From Growing Up as a Coder to an Internship at...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/11/01

🎙 About the episodeMeet Rían Errity 🇮🇪! He's a Scrimba student who started learning to code as a child. Today, he studies Computer Science and Language, a study program that marries his interest in linguistics with his passion for computing. He has also recently completed an internship with Microsoft!In this interview, Rían talks about his love for computers, growing up with Linux, how he ended up choosing his study program (hint: there was YouTube involved), and whether he actually

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39:20

How To Be Strategic About Your Learning and Career,...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/10/25

🎙 About the episodeMeet Mike Chen 🇺🇸! Mike is a self-taught developer who worked at Yahoo, Google, and Airbnb, before becoming a CTO and co-founder of Motivo. Nowadays, he also helps other coders succeed. In this episode, you'll find out what it was like to work at Google and what are the pros and cons of working in a big tech company. You'll learn how to stand out as a new developer without a degree and why you should (not) idealize Silicon Valley.Ultimately, Mike will tell us why tech

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29:50

How This Junior Developer Tripled Their Salary Within...

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2022/10/18

🎙 About the episodeMeet Vikas Jyani 🇮🇳! He studied fine arts before discovering coding and realizing that web development is what can combine his eye for design and interest in tech. In this episode, you'll hear about Vikas's approach to learning and job hunting and why he thinks remote work might still not be optimal for a junior. He talks about life-changing advice he got from a senior developer when he saw Vikas was burning out, recognizing red flags in job offers, and, eventually,

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44:07

Bootcamp Mentor Hussien Khayoon: Careers Come in...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/10/11

🎙 About the episodeMeet Hussien Khayoon 🇨🇦! Hussien is a Full-stack engineer with almost a decade of experience. Currently, he works as a Staff Software Engineer at Shopify. He is also a Bootcamp Mentor at Springboard, and, as you can guess, he's very passionate about helping new developers land on their feet. In this episode, Hussien will be your mentor.Hussien and Alex will help you feel confident and teach you a couple of things that can help you land your first coding job. They

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32:04

Consistent and Persistent: This Scrimba Student...

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2022/10/04

🎙 About the episodeMeet Khaidem Sandip Singha 🇺🇸! He's a Scrimba student from Assam, India, who recently got a job at Amazon! 🎉 Originally, he studied civil engineering before realizing he was more interested in coding. In this episode, you'll hear how he learned to code, battled depression, and reverse-engineered a path to a FANG company.You will also learn about his approach to problem-solving and the benefits of practicing on LeetCode - not many students we interviewed did that, but

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40:43

A Teacher's Job Is Never Done: Get Your Hands on the...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/09/27

🎙 About the episodeMeet Bob Ziroll 🇺🇸! Bob is Scrimba's Head of Education and one of the Internet's favorite React teachers. In a past life, Bob worked in marketing before enrolling into a bootcamp, where he eventually became a teacher and Director of Education. In this podcast, you'll learn about his coding story and teaching philosophy, but also about the early days of Scrimba!Bob and Alex discuss career change, Sunday scaries, and finding the right learning path for you. You'll find

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39:50

How Pastor-Turned-Developer Chris Crushed It on...

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2022/09/20

🎙 About the episodeMeet Chris McCoy 🇺🇸! He's a pastor who did odd jobs on the side. But he was always interested in coding! Somewhere between working retail and doing food delivery, he realized he needed something more stimulating. Nine months later, he landed not one but two job offers as a junior developer!Chris CRUSHED it on LinkedIn, even though he never liked social media: in this episode, he shares his approach to posting and being actively present on the platform. You can use it

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37:41

Quincy Larson: Why Learning To Code as an Adult Might...

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2022/09/13

🎙 About the episodeMeet Quincy Larson 🇺🇸! Quincy is the founder of freeCodeCamp, a nonprofit company that makes coding accessible for all. He is a self-taught developer who learned to code when he was 31. Why did he learn to code? Because he wanted to make a school he was a director of more efficient. So... We have a career changer!So, how does a teacher teach himself to code? And how does he teach others? In this episode, Alex asks hard questions, and Quincy answers all of them, sharing

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44:39

Drumroll, Please: Make Your Portfolio Projects Fun...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/09/06

🎙 About the episodeMeet Stevie Gill 🇬🇧! Stevie was a scientist, a medical writer and an editor, and then he wrote about video games. Eventually, he moved countries and changed careers. Nowadays, Stevie lives in Toronto, Canada, and works as a full-time front-end developer at Kijiji. In this episode, he shares his story and everything he learned along the way that can help you land your first developer job!You'll hear how Stevie learned to code, how he prepared for the interviews, and

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50:16

Understanding Corporate Hierarchy (and Perfecting...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/08/30

🎙 About the episodeMeet Tiffany Jachja 🇺🇸! Tiffany is a data scientist, career coach, engineering manager, and Twitch streamer! By day, she works at Vox Media. In her free time, she helps fellow developers by sharing career advice and her computer and data science knowledge. In this episode, Tiffany helps you understand a company's organizational structure so that you can come to your job interview prepared!Alex and Tiffany also talk about resumes: what is their function, and is there

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46:45

Don’t Compare Yourself to Other New Developers:...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/08/23

🎙 About the episodeMeet Silvia Piovesan 🇮🇹! Silvia is a Scrimba student who recently got for job offers after four different interviews. But her success didn't come overnight! Silvia used to be a project manager in the pharmaceutical industry - where she first got interested in coding. After she got laid off (and became a mom!), she wanted to learn to code so that she could become a knowledgeable project manager in IT... before realizing that she actually wanted to code!In this episode,

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38:30

How To Learn To Code From the Free Content on...

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2022/08/16

🎙 About the episodeMeet Jess Chan 🇺🇸! Jess's YouTube channel, Coder Coder, has almost 400,000 subscribers at the time of recording. She's a web developer turned educator, and when she's not teaching her subscribers JavaScript and CSS, she's working on her first course. This episode is about learning, YouTube, and learning on YouTube!In this show, you'll learn how to evaluate a course and quickly decide if you can trust a YouTube tutorial. Jess and Alex talk about how YouTube evolved over

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38:21

Talent Alone Is Not Enough: How Theo Changed Careers...

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2022/08/09

🎙 About the episodeMeet Theo Ntogiakos 🇬🇧! Theo has just switched careers at the age of 49! Recently, he landed a paid apprenticeship and is currently attending a coding bootcamp. But before that, he learned on Scrimba - he joined a coding challenge in February and became an active member of our community. Although he always did something with computers, he used to think he could never become a front-end developer. Well, he was wrong! And that's why he's here.In this episode, Theo shares

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37:44

What Are Company Values… and Why You Should Know Your...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/08/02

🎙 About the episodeMeet Dave Mayer 🇺🇸! Dave is a founder and CEO of Technical Integrity, a boutique recruiting firm famous for its culture-first approach. TI has worked with big companies like Twitter, as well as many mid-size startups. In this episode, you'll get a glimpse into the other side of recruiting. Dave explains his culture-first approach and why it benefits both you and the employer. You'll learn why it's important to know your values and how to make sure you find a company

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30:24

Take a Chance, Even If Things Sound Weird and You...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/07/26

🎙 About the episodeMeet Wemerson Queiroz 🇧🇷! Wemerson never thought he was going to become a developer. He started studying computer science, dropped out, and spent ten years working in sales because he wanted to earn money immediately. Ten years later, he realized he was unhappy (after all, money is not everything), learned to code, and got his first developer job in no time!What got him back into IT was Blockchain, so he first started learning Solidity before realizing he should first

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44:18

How to Create a Web Dev Portfolio That Both HR and...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/07/19

🎙 About the episodeMeet Josh W. Comeau 🇨🇦! Josh is a developer, indie hacker, educator, and author. He worked in some companies you might have heard of (including, but not limited to, DigitalOcean, Gatsby, and Khan Academy). He also wrote a book on how to build an effective web dev portfolio. In this episode, we're answering that and many other questions! Spoiler alert: all the advice is actionable.You'll learn why you need to have a portfolio, how to make one, and is there a formula

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33:45

Interview Your Interviewers and Find Somebody Who...

The Scrimba Podcast ·

2022/07/12

🎙 About the episodeMeet Jonathan Gauthier 🇨🇦! Jonathan volunteered when the company where he worked needed somebody to figure out how to turn a Figma design into a website. The rest is history.After quitting that job, Jonathan gave himself three months to properly learn front-end development and get his first developer job. And he succeeded! In this interview, he shares how. Yes, Jonathan was pulling long hours, but there's more to it!Jonathan talks about his way of learning and why

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