The Scrimba Podcast
174 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLearn 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 uniquely fits your strengths and talents.
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Early WhatsApp Engineer Jean Lee: Keep Trying New Things in Tech!
April 10, 2024 20:09 - 42 minutes - 78.1 MBMeet Jean Lee! She was the nineteenth engineer at WhatsApp (that was even before it got acquired by Facebook!) and then worked at Meta as an engineering manager for six years after the acquisition. She helped set up WhatsApp's London office and also worked on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Her coding journey didn't start there - she discovered tech almost by chance after her family moved to California. She wanted to study art - but after taking art courses at her university, sh...
How Not to Be Afraid of Git, with O'Reilly Author Anna Skoulikari
April 03, 2024 19:08 - 44 minutes - 81 MB✨Use this link for a free month of O'Reilly Learning and read Anna's book and any other resource on the platform! ✨ Meet Anna Skoulikari! She's a UX designer turned front-end developer, senior technical writer, and the author of "Learning Git" - a book published by O'Reilly Media that teaches Git in a simple, visual, and tangible manner so that you can build a solid mental model of how it all works. Anna started teaching Git because she had to understand it herself. It's powerful b...
The (Not so) Hidden Benefits of Talking about Code, with Scrimba Bootcamp Lead Micha
March 28, 2024 23:42 - 36 minutes - 66.4 MB✨Use this link for a 20% discount on the Scrimba bootcamp! ✨ Meet Michaella Rodriguez! If you're already in the Scrimba Discord community, you probably know her. If not, she's a career changer who discovered Scrimba while learning, like many; she was active in the Scrimba community when Guil recruited the first-ever code reviewers for our bootcamp. Now, she's a bootcamp lead at Scrimba. And no, she never thought she would be a coder - but a friend made her try it. Yes, Micha and Al...
Neurodiversity in Tech and Why We Should Care About It, with Parul Singh
March 22, 2024 12:21 - 45 minutes - 83.7 MBMeet Parul Singh 🇬🇧! Parul is a Tech Careers & Neurodiversity Consultant, ADHD advocate, board member at Manchester Tech Festival, Public Speaker, and a former recruitment marketing partner and tech recruiter. The last time she was on the show, she gave us advice on how to stand out and land a role in tech. Today, we're talking about neurodiversity! What does it mean, why do we need it, why do tech companies seem to attract neurodivergent talent, and how can we create a more inclus...
The Only Thing Worth Investing in Is Yourself, with Scrimba Student Özge
March 13, 2024 20:40 - 30 minutes - 56.4 MBMeet Özge Ahras 🇹🇷! Özge studied computer enigneering, but felt her coding skills weren't up to par. She yearned to transition into frontend development and explore cutting-edge technologies, but the company she had spent eight years in was relying on vanilla javascript. Eventually, she discovered Scrimba, back in the day before the Frontend Career Path even existed. Can you imagine? Özge fell in love with Scrimba's pedagogy and enrolled in the Path. But the journey wasn't without ...
How to Figure Out What You Want to Do, with Scrimba Student Amy
March 05, 2024 20:00 - 43 minutes - 80.1 MBMeet Amy Posten 🇺🇸! Amy was a veterinary technician for fifteen years before she decided to switch careers. First, she discovered freeCodeCamp while on maternity leave. Later, she joined a premium bootcamp but didn't feel quite ready to apply for coding jobs afterward, so she turned to Scrimba to polish her skills. Nowadays, she's a front-end engineer and instructor. In this episode, you'll learn how to figure out what kind of job you want and what was a small change in her job-hun...
Slow Down to Speed Up: Teacher-Turned-Developer Chris on Successful Adult Learning and Landing his Dream Role
February 23, 2024 17:07 - 41 minutes - 76.1 MBMeet Chris Webster 🇬🇧! Chris is a full-stack developer based in Reading. In a past life, he taught Mandarin to both children and adults and obtained a master's degree in education. If you're guessing that this episode is about pedagogy, maintaining your mindset, and learning hacks, you're on the right track. When Chris decided to switch careers, he enrolled in a premium London boot camp. Was it worth the money? Or the time? In this episode, Chris lays out the differences between a ...
The State of React (and Should You Still Learn It in 2024), with Dev Agrawal
February 08, 2024 23:00 - 41 minutes - 75.4 MBMeet Dev Agrawal 🇮🇳🇺🇸! With a name like that, how could he not become a developer? He's a software developer, developer advocate, and content creator. Moreover, he's a React expert deeply ingrained in the React community. That's why we invited him onto the show to shed light on the current state of affairs! You've probably noticed certain discontent surrounding React recently. A basic React app has become significantly more complex. It has been quite some time since there has been ...
Everybody's Doing Their Best... Even Tech Recruiters (and This Is How to Get Their Attention), with Parul Singh
January 31, 2024 21:41 - 39 minutes - 71.8 MBMeet Parul Singh 🇬🇧! Parul is a Tech Careers & Neurodiversity Consultant, ADHD advocate, board member at Manchester Tech Festival, Public Speaker, and a former recruitment marketing partner and tech recruiter. If you're familiar with the topic of neurodiversity in tech, you've probably come across her name. In this episode, we're speaking with Parul because her advice on how to stand out and land a role in tech is anything but ordinary. This episode contains refreshingly unique an...
The Making of an Industry: The Rise of AI Engineering, with Swyx
January 24, 2024 23:20 - 37 minutes - 68.4 MBMeet Shawn Wang (Swyx) 🇺🇸! Swyx is a developer, writer, and startup advisor. If you listen to our show regularly, you know him as the biggest advocate for learning in public! Today, he's the founder of smol.ai and a podcast host and teacher at Latent Space. Last summer, Swyx wrote a blog post titled The Rise of the AI Engineer, which quickly went viral. In this episode, Swyx will revisit that blog post to see if anything changed. You will learn why AI engineers are a thing, the dif...
Passions, Skills, Environment, and Compensation: Career Coach Adam Broda's Framework for Navigating Today's Job Market
January 17, 2024 23:15 - 43 minutes - 79 MBMeet Adam Broda 🇺🇸! Adam is a tech lead and career coach who helps career changers break into tech. He did the same - after a decade of working in aerospace engineering at Boeing, Adam now works at Amazon! Through his coaching business, Broda Coaching, Adam aids career transitioners in constructing personalized job search strategies. In this episode, Adam unveils the four pillars of his framework: identifying your passions, skills, desired environment, and needed compensation. Alex...
Effective Living for Better Coding: From Retail to Software Engineering with Scrimba Student Cassie
January 10, 2024 20:14 - 38 minutes - 70.4 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Cassie Lewis 🇺🇸! Cassie has a fine arts degree, which turned out to be too fancy for the real world. After working in different fields, from photography to retail, she got interested in coding - and it turned out to be just the right fit with how her mind works! Cassie is fueled by curiosity, creativity, and challenges. And learning to code alongside a day job was certainly a challenge. Two years into her learning path, Cassie realized she had hit a wall. ...
Who's Afraid of AI Agents? The Future of Automation, with Bob Ziroll
January 03, 2024 23:31 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Bob Ziroll 🇺🇸! Bob is Scrimba's Head of Education and one of the Internet's favorite React teachers. His latest course is on AI, but don't worry, there's React... I mean, ReAct in AI as well! In the previous three episodes, we defined an AI engineer and demystified their tools. We explored foundation models and discussed how to personalize them through retrieval augmented generation and fine-tuning. We also delved into various use cases for incorporating A...
What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation and How to Make AI Work for You, with Guil Hernandez
December 20, 2023 21:05 - 26 minutes - 48.4 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Guil Hernandez 🇺🇸! He is a developer and educator with over 15 years of experience in tech. He's also a Scrimba teacher who is a part of the team bringing you the AI Engineer Path, and in this episode, he's helping us understand retrieval-augmented generation. In the previous episode, Tom Chant helped us understand the world of AI models. Today, Guil will further teach us how these models work under the hood. AI models don't understand the world like we d...
Demystifying AI: What Are Foundation Models (and How to Use Them), with Tom Chant
December 13, 2023 23:52 - 48 minutes - 89.3 MBMeet Tom Chant 🇬🇧! Tom is a Scrimba instructor who is a part of our in-house team that brought you a brand new career path available on Scrimba.com - the AI engineer Path. In this episode, we're diving into the world of AI foundation models: what are they, how do they work, and how can you use them to build front-end applications that you, until recently, couldn't even think of unless you were a big company with loads of resources. AI is fundamentally changing the features and use...
The Path to Becoming an AI Engineer with Scrimba CEO Per Borgen
November 22, 2023 17:30 - 48 minutes - 88.8 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Per Borgen 🇳🇴! Scrimba's co-founder and CEO returns to the show after more than two years. In this episode, Per and Alex delve into the emergence of a new breed of developer—the AI engineer. What defines an AI engineer? What key skills set them apart? Is machine learning knowledge a prerequisite? Why did ChatGPT bring a paradigm shift in our interaction with AI? Dive into these topics, discover how to utilize and personalize existing AI models, and explore...
What Is Productivity Anxiety and How to Beat It, with Matt and Eric from Self-Taught Devs Podcast
November 14, 2023 22:20 - 39 minutes - 71.6 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Matt Ehrlich and Eric Winkelspecht 🇬🇧! They are the hosts of the Self-Taught Devs podcast. And, you guessed it, they are self-taught devs and career changers to boot. Matt was a park ranger, and Eric worked at an IT solutions company but didn't code. Today, they are a front-end developer and a full-stack developer, respectively, who met through LinkedIn and then decided to host a podcast! In this episode, you will learn about their coding journeys, the res...
How to Find Your People and the Work You Find Exciting, with Scrimba Student Anna
October 24, 2023 22:53 - 37 minutes - 68.6 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Anna Ha 🇵🇱 🇰🇷! Anna was born in Poland, where she majored in English and minored in Chinese. She then moved to South Korea and set off to learn Korean and coding at the same time! Today, she works at a startup that creates tools for learning Korean. Perfect match! In this episode, you'll discover if coding is a language. Anna also shares her learning strategy, how she discovered Scrimba, what amazing projects she worked on via Chingu, how she kept herself ...
Mastering Corporate Culture for New Developers
October 17, 2023 20:30 - 36 minutes - 66 MB🎙 About the episode Ready for your first dev job? Today on the podcast, you'll learn how companies work and how teams stay efficient. How does a typical team operate? Who do you report to? How do you know if you're the right culture fit? Why should you know what you need from your team? And why do job postings sometimes... not make sense? We have compiled the best, most actionable advice to help you understand a corporate environment. You'll hear from engineering manager and caree...
Nadia Zhuk: Anybody Can Code, and Your Background Doesn't Define You
October 10, 2023 20:38 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MB🎙 About the episode This is a rebroadcast of one of our most popular interviews. Meet Nadia Zhuk 🇧🇾! Nadia made a switch to coding from journalism at the age of 25. That decision has got her moving countries not once but twice! Nowadays, she lives in London, works at Intercom, and helps aspiring developers. She's also written a book, Crossing the Rubycon, filled with practical advice and insider tips on learning to code and building a programming career. In this episode, Nadia sha...
How Johnny Learned Angular and Typescript in Three Days
October 03, 2023 21:06 - 42 minutes - 78.3 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Johnny Proano 🇺🇸! Johnny had a long and happy career in sales, spanning almost two decades. But, something was missing, so he decided to explore coding. He thought he had to have a degree, but when it turned out he couldn't afford it, he enrolled into a bootcamp and signed up for Scrimba. This is a fun and exciting story about career change and looking for your purpose. It is also a story of networking at your daughter's school events, as well as learning ...
Changing Careers? This Is How to Defeat the Sunk Cost Fallacy, with Doctor-turned-developer Shona
September 26, 2023 22:39 - 40 minutes - 73.9 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Shona Chan 🇸🇬🇬🇧! Shona was an anesthesiologist. Now, she's a developer. It all started when she wanted to write an app to solve a problem she had at work as a doctor. One thing led to another, and eventually, she took the plunge into coding, realizing that a career switch might not be such a bad idea. This is a story of intrinsic motivation, amazing portfolio projects, and landing a job without even having to go through a tech interview. You'll discover ho...
Learning to Code with ADHD: How Zuza Landed Her First Tech Job after Only Four Months
September 19, 2023 21:18 - 46 minutes - 86.1 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Zuza Grońska 🇵🇱🇳🇱! Zuza is a recently hired new developer with a previous career in social media marketing in the music industry. She's also a Polish transplant who moved to the Netherlands during the pandemic. She craved a career change, and when it turned out that all of her work friends were from the software development team, she put two and two together and decided to learn to code. She landed her first dev job after only four months of intense studyin...
It's All about Your Additude: Building a Software Apprenticeship Program with Luke Hovee
September 12, 2023 20:59 - 39 minutes - 73.2 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Luke Hovee 🇺🇸! After a career in the US Army, Luke didn't know what to do next. He was considering a career in construction, until he stumbled upon a bootcamp teaching army veterans how to code. Today, he's a full-time web developer with a passion for helping other aspiring web developers getting into tech. Currently, he's creating a software apprenticeship program so that he can help people at scale. In this episode, you'll find out whether army is a good...
Ultimate LinkedIn Guide: Listen to This If You’re Working on Your LinkedIn Profile
September 05, 2023 19:03 - 39 minutes - 72 MB🎙 About the episode No matter where you are in your career journey - whether you're a new developer just looking to break into the industry or an industry veteran - having a strategic and up-to-date LinkedIn profile is a must. LinkedIn is something we often talk about on this podcast - many people, from experts to recently hired Scrimba students, have shared their tips and tricks for this social network over the course of 130 episodes. In this episode, we have compiled their best...
Treat Learning to Code Like an RPG (and You Might Get a Job in Three Business Days), with Scrimba student Tomáš
August 29, 2023 22:35 - 36 minutes - 66.8 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Tomáš Lukeš 🇨🇿! Tomáš is an audio engineer turned primary school teacher turned developer! In only nine months, he learned to code alongside a full-time job, created an awesome portfolio, and then landed a job in three business days. What?! In this episode, you'll discover exactly how he did it! Tomáš will reveal why he approached learning to code as if it were an RPG, how he selected his projects, why going the extra mile while crafting your portfolio is ...
What Are the Most Common React Mistakes? Inside a React Job Simulator with Johannes Kettmann
August 22, 2023 21:19 - 46 minutes - 85.5 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Johannes Kettmann 🇩🇪! Johannes is a Fullstack JavaScript Developer from Germany who's also the mastermind behind profy.dev - it’s a React Job Simulator program for aspiring Junior React developers. Originally, Johannes studied physics before transitioning into coding, and he's been working as a freelancer or contractor ever since! In this episode, dive into Johannes's coding journey and discover why he's all about React. Get ready for tales of his first fr...
How Mohamed Landed a Dev Job Through Instagram
August 15, 2023 20:15 - 35 minutes - 64.4 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Mohamed Amine Hachemi! Mohamed is a full-stack developer who recently landed his first dev job! But that's not the most amazing part of his story. He actually found that job through Instagram! In a world where everyone is applying through LinkedIn, Mohamed decided to take a different approach and utilize social media. In this episode, you'll discover exactly how he did it. And no, it doesn't involve cold DMing. After completing his law studies, Mohamed rea...
Are You a New Developer? Follow This One Tip! (With Scrimba Student Danny)
August 08, 2023 19:00 - 43 minutes - 80.2 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Danny Vogel 🇩🇪🇪🇸! Danny is a lawyer-turned-developer who decided to switch careers after ten years in law! In high school, he thought he could never do maths and picked a different path. It was meeting his wife, who is a software developer, that made him stop seeing coding as something unachievable, and the search for a better work-life balance that made him start learning. When he quit his job, he focused on coding. But nobody was responding to his job app...
From Lab Coat to Code: Vanessa's Path from Lab Scientist to Developing Lab Software
August 01, 2023 20:38 - 36 minutes - 67.4 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Vanessa Vun 🇺🇸! Vanessa is a long-time listener of the Scrimba podcast. She's also a career changer who has spent a decade working as a lab scientist before realizing she would be happier coding. She started learning front-end in April 2022. By September, she started applying for jobs. In June this year, she landed a job at a startup making lab software! However, Vanessa's path to success was not without challenges. She started applying for tech jobs durin...
How to Create a Personal Brand as a Developer
July 25, 2023 19:00 - 37 minutes - 68.5 MB🎙 About the episode Personal branding is something we often mention on this podcast. However, it is also something many developers don’t prioritize. In today's job market, having a strong personal brand is vital for success in the tech industry. Personal branding involves crafting a distinctive image and reputation for yourself, setting you apart, and ensuring you get noticed rather than ignored. When others appreciate your work and projects and understand your capabilities, they...
Is This Easy Mode? Breaking into Tech in 400 Hours, with Writer-Turned-Developer Jen-Li Lim
July 18, 2023 18:35 - 29 minutes - 53.9 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Jen-Li Lim 🇲🇾! Jen is a writer-turned-developer who has recently landed her first developer job! Although she had been tech-adjacent in the past (before becoming a full-stack developer, she worked in content marketing) and had always been interested in coding, it wasn't until the lockdowns that Jen started learning to code. She was doing it alongside a full-time job and quickly realized that she shouldn't compare herself to other learners since everybody ha...
This Is How You Onboard: Actionable Tips for Developers On a New Job from Ian Douglas
July 11, 2023 21:52 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Ian Douglas 🇺🇸🇨🇦! The first repeat guest on the Scrimba Podcast and author of The Tech Interview Guide, Ian Douglas, has been coding professionally since 1996. With experience at several notable companies and currently working at Postman, Ian is not only a software engineer but also a mentor, streamer, and career coach. Whether you're a new developer or aiming for a mid-level or senior position, the onboarding process can feel overwhelming. In this episode...
How Kyle Became a Developer and Found His First Dev Job in Just Four Months
July 04, 2023 19:06 - 35 minutes - 56.1 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Kyle Tan 🇵🇭! A business major with an unrelenting passion for coding, Kyle decided he couldn't wait any longer to pursue his dream. Taking a leap of faith, he left his job, discovered Scrimba's Frontend Career Path, and within only four months, he found his first developer job. Talk about lightning speed! In this episode, Kyle shares his approach to learning, unveiling the secrets behind his rapid progress. Discover the invaluable role of downtime and gain...
How Teacher-Turned-Developer Jess Secured a Tech Job Even Before Learning to Code
June 27, 2023 18:33 - 45 minutes - 72.9 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Jess Gilbert 🇬🇧! Jess recently made a career change from being a primary school teacher to becoming a developer. In this episode, we delve into her journey and explore how she successfully transitioned in less than a year! What was it like being a teacher? Are there any similarities between teaching and coding? How did Jess manage to secure a job offer before diving into her coding education? Jess and Alex also discuss Code First: Girls and why it's worth ...
How not to struggle with CSS, with Kevin Powell
June 20, 2023 19:00 - 43 minutes - 59.7 MB🎙 About the episode This is a rebroadcast of one of our most popular interviews. Meet Kevin Powell 🇨🇦! Kevin is a CSS Evangelist and educator. He makes weekly YouTube videos, streams on Twitch, writes articles, and teaches courses. His mission is to show new developers that CSS is fun and teach them how it works... and why it works the way it does. In this episode, you'll learn how not to get frustrated with CSS, how to debug it, why people struggle with it, and how come we might ...
The Power of Domain Knowledge: How Katrina Skipped Junior Roles and Immediately Landed a Senior Developer Job
June 13, 2023 19:39 - 39 minutes - 63.7 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Katrina Tucker 🇺🇸! Katrina recently changed careers and got her first software engineering job. But here's the interesting part – she didn't start as a junior! No, Katrina was immediately offered a senior title. In this episode, you'll discover the importance of never labeling yourself as a junior, especially when transitioning careers. Katrina dives into the significance of language and emphasizes how your domain knowledge can make a significant impact. G...
OpenAI for Developers: How to Use AI for Coding, with Tom Chant
June 06, 2023 19:41 - 51 minutes - 82.4 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Tom Chant 🇬🇧! Tom is a Scrimba instructor who has just released a course on building your own AI apps! In this episode, he joins Alex to discuss everything about AI for developers. You'll find out how AI can augment your skills. You'll learn how to use ChatGPT, Codex, and GitHub Copilot, all powered by OpenAI, what their limitations are, and where they overlap. Tom will also give you useful tips for prompt engineering. You'll hear about the ethical and sec...
How to Get Your First Dev Job by Playing Call of Duty, with Scrimba Student Shaun
May 30, 2023 19:30 - 36 minutes - 58.4 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Shaun Jackie Hickman 🇬🇧! Shaun is a new developer who has recently landed his first dev job after meeting his now boss at a LAN party, playing Call of Duty! Earlier, Shaun wanted to become an English teacher but ended up studying social sciences and graduating in business. Eventually, Shaun realized there was another language he was interested in - and that language was JavaScript. Within a year of dedicated studying, he changed careers. In this episode, S...
Career Progression Decoded: Angie Jones' Expert Tips for Entering the Tech Industry and Forging Your Unique Path
May 23, 2023 19:00 - 42 minutes - 58.2 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Angie Jones 🇺🇸! Angie is a veteran software developer currently working as a global Developer Relations executive at TBD. Before that, she worked as an automation engineer at Twitter and as a software engineer and master inventor at IBM (where she worked for nine years)! Angie is also a teacher and an international keynote speaker who has authored 27 patents. In this episode, Angie takes us through her career path, from falling in love with coding through ...
Cooking Up a Career Change: Overcoming Burnout and Finding Your Why with Scrimba Student Jimmy
May 16, 2023 20:10 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Jimmy Johnston 🇺🇸! Jimmy is a sous-chef turned developer who's just landed his first developer job after working in the culinary industry for twenty years! The career change took Jimmy eleven months. It also involved going through burnout, figuring out his "why," as well as hitting a dead-end with job applications and changing the strategy from the ground up! In this interview, Jimmy will let you in on all of these things so that you can learn from his expe...
Laura Thorson From GitHub: This Is How You Master the Mindset of a Programmer
May 09, 2023 21:26 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Laura Thorson 🇺🇸! Laura is a Program Manager at GitHub and has previously worked at Facebook, Twitter, and Salesforce. She broke into tech after attending the first-ever coding bootcamp in history and has only ever gotten jobs through LinkedIn. So... there's a lot we can learn from her! In this episode, Laura talks about her career path and how he went from not knowing what coding was to working in high-profile tech companies. You will hear how she approac...
How To Get an Internship at Meta (Also: Follow Your Passion), With Scrimba Student Gabriel
May 02, 2023 21:33 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Gabriel Pedroza 🇺🇸! Gabriel is a Scrimba student who has just landed his first internship. And the internship is at Meta (formerly known as Facebook)! After finishing Scrimba's Frontend Career Path, Gabriel studied computer science at a university, so if you were wondering about the main differences between Scrimba and university, he's the right person to talk to! You'll also hear how he approached learning, how he's already been teaching others how to cod...
Tech Is Hiring, and Here's What You Need to Do! (With Chad Stewart)
April 25, 2023 19:28 - 33 minutes - 45.8 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Chad Stewart 🇯🇲! Chad is a Senior Front End Engineer and the founder of TechIsHiring - it's a hashtag, a community, and a transnational job listing channel helping great jobs and great engineers discover each other. In this episode, Chad talks about the inspiration behind TechIsHiring, plans for its future, and how he cultivated a community around it. More importantly, Chad will teach you how to cultivate community yourself! We all know we need to network...
Niche Down to Blow Up: Scrimba Student Leo Reveals How to Land an Awesome First Dev Job
April 18, 2023 21:06 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Leo de Leon 🇺🇸! Leo was a successful self-taught motion graphics designer. Today, he's a successful self-taught developer! He used to design motion graphics for billboards at an arena in Kansas City that seats 20,000 people. But he needed a change. Eventually, he taught himself how to code in 314 hours over 3.5 months and landed his dream job in a Web3 startup around four months later. In this episode, you will hear why it's essential to know your learning...
Becoming a Standout Developer, with Randall Kanna
April 11, 2023 19:00 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MB🎙 About the episode This is a rebroadcast of one of our most popular interviews. Meet Randall Kanna 🇺🇸! Randall is a software developer, lead product engineer, and the author of The Standout Developer. Once upon a time, Randall learned the unsettling truth that almost everyone on her team earned more money than her. She mustered the courage to confront her boss and said, “Hey! Google is interested in me. I could go there, or you can give me the fair salary bump I deserve!” They ob...
Ask Better Questions, Get Better Jobs: How Spencer Sped up His Interview Process and Got an Offer Only Four Days after the First Interview
April 04, 2023 19:00 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Spencer Dye 🇺🇸! Spencer is a new developer who recently got his first dev job! In the past, he was a designer, but before that, he studied to become a biologist, and then, an accountant! While moonlighting as a designer during his studies, he discovered Webflow, and from there, realized that development is... kind of fun? In this episode, you'll hear how Spencer learned to code, kept up his motivation by practicing stoicism and filling in a habit tracker, ...
Learn to Advocate for Yourself with GitHub Developer Advocate Rizel Scarlett
March 28, 2023 22:31 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Rizel Scarlett 🇺🇸! Rizel is a Developer Advocate at GitHub. She's also a career changer, software engineer, and community builder! Rizel dropped out of psychology studies after running out of money. Then she went into IT support, then into coding, and then realized that, after working in an organization that teaches women and non-binary people of color to code, developer advocacy could be a great career for her! In this episode, you will hear how Rizel ...
Pre-Interview Nerves Are Just Stage Fright: Learn How to Manage Them With Pianist-Turned-Developer Emre
March 21, 2023 22:38 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Emre Albayrak 🇹🇷! Emre is a classical pianist from Turkey who decided to change careers, so he trained as a pilot! But then, the pandemic hit. Looking for something else to do (yet again), Emre discovered coding, tried it, and realized he enjoyed it! Only a year after starting to learn to code, Emre landed a job at an international IT company. In this episode, Emre talks about his long and winding but also efficient path to becoming a developer. You'll he...
CodeNewbie Founder Saron Yitbarek: New to Coding? Take Action with These Practical Tips
March 14, 2023 20:00 - 41 minutes - 57 MB🎙 About the episode Meet Saron Yitbarek 🇺🇸! Saron is a developer, entrepreneur, community builder, and the founder of CodeNewbie. Saron has been helping new developers break into tech for a decade, and in this episode, she distills her best and most sought-after advice! Saron, who recently launched a new project called NewDevCareer.com, is a career changer herself - she first studied to become a doctor! In this interview, you will hear how she decided to make that change, why her...