Learning to Code Alongside a Full-Time Job: How Josh Went from Property Manager to Junior Developer in 10 Months with Scrimba
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English - February 08, 2022 22:46 - 21 minutes - 29.6 MB - โ โ โ โ โ - 1 ratingTechnology Business Careers junior developers software development programming Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
๐ About the episode
Meet Joshua Smith ๐ฆ๐บ! While working full-time as a property manager, Joshua made time after work to learn to code on Scrimba. After just 10 months and, in part, thanks to a referral, Josh was recently hired as a junior web developer ๐! In this episode, youโll see how networking and referals donโt have to be complicated. In Joshโs case, he proved his skills to a friend who then vouched for him. From here, it was still up to Josh to crack the coding interview and take-home task.
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Introduction (0:00)Why Josh is participating in a bootcamp even though he has a jobย (02:56)How bootcamps compare to Scrimba (04:06)A day in the life of a newly-hired junior dev (07:31)How Josh found success by securing a referral (09:24)What the interview process looked like for Josh (11:02)Josh got the job in around 10 monthsย ๐(12:12)Joshโs advice for anyone else learning to code (14:28)Josh found success quicker than he was planning - does he regret not applying sooner? (16:36)A job is the ultimate learning environment (19:03)Challenges learning to code alongside a full-time job (19:48)๐งฐ Resources mentioned
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