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Becoming rejection-proof with Erik Hanchett from Amazon Web Services Jul 27, 2021

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When Erik started his coding career, several companies rejected him. Today, he works as a Front End Engineer at Amazon Web Services! Can you imagine how different things might have been had Erik let rejection block him? In this episode, Erik talks about how to think about rejection so it doesn't bother you, the tactics he would use to get a junior developer job in 2021, and how to glide into a recruiter's inbox. Finally, Erik compares React and Vue, and talks about the job prospects for each.

The road from intern to Senior Developer with Darin Doria from Wistia Jul 20, 2021

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Darin started his developer career as an intern. Now he works as a Senior Engineer at Wistia! This his advice for new programmers considering an internship or junior developer position. We also delve into what companies look for in new programmers and if you really need the experience threshold before applying.

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@_darindoria on Twitter
@bookercodes from Scrimba on Twitter
Subscribe to Darin on YouTube
How I Landed My First Developer Job: My Internship Story by Darin
Code With Me | 1hr Real Time w/ Lo-Fi Beats by Darin

Intentional Career Building with Kent C. Dodds Jul 13, 2021

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Kent has authored 180 blog posts, created courses on React and unit teseting, hosted podcasts like JavaScript Air and Angular Air. He's also given countless talks and eppared on presentations. From the outside lookign in, it's hard to imagine how he gets so much done!

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@kentcdodds on Twitter
@bookercodes from Scrimba on Twitter
Zero to 60 in Software Development: How to Jumpstart Your Career (Kent C. Dodds)
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Peter C. Brown et al.)
How I Teach (Kent C. Dodds)
How to get experience as a software engineer (Kent C. Dodds)
Intentional Career Building (Kent C. Dodds)
Epic React course (Kent C. Dodds)
Solidifying what you learn (Kent C. Dodds)

How to make your own luck with Shawn Wang (Swyx) from Temporal Jul 06, 2021

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Shawn (Swyx) Wang joins us to discuss his book, The Coding Career Handbook. In this episode, you'll learn principles, strategies, and actionable tactics that will help you become a hireable junior developer. For everything else, there's Swyx's book, for which you can receive 30% off using special code, SRIMBA30.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction
1:37 When are you ready to apply for junior developer jobs?
03:40 What is learning in public and why is it important?
07:05 Learning in public is more selfish than alturistic
09:56 How to start learning in public
11:05 Preview of next week's episode 👀
12:30 Introduce a learning exhaust
15:00 The four gears of learning in public
17:47 Why working in the open can be magnetic
19:34 Teaching forces you to learn (and learn in depth)
20.05 Should you apply to lots of companies or just a few you really like?
22.44 How to get "lucky" more often
25.55 Alex shares his experience with learning in public
27:57 Swyx shares his experience learning in public

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The Coding Career Handbook by Swyx (30% discount applied when you use this link)
Learn in Public by Swyx
Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
Luck and the Entrepreneur by Marc Andreesen

Get started freelancing on Upwork with no experience Jun 29, 2021

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When you don't have a CompSci degree, you have to get creative 👀! Ehtisham found freelance work on UpWork by doing the work without permission. Next, he transferred his excellent reviews to earn a job interview! Now his job title is Front-end developer and he works remotely.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction
01:03 Start freelancing with no experience
03:36 Getting your first client
05:06 The impact of customer recommendations
06:40 Pricing yourself for opportunity
09:20 Turning freelance work experience into a full-time role
11:00 Ehtisham's new job
11:57 What the interview process looked like
13:15 Ehtisham's recommended resources

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Communication skills for developers with Dylan Israel from Amazon Jun 22, 2021

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If you want to become a successful developer in 2021, communication skills are more important than you might think.

In this episode, Dylan Israel from Amazon talks about Agile software practices, teamwork, working with your manager, boundaries, and dealing with anxiety as someone on the shyer or introverted side.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction
01:40 What to expect when you join a new team
03:39 What is Agile development all about?
08:35 Beware companies masquerading as "Agile"
12:18 Ask these questions in your interview (and avoid a death march)
12:55 Why communication skills are more crucial than you might think
15:10 Effective communication is a learned skill
16:55 Introverts and extroverts
19:00 Communication in the workplace is unique - treat it as such
21:40 Books Dylan used to sharpen his communication skills (see links from the episode below)
24:17 You don't need to understand Agile that well before applying for jobs
25:39 One-way communication (screencasts, talks) vs. two-way communication (team communication)
27:30 How to deal with social anxiety (and how anxiety differs from stress)
32:30 What to expect from your manager and teammates

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Links from the episode
- Introduction to Clean Code (Scrimba) by Dylan himself
- Clean Code by Uncle Bob
- The Clean Coder (a code of conduct for professional programmers) by Uncle Bob
- Clean Architecutre by Uncle Bob

Karan didn't meet all the requirements - they hired him anyway Jun 15, 2021

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Karan found a job that needed two years of professional experience but as a recent Frontend Developer Career Path Graduate he didn't have any yet 😬 !

Equipped with a stunning portfolio and active GitHub profile, Karan applied anyway...

They practically hired him on the spot 🎉 proving these requirements don't always apply to the individual, and you should apply anyway!

Now Karan's learning lots while working on a project for a Fortune 500 company.

In this episode, you'll learn how Karan became a hireable programmer by helping others and what resources he used to crack the coding interview on his first try.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction
01:44 Karan talks about his new role
02:50 How did you learn to code well enough that you felt ready to start applying for jobs?
04:00 How did you structure your learning?
04:48 What was your job-hunting strategy?
07:04 What did your interview process look like?
12:20 Preview of next week's episode with Dylan Israel
14:22 How does a company test your personality or culture fit?
16:46 Karan got the job offer 15 minutes after his interview 🎉
17:20 Community
19:07 "Helping other people made me a good programmer"
22:00 Karan's advice to anyone looking for work
24:11 What resources helped you get the job the most?
26:15 Future of the Scrimba community with Alex

Show notes

Karan's portfolio
The Tech Resume Inside Out by Gergely Orosz
De-Coding The Technical Interview Process by Emma Bostian
JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures
Best Web Dev Resources by Karan himself

Want to learn frontend development and secure your first technical job like Karan did? Enroll in the Scrimba Frontend Developer Career Path 🎉

How these six self-taught developers got jobs Jun 08, 2021

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Pete has interviewed hundreds of self-taught developers for his website, NoCSDegree. In this episode, he shares his top 6 stories that YOU Can learn from to make money as an employee, freelancer, or entrepreneur (Pete covers all 3)

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction
02:00 How Beatrice used a meetup to advance their career
07:15 Arvid Kahl founded a $55K/month business
09:45 Please remember to subscribe and share the episode 😇
10:15 Aldhair went from cruise ship worker to developer in 5 months with Scrimba
12:32 Do you need to meet 100% of the requirements to apply for a job (nah)
15:54 Josy got a remote job as a junior dev 🎉
18:26 Richard earned $15k a month at just 22 from a rural area with low living costs
23:21 Tae'lur from waitress to developer
26:22 What do al these developers have in common?
28:05 Outro and thanks

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Check out Pete
Links from the episode
- Getting a developer apprenticeship with a sociology degree (Beatrice)
- Learning to code with no CS degree and making $55k a month (Arvid Kahl)
- Covid career change - from cruise ship cleaner to developer (Aldhair)
- Josy learned coding and now has a remote developer job (Josy)
- From Waitress to Software Developer in 8 months (Tae'lur)
- This 22 year old self-taught PHP developer earns $15k a month and lives in an Austrian farmhouse (Richard)

How to get a job at Google with Jack Franklin from Google May 19, 2021

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Jack is a twenty-something Front End Engineer at Google. In this episode, you will learn from his experience as he traveled an ambitious and twisty career path that, ultimately, landed him a high-impact job on the Google Chrome Developers team.

Contents

00:00 How did the opportunity at Google come about?
02:39 What it's like working at Google?
04:01 The decision to become a professional developer
05:52 Do you need a computer science degree to work at Google?
9:23 Becoming a speaker
17:31 Publishing a book at 21
21:38 Finding work you love
27:00 Front end engineer vs. developer?
28:57 How Jack got into Google
31:20 Google developer interview process
34:08 How to change jobs when you already have one
37:03 What it's like at Google
38:41 Quick-fire questions 🔥

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Scrimba swag give-away terms

DoorDash driver turned full-time developer May 11, 2021

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David tried DoorDash part-time while he learned to code on Scrimba. He is also a successful landscaping business owner. If you think these experiences wouldn't help David become a professional developer, then think again! This interview is about how David leveraged his experiences to position himself and secured an exciting developer job 🎉

Contents

00:20 Introduction
02:55 How David got into code
05:30 What David learned about SEO
11:20 How David Tell us about the JOB and how you stood out (Associate SEO strategist)
12:40 Transferring skills from what seem like irelavent previous experiences
13:45 How the Scrimba community helped David
14:50 How David found the community
16:30 Why talking in front of people is scary and how to overcome it
18:00 Did you make friends at Scrimba and how did they help you?

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