The Scrimba Podcast
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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 uniquely fits your strengths and talents.
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Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, Shaundai Person: Here's How to Sell Yourself (and Believe in the Product 😉)
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May 16, 2024 |
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Creator of #100DaysOfCode, Alex Kallaway: Here's How to Embrace Discomfort for Growth
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May 08, 2024 |
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What to Do If Nobody's Hiring (and How to Slide Into Their DMs When They Do), with Rachel Nabors
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May 01, 2024 |
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This is How Companies Think About Hiring, with Dominik Piątek
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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The Safe Exit: How to Quit Your Job the Right Way, with Ian Douglas
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Early WhatsApp Engineer Jean Lee: Keep Trying New Things in Tech!
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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How Not to Be Afraid of Git, with O'Reilly Author Anna Skoulikari
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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The (Not so) Hidden Benefits of Talking about Code, with Scrimba Bootcamp Lead Micha
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Neurodiversity in Tech and Why We Should Care About It, with Parul Singh
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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The Only Thing Worth Investing in Is Yourself, with Scrimba Student Özge
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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How to Figure Out What You Want to Do, with Scrimba Student Amy
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Slow Down to Speed Up: Teacher-Turned-Developer Chris on Successful Adult Learning and Landing his Dream Role
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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The State of React (and Should You Still Learn It in 2024), with Dev Agrawal
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Everybody's Doing Their Best... Even Tech Recruiters (and This Is How to Get Their Attention), with Parul Singh
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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The Making of an Industry: The Rise of AI Engineering, with Swyx
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Passions, Skills, Environment, and Compensation: Career Coach Adam Broda's Framework for Navigating Today's Job Market
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Effective Living for Better Coding: From Retail to Software Engineering with Scrimba Student Cassie
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Who's Afraid of AI Agents? The Future of Automation, with Bob Ziroll
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation and How to Make AI Work for You, with Guil Hernandez
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Demystifying AI: What Are Foundation Models (and How to Use Them), with Tom Chant
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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The Path to Becoming an AI Engineer with Scrimba CEO Per Borgen
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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What Is Productivity Anxiety and How to Beat It, with Matt and Eric from Self-Taught Devs Podcast
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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How to Find Your People and the Work You Find Exciting, with Scrimba Student Anna
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Mastering Corporate Culture for New Developers
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Nadia Zhuk: Anybody Can Code, and Your Background Doesn't Define You
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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How Johnny Learned Angular and Typescript in Three Days
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Changing Careers? This Is How to Defeat the Sunk Cost Fallacy, with Doctor-turned-developer Shona
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Learning to Code with ADHD: How Zuza Landed Her First Tech Job after Only Four Months
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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It's All about Your Additude: Building a Software Apprenticeship Program with Luke Hovee
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Ultimate LinkedIn Guide: Listen to This If You’re Working on Your LinkedIn Profile
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Treat Learning to Code Like an RPG (and You Might Get a Job in Three Business Days), with Scrimba student Tomáš
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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What Are the Most Common React Mistakes? Inside a React Job Simulator with Johannes Kettmann
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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How Mohamed Landed a Dev Job Through Instagram
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Are You a New Developer? Follow This One Tip! (With Scrimba Student Danny)
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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From Lab Coat to Code: Vanessa's Path from Lab Scientist to Developing Lab Software
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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How to Create a Personal Brand as a Developer
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Is This Easy Mode? Breaking into Tech in 400 Hours, with Writer-Turned-Developer Jen-Li Lim
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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This Is How You Onboard: Actionable Tips for Developers On a New Job from Ian Douglas
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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How Kyle Became a Developer and Found His First Dev Job in Just Four Months
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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How Teacher-Turned-Developer Jess Secured a Tech Job Even Before Learning to Code
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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How not to struggle with CSS, with Kevin Powell
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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The Power of Domain Knowledge: How Katrina Skipped Junior Roles and Immediately Landed a Senior Developer Job
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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OpenAI for Developers: How to Use AI for Coding, with Tom Chant
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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How to Get Your First Dev Job by Playing Call of Duty, with Scrimba Student Shaun
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May 30, 2023 |
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Career Progression Decoded: Angie Jones' Expert Tips for Entering the Tech Industry and Forging Your Unique Path
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May 23, 2023 |
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Cooking Up a Career Change: Overcoming Burnout and Finding Your Why with Scrimba Student Jimmy
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May 16, 2023 |
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Laura Thorson From GitHub: This Is How You Master the Mindset of a Programmer
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May 09, 2023 |
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How To Get an Internship at Meta (Also: Follow Your Passion), With Scrimba Student Gabriel
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May 02, 2023 |
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Tech Is Hiring, and Here's What You Need to Do! (With Chad Stewart)
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Niche Down to Blow Up: Scrimba Student Leo Reveals How to Land an Awesome First Dev Job
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Becoming a Standout Developer, with Randall Kanna
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Ask Better Questions, Get Better Jobs: How Spencer Sped up His Interview Process and Got an Offer Only Four Days after the First Interview
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Learn to Advocate for Yourself with GitHub Developer Advocate Rizel Scarlett
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Pre-Interview Nerves Are Just Stage Fright: Learn How to Manage Them With Pianist-Turned-Developer Emre
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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CodeNewbie Founder Saron Yitbarek: New to Coding? Take Action with These Practical Tips
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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How Butcher-Turned-Developer Jamie Got the First Coding Job He Applied For
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Tech Layoffs Are Still Happening, and ChatGPT Can Code: How To Stay Ahead of the Curve as a New Developer, With Lane Wagner
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Why Finding a Mission Fit Is Important, with Scrimba Student Matheus
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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How Netlify CEO Matt Biilmann Went from Being Self-taught to Bootstrapping a Company
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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How to Use Twitter to Beat Your Social Anxiety and Land Your First Job, with Scrimba Student Trecia
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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How to Get Better at Communication and Teamwork, with Patrick Akil
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Reach out to People You Know and You'll Be Surprised: From Comedian to Developer with Scrimba Student Amy
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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It's about Who You Know: An Introvert's Guide to Networking (and Becoming Amazing at LinkedIn), with Stephanie Chiu from PayPal
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Don't Be Afraid to Take Breaks, but Make Sure to Keep Going: Juggling Learning to Code and a Full-time Job with Scrimba Student Marleigh
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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On Bootcamps, Networking, and Job Hunting During a Recession, with Don the Developer
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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This Scrimba Student Learned Job Interviewing Skills from Podcasts (and Made a Killer Portfolio, Too)
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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How to Fast Track Your Developer Career, with Katy Ashby
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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How to Avoid Burnout, Improve Your Confidence and Keep Coding Fun, with Scrimba Student Sylvia
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Listen to This If You're Working on Your Developer Portfolio, with Alex from TechRally
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Code Like Nobody Is Watching: On Community, Learning, and Finding the Right Culture Fit, With Scrimba Student James
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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How To Figure Out Your Strengths as a Career Changer, With Caitlyn Greffly
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Hired by Coca Cola! How Michael Learned Coding on Work Breaks and Changed Careers at 51
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Homeschooler, College Dropout, Developer and Master Networker: Crush Your Career with Madison Kanna
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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From Growing Up as a Coder to an Internship at Microsoft, with Scrimba Student Rían Errity
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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How To Be Strategic About Your Learning and Career, With Mike Chen
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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How This Junior Developer Tripled Their Salary Within One Year of Getting Hired
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Bootcamp Mentor Hussien Khayoon: Careers Come in Three Phases and Here’s How To Navigate Them
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Consistent and Persistent: This Scrimba Student Battled Depression and Landed a Job at Amazon After 1000 LeetCode Challenges
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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A Teacher's Job Is Never Done: Get Your Hands on the Keyboard with Bob Ziroll
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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How Pastor-Turned-Developer Chris Crushed It on LinkedIn and Landed an Internship... and a Job
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Quincy Larson: Why Learning To Code as an Adult Might Be Easier Than You Think
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Drumroll, Please: Make Your Portfolio Projects Fun and Prepare for the Following Questions
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Understanding Corporate Hierarchy (and Perfecting Your Resume), With Tiffany Jachja
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Don’t Compare Yourself to Other New Developers: Scrimba Student Silvia on Changing Careers
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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How To Learn To Code From the Free Content on YouTube, With Jessica Chan
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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Talent Alone Is Not Enough: How Theo Changed Careers at 49 and Landed a Paid Web Dev Apprenticeship
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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What Are Company Values… and Why You Should Know Your Own, with Dave Mayer
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Take a Chance, Even If Things Sound Weird and You Don't Feel Ready: How Wemerson Learned to Code and Landed a Dream Job in a Web3 Startup
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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How to Create a Web Dev Portfolio That Both HR and Other Developers Will Love, with Josh Comeau
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Interview Your Interviewers and Find Somebody Who Believes in Your Skills: How Jonathan Became a Developer in Three Months
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Nadia Zhuk: Anybody Can Code, and Your Background Doesn't Define You
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Do the Projects You Find Fun and Take Time To Process Rejection: Actor-Turned-Developer Ollie Church
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Be a Librarian, Not an Encyclopedia of Code: How To Learn (and Teach) Better, With Guil Hernandez
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Scrimba Community Hero Yin Chu: Be Consistent, Play the Long Game, and Help Others
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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How to Become Good at Networking, with Recruiter-turned-developer Cameron Blackwood
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Hurry Up, but Slowly: How Ansub Knew When To Go Back to Basics and Relearn Web Development From Scratch
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May 31, 2022 |
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Shannon Brown: There's a human side of recruiting, and here's how to get onto it!
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May 24, 2022 |
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Career Change on Maternity Leave: How Kynnedy Learned To Code, Became a Code Reviewer, and Landed Her First Developer Job
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May 17, 2022 |
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How not to struggle with CSS, with Kevin Powell
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May 10, 2022 |
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Career Change in Just a Year: How Anthony Hacked His Productivity and Got Hired Ten Minutes After an Interview!
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May 03, 2022 |
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How to make your LinkedIn profile standout according to a LinkedIn expert
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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From Doctor to Developer
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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An expert guide to technical interviews with Ian Douglas from Postman
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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How Ineza stood out with a "why you should hire me" video
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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How to become a successful Junior Developer with Scott Hanselman from Microsoft
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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How LinkedIn helped Buse become a Junior Dev in London
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Why nobody hires junior developers anymore according to an engineering manager
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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How Robert got his first developer job at 33
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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How to Actually Use a Web Developer Roadmap: Mike Karan on Better Learning and Must-Have Skills for Junior Developers
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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How to market yourself as a developer (according to a marketer turned developer!)
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Welcome to The Scrimba Podcast
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Career Advice From a Vue Core Team Member
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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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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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Lessons Learned Recruiting and Managing Junior Developers for 10 Years
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Advice from a Junior Developer Career Coach
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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3 Months and 600 Job Applications Later: How Fredrik Became a Junior Developer in Record Time with Scrimba
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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How to become a successful Junior Developer with Danny Thompson
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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This Scrimba student dropped out of college to learn online instead - now she's a Junior Developer!
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Origin of the name Scrimba, winning the lottery, and our biggest mistakes - Christmas special QnA with Team Scrimba
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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Career advice from the maintainer Redux, Mark Erikson
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Recruited by Activision to code email templates (best first Developer job ever?)
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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How an effective portfolio landed Claire her first remote Junior Developer role
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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From Photographer to Developer at 35
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Becoming a Standout Developer with Randall Kanna
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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From a PhD in Materials Science to Junior Developer with Scrimba
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Advice from a Senior Silicon Valley Engineer
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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From Guitar Teacher to Software Developer after Scrimba
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Last-minute guide to Hacktoberfest (there's still time), featuring GitHub Star Of The Year, Eddie Jaoude
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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How to make money as a developer with Florin Pop
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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From Circus to coding - how Milos turned COVID into an opportunity
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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How to stand out as a new developer (and ask amazing questions) with Dan Moore from FusionAuth
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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Overcoming interview nerves - how this Scrimba student recovered from failure to become a Junior Developer
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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What a good developer resume looks like and how to write one - learnings from an Uber Engineering Manager
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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Lessons learned from 400 unsuccessful job applications - how Scrimba student Gandev finally found success
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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How to work with recruiters according to Senior Recruiter Taylor Desseyn
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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How to remember everything you learn with Ali Spittel from Amazon Web Services
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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How to get started in Developer Relations according to Head of Developer Relations Phil Leggetter
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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From Air Conditioning Technician to Junior Developer in 6 months
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Tom's portfolio earns him six figures a year
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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Ace the job interview with Cassidy Williams from Netlify
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Becoming rejection-proof with Erik Hanchett from Amazon Web Services
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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The road from intern to Senior Developer with Darin Doria from Wistia
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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Intentional Career Building with Kent C. Dodds
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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How to make your own luck with Shawn Wang (Swyx) from Temporal
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Get started freelancing on Upwork with no experience
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Communication skills for developers with Dylan Israel from Amazon
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Karan didn't meet all the requirements - they hired him anyway
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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How these six self-taught developers got jobs
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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How to get a job at Google with Jack Franklin from Google
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May 19, 2021 |
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DoorDash driver turned full-time developer
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May 11, 2021 |
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Becoming a six-figure freelancer with Gary Simon
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May 03, 2021 |
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The future of Scrimba with Per Borgen
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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An interview with CSS evangelist Kevin Powell
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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How new developers can turn rejection into opportunity
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Fending off recruiters after #100DaysOfCode
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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From noob to developer in 7 months
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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How Justin got his first developer job at 33
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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How 16 year-old prodigy programmer Josh went viral
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Benedicte was about to quit when she got a call...
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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How to go from bus driver to frontend developer
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Proven advice to secure your first developer job
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Oct 26, 2020 |