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Hear from inspiring developers about how they found meaningful and fulfilling work that that also pays them well. On the #StoriesByScrimba 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.

Alex Booker


    • Jan 16, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 37m AVG DURATION
    • 171 EPISODES


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    End of Season One, and a Message from Alex Booker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 8:42


    So this is goodbye. But do not unsubscribe!It's the end of what will now be known as Season One of the Scrimba podcast! And Alex Booker is stepping down as its host.Over the past 160+ episodes, we have helped you learn to code and land your first job in tech. If you've missed any episodes, now is the time to go and listen to them. If you're new to the show, just start listening from the very beginning! The archive isn't going anywhere, and we aimed to create an evergreen podcast where you can find useful takeaways and inspiring stories for years to come.Stay tuned for Season Two! And in the meantime, browse through our past shows, or:

    Why Open Source Can Be the Perfect Place for New Developers – and How to Get Started, with Deb Goodkin from the FreeBSD Foundation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 43:12


    Meet Deb Goodkin! Deb is the Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation. The Foundation supports the FreeBSD project and community. FreeBSD is a powerful open-source operating system known for its reliability and security and used by companies like Netflix to power their servers and networks.With a strong background in engineering, Deb is passionate about open-source technology, and after this episode, you might become passionate about it, too! In this episode of the Scrimba podcast, you'll learn how a complex project like FreeBSD works from an organizational standpoint, why open-source is a great place for even newer developers, what are the key differences between community-driven projects and working for a corporation, and where should you start if you're looking to get into open-source.

    Tangible Benefits: Why AI Is Here to Stay and How New Developers Can Find the Right Balance, with Sam Julien from Writer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 44:53


    Learn to Advocate for Yourself with Developer Advocate Rizel Scarlett

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 37:19


    Scrimba v2 is Here! Create Your Own Scrims, Use the Advanced Code Editor, and Learn Coding the Right Way, with Per Borgen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 31:03


    Scrimba v2 is here! And you probably already know this if you've visited our website recently. Scrimba cofounder and CEO Per Borgen

    The Four Stages of Interviewing: How to Conquer the Hiring Process Step by Step, with Ryan Talbert

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 42:55


    What's New in React 19 (and What That Means for You), with Dev Agrawal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 40:19


    The Secret to a Meaningful Portfolio: Solve a Real-world Problem, with Scrimba Student Kevin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 35:27


    Meet Kevin Tanzyl! Originally from New Zealand, Kevin moved to Japan to become an English teacher. But after a while, he felt like he hit a plateau. Kevin then tried coding, and after a sting in the infamous tutorial hell, he discovered Scrimba. While learning to code, he made a React app for English teachers, which is still used in Japanese schools! This game-changing portfolio project for Kevin caught the eye of employers and recruiters alike. Within a couple of months, Kevin got his first developer job, but several months later, he realized that it wasn't a good fit after all. In this episode, you'll find out all about Kevin's career change, learning path, and hurdles along the way. You'll learn how to pick your portfolio projects and why you should focus on basic programming principles while maintaining a technology-agnostic approach. Kevin also shares his approach to dealing with stubborn bugs, why "no pain, no gain" applies to coding, and how learning to code compares to learning a new language. Plus, how's the work culture in Japan different from the Western one?

    "No" Is Always Guaranteed... So Strive for a "Yes", with the Coding Mermaid Monica Fidalgo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 43:00


    Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, Shaundai Person: Here's How to Sell Yourself (and Believe in the Product

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 50:27


    What to Do If Nobody's Hiring (and How to Slide Into Their DMs When They Do), with Rachel Nabors

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 48:41


    This is How Companies Think About Hiring, with Dominik Piątek

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 47:45


    The Safe Exit: How to Quit Your Job the Right Way, with Ian Douglas

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 46:30


    Early WhatsApp Engineer Jean Lee: Keep Trying New Things in Tech!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 42:38


    Meet 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, she realized that coding was her thing. She worked at a tiny startup competing with YouTube and a huge corporation, IBM, before she realized which company size suited her best. She became an engineering manager at Meta without ever planning to become one - but when an opportunity arose, she took it. Because how are you ever going to know what you like doing or not if you don't try things? Today, Jean is a cofounder of Exaltitude, providing resources and coaching to software engineers navigating the ever-changing tech landscape and cultivating a community where everyone can grow together.In this episode, Jean shares her best career advice. You'll also find out what it was like to work at WhatsApp during the expansion, why company culture always changes when a company is scaling up, why inclusive hiring practices are important, and what is one thing that juniors never remember they need to do.

    How Not to Be Afraid of Git, with O'Reilly Author Anna Skoulikari

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 44:12


    ✨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 but not the most user-friendly of tools. Yet, Git is what we all have in common, whether we're working on back-end or front-end development, on Windows or a Mac. Even GitHub's lawyers use Git!If you're learning to code, you probably have many questions. Should you use GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket? What's the difference between a merge request and a pull request? Does it make sense to use Git from your command line, or is a GUI good enough? Where are all those files? And how, for the last time, does any of that work? This episode will help you understand Git and provide you with plenty of practical insights to navigate its complexities effectively.

    The (Not so) Hidden Benefits of Talking about Code, with Scrimba Bootcamp Lead Micha

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 36:15


    ✨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 Alex do talk about the Scrimba bootcamp in this episode. But even if you're not interested in the bootcamp, this interview brings a wealth of information that can help you if you're learning to code. You have probably already heard that trying and teaching somebody else is the best way to solidify your learning. Well, in this episode, you'll find out how to do that as a junior, why you should be able to talk about and explain code, and whether you can bring anything to the table in a discussion or a code review if you're not an expert. Also in this episode: group projects, GIT, accountability, (not) letting yourself slide, and Alex's unorthodox StackOverflow strategy.

    Neurodiversity in Tech and Why We Should Care About It, with Parul Singh

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 45:40


    The Only Thing Worth Investing in Is Yourself, with Scrimba Student Özge

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2024 30:45


    Slow Down to Speed Up: Teacher-Turned-Developer Chris on Successful Adult Learning and Landing his Dream Role

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 41:31


    The State of React (and Should You Still Learn It in 2024), with Dev Agrawal

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 41:09


    Everybody's Doing Their Best... Even Tech Recruiters (and This Is How to Get Their Attention), with Parul Singh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 39:11


    The Making of an Industry: The Rise of AI Engineering, with Swyx

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 37:18


    Passions, Skills, Environment, and Compensation: Career Coach Adam Broda's Framework for Navigating Today's Job Market

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 43:06


    Effective Living for Better Coding: From Retail to Software Engineering with Scrimba Student Cassie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 38:26


    Who's Afraid of AI Agents? The Future of Automation, with Bob Ziroll

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 37:56


    What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation and How to Make AI Work for You, with Guil Hernandez

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 26:25


    Demystifying AI: What Are Foundation Models (and How to Use Them), with Tom Chant

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 48:44


    The Rise of the AI Engineer (and How to Become One), with Scrimba CEO Per Borgen

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 48:27


    What Is Productivity Anxiety and How to Beat It, with Matt and Eric from Self-Taught Devs Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 39:06


    How to Find Your People and the Work You Find Exciting, with Scrimba Student Anna

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 37:28


    Nadia Zhuk: Anybody Can Code, and Your Background Doesn't Define You

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2023 35:18


    How Johnny Learned Angular and Typescript in Three Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 42:46


    Changing Careers? This Is How to Defeat the Sunk Cost Fallacy, with Doctor-turned-developer Shona

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 40:22


    Learning to Code with ADHD: How Zuza Landed Her First Tech Job after Only Four Months

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 46:59


    It's All about Your Additude: Building a Software Apprenticeship Program with Luke Hovee

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 39:59


    Ultimate LinkedIn Guide: Listen to This If You're Working on Your LinkedIn Profile

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 39:16


    Treat Learning to Code Like an RPG (and You Might Get a Job in Three Business Days), with Scrimba student Tomáš

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 36:28


    What Are the Most Common React Mistakes? Inside a React Job Simulator with Johannes Kettmann

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2023 46:41


    Is This Easy Mode? Breaking into Tech in 400 Hours, with Writer-Turned-Developer Jen-Li Lim

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 29:24


    This Is How You Onboard: Actionable Tips for Developers On a New Job from Ian Douglas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 57:13


    How Kyle Became a Developer and Found His First Dev Job in Just Four Months

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 35:00


    How Teacher-Turned-Developer Jess Secured a Tech Job Even Before Learning to Code

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 45:28


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