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From a PhD in Materials Science to Junior Developer with Scrimba
Maeling earned a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering before realising her passion for code! After months of practice and with help from her new friends in various communities, she’s now working as a Junior Developer at a remote start-up. In this episode, you’ll learn how Maeling found the job through a virtual career fair and how you, too, can find success.
Timestamps
- Introduction (0:00)
- About Maeling's new job (00:48)
- How Maeling found this opportunity through a virtual job fair (02:30)
- How Maeling used Twitter to lern to code (02:55)
- Community and learning to code (06:35)
- Self-directed learning compared to university (09:33)
- Don't compare yourself to others (11:37)
- Homeschooling while learning to code (14:02)
- Building a homeschooling journal app (15:30)
- What the interview process looked like (18:59)
- Maeling's top tips for anyone wanting to become a Junior Developer (23:19)
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