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Drumroll, Please: Make Your Portfolio Projects Fun and Prepare for the Following Questions
Drumroll, Please: Make Your Portfolio Projects Fun and Prepare for the Following Questions
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Length:
45 minutes
Released:
Sep 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
? About the episodeMeet Stevie Gill ??! Stevie was a scientist, a medical writer and an editor, and then he wrote about video games. Eventually, he moved countries and changed careers. Nowadays, Stevie lives in Toronto, Canada, and works as a full-time front-end developer at Kijiji. In this episode, he shares his story and everything he learned along the way that can help you land your first developer job!You'll hear how Stevie learned to code, how he prepared for the interviews, and that LinkedIn can be useful even if you only have a handful of connections. He reveals how he took a generic portfolio project and made it his own - and why you should do the same. Stevie and Alex discuss Stevie's interview process in depth (be warned: there are some witty HR people out there) and also answer the question of whether you should be dreading the gaps on your resume.? Connect with Stevie
??? Linkedin
? Twitter
? Blog
? Portfolio
?? GitHub
? Resources Mentioned
FreeCodeCamp
The Frontend Developer Career Path
Stevie's RetroFix app
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⭐️ Leave a ReviewIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5-star review here and tell us who you want to see on the next podcast.You can also Tweet Alex from Scrimba at @bookercodes and tell them what lessons you learned from the episode so they can thank you personally for tuning in ?
? Blog
? Portfolio
?? GitHub
? Resources Mentioned
FreeCodeCamp
The Frontend Developer Career Path
Stevie's RetroFix app
Scrimba Podcast: How To Work With Recruiters According to Senior Recruiter Taylor Desseyn
⭐️ Leave a ReviewIf you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5-star review here and tell us who you want to see on the next podcast.You can also Tweet Alex from Scrimba at @bookercodes and tell them what lessons you learned from the episode so they can thank you personally for tuning in ?
Released:
Sep 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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