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)

Links

• Follow Maeling on Twitter
• Maeling's homeschool journal web app
• Career Karma
• Virtual Coffee
• Code Connector

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