The Scrimba Podcast
The Scrimba Podcast
It's All about Your Additude: Building a Software Apprenticeship Program with Luke Hovee
🎙 About the episode
Meet Luke Hovee 🇺🇸! After a career in the US Army, Luke didn't know what to do next. He was considering a career in construction, until he stumbled upon a bootcamp teaching army veterans how to code. Today, he's a full-time web developer with a passion for helping other aspiring web developers getting into tech. Currently, he's creating a software apprenticeship program so that he can help people at scale.
In this episode, you'll find out whether army is a good training for having to deal with product managers, why grit and determination are important, and what's the most important thing you should have to break into tech in today's job market. Luke and Alex also talk about LinkedIn, why getting your second job in tech is way easier than landing the first one, and the current state of the market for junior developers.
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🧰 Resources mentioned
- Danny Thompson on YouTube
- Scrimba Podcast: How to become a successful Junior Developer, with Danny Thompson
- Scrimba Podcast: Freecodecamp Founder Quincy Larson: Why Learning To Code as an Adult Might Be Easier Than You Think
- David Roberts on YouTube
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