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This Scrimba Student Learned Job Interviewing Skills from Podcasts (and Made a Killer Portfolio, Too)

🎙 About the episode


Meet Mislav Markušić 🇭🇷! Mislav is a new developer from Croatia who has changed careers at the age of 40. After attending law school and realizing it wasn't a good fit for him, he spent 14 years working in a record store! Now, he's a junior developer.

In this episode, Mislav shares how he decided to pursue coding, how long it took, and how he managed to do it alongside a full-time job and a family. Mislav and Alex discuss taking breaks, knowing you're ready to apply for jobs, and whether or not a junior should learn TypeScript. Mislav also talks about his portfolio, how having a well-thought-out portfolio can help you stand out in a sea of candidates, and how you can prepare for your job interview by listening to podcasts!

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⏰ Timestamps

  • How Mislav started coding after dropping out of law school and working in a record store for 14 years (01:22)
  • How Mislav knew which technologies to focus on (05:07)
  • How Mislav approached learning to code (06:54)
  • Hurry up, but slowly (08:33)
  • Ad break! Check out our video where Alex is reenacting a day in a life as a learner. Next week on the podcast, it's Don Hansen! (10:55)
  • Mislav wasn't ready too apply for jobs, but a friend of his thought otherwise (13:22)
  • The hiring manager loved how Mislav presented himself. Here's what he did, and how he picked his portfolio projects! (14:55)
  • Podcasts were the single best resource for Mislav when it comes to nailing the interview. Here's why (18:20)
  • Mislav's interview process (20:22)
  • Mislav's new job! (23:13)
  • What's the first week of his first developer job been like for Mislav? (23:47)
  • How fast do you learn coding at home, and how fast do you learn on the job? (26:55)
  • How you feel about your abilities can change within a month (28:04)
  • What would Mislav do differently, and why is that - learning TypeScript? (29:03)


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