Learning to Code Alongside a Full-Time Job: How Josh Went from Property Manager to Junior Developer in 10 Months with Scrimba

<p><b><strong>🎙 About the episode</strong></b></p><p>Meet Joshua Smith 🇦🇺! While working full-time as a property manager, Joshua made time after work to learn to code on Scrimba. After just 10 months and, in part, thanks to a referral, Josh was recently hired as a junior web developer 🎉! In this episode, you’ll see how networking and referals don’t have to be complicated. In Josh’s case, he proved his skills to a friend who then vouched for him. From here, it was still up to Josh to crack the coding interview and take-home task.</p><p><b><strong>🔗 Connect with GUEST</strong></b></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-smith-3810/">👨🏻‍💼 LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/jshsmth">👩‍🚀 GitHub</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jshsmth8">🐦 Twitter</a></li> <li>🤖 jshsmth.eth#7668 on <a href="https://scrimba.com/podcast/christopher-went-from-photographer-to-developer-at-35/scrimba.com/discord">the Scrimba Discord</a> </li> </ul><p><b><strong>⏰ Timestamps</strong></b></p><ul> <li>Introduction (0:00)</li> <li>Why Josh is participating in a bootcamp even though he has a job  (02:56)</li> <li>How bootcamps compare to Scrimba (04:06)</li> <li>A day in the life of a newly-hired junior dev (07:31)</li> <li>How Josh found success by securing a referral (09:24)</li> <li>What the interview process looked like for Josh (11:02)</li> <li>Josh got the job in around 10 months  🎉(12:12)</li> <li>Josh’s advice for anyone else learning to code (14:28)</li> <li>Josh found success quicker than he was planning - does he regret not applying sooner? (16:36)</li> <li>A job is the ultimate learning environment (19:03)</li> <li>Challenges learning to code alongside a full-time job (19:48)</li> </ul><p><b><strong>🧰 Resources mentioned</strong></b></p><ul> <li><a href="https://elastic-swanson-f599ae.netlify.app/">Josh’s Rick and Morty website</a></li> <li> <a href="https://scrimba.com/learn/learnreact">Learn React on Scrimba</a> </li> </ul><p><b><strong>⭐️ Leave a Review</strong></b></p><p>If you enj