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

<p><strong>🎙 About the episode</strong></p><p><br><strong>Meet Mislav Markušić 🇭🇷! </strong>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.</p><p>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!</p><p><strong>🔗 Connect with Mislav</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mislav-markusic/">👨‍💼Linkedin</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pargeo.com.hr">🌐 Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="https://pargeo.hashnode.dev">🌐 Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/MislavMarkusic">🐦Twitter</a></li> </ul><p>⏰ <strong>Timestamps</strong></p><ul> <li>How Mislav started coding after dropping out of law school and working in a record store for 14 years (01:22)</li> <li>How Mislav knew which technologies to focus on (05:07)</li> <li>How Mislav approached learning to code (06:54)</li> <li>Hurry up, but slowly (08:33)</li> <li>Ad break! Check out<a href="https://youtu.be/BZBXoU-pHoo"> our video where Alex is reenacting a day in a life as a learner</a>. Next week on the podcast, it's <a href="https://scrimba.com/podcast/on-bootcamps-networking-and-job-hunting-during-a-recession-with-don-the-developer/">Don Hansen</a>! (10:55)</li> <li>Mislav wasn't ready too apply for jobs, but a friend of his thought otherwise (13:22)</li> <li>The hiring manager loved how Mislav presented himself. Here's what he did, and how he picked his portfolio projects! (14:55)</li> <li>Podcasts were the single best resource for Mi