The Scrimba Podcast
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The Scrimba Podcast
Learn from inspiring developers about how they found meaningful and fulfilling work that that also pays them well. On The Scrimba Podcast, you'll hear motivational advice and job-hunting strategies from developers who've been exactly where you are now. We talk to developers about their challenges,...
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End of Season One, and a Message from Alex Booker
So this is goodbye. But do not unsubscribe!
It's the end of what will now be known as Season One of the Scrimba podcast! And Alex Booker is step...
Why Open Source Can Be the Perfect Place for New Developers – and How to Get Started, with Deb Goodkin from the FreeBSD Foundation
Meet Deb Goodkin! Deb is the Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation. The Foundation supports the FreeBSD project and community. FreeBSD is a pow...
Tangible Benefits: Why AI Is Here to Stay and How New Developers Can Find the Right Balance, with Sam Julien from Writer
Meet Sam Julien 🇺🇸! Sam is a director of Developer Relations at Writer, a teacher, and the author of Getting Started in Developer Relations. He loves...
Learn to Advocate for Yourself with Developer Advocate Rizel Scarlett
Meet Rizel Scarlett 🇺🇸! Rizel is a Staff Developer Advocate at TBD. She's also a career changer, software engineer, and community builder!
Rizel...
Career Progression Decoded: Angie Jones' Expert Tips for Entering the Tech Industry and Forging Your Unique Path
Meet Angie Jones 🇺🇸! Angie is a veteran software developer currently working as a global Developer Relations executive at TBD. Before that, she worked...
Scrimba v2 is Here! Create Your Own Scrims, Use the Advanced Code Editor, and Learn Coding the Right Way, with Per Borgen
Scrimba v2 is here! And you probably already know this if you've visited our website recently. Scrimba cofounder and CEO Per Borgen 🇳🇴 is joining us t...
The Four Stages of Interviewing: How to Conquer the Hiring Process Step by Step, with Ryan Talbert
Meet Ryan Talbert 🇺🇸! Ryan studied entrepreneurship and had an idea for an app. To build it, he hired a developer who scammed him and used his server...
What's New in React 19 (and What That Means for You), with Dev Agrawal
Meet Dev Agrawal 🇮🇳🇺🇸! Dev is a software developer, developer advocate, content creator, and A React expert deeply ingrained in the React community. T...
The Secret to a Meaningful Portfolio: Solve a Real-world Problem, with Scrimba Student Kevin
Meet Kevin Tanzyl! Originally from New Zealand, Kevin moved to Japan to become an English teacher. But after a while, he felt like he hit a plateau. K...
"No" Is Always Guaranteed... So Strive for a "Yes", with the Coding Mermaid Monica Fidalgo
Meet Monica Fidalgo 🇵🇹! Monica is a front-end product engineer at Cloudflare, an advocate for new developers and women in tech, as well as a teacher,...
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix, Shaundai Person: Here's How to Sell Yourself (and Believe in the Product 😉)
Meet Shaundai Person 🇺🇸! Shaundai is a senior software engineer at Netflix, but she hasn't always been a coder. She studied entrepreneurship and had a...
Creator of #100DaysOfCode, Alex Kallaway: Here's How to Embrace Discomfort for Growth
Meet Alex Kallaway 🇷🇺🇨🇦! Alex is a Lead Full-Stack Developer, but he hasn't always been a coder. First, he was a violinist; then, he was interested i...
What to Do If Nobody's Hiring (and How to Slide Into Their DMs When They Do), with Rachel Nabors
Meet Rachel Lee Nabors 🇺🇸🇬🇧! They are an award-winning cartoonist who transitioned to become a developer with a passion for teaching the world how to...
This is How Companies Think About Hiring, with Dominik Piątek
Meet Dominik Piątek 🇵🇱🇬🇧! Dominik moved to the UK from Poland in search of career opportunities. He worked odd jobs, acquired a varied set of skills,...
The Safe Exit: How to Quit Your Job the Right Way, with Ian Douglas
Meet Ian Douglas 🇺🇸🇨🇦! Developer, DevRel, Tech Educator, Career Coach, and author of The Tech Interview Guide, Ian Douglas, has been coding profession...
Early WhatsApp Engineer Jean Lee: Keep Trying New Things in Tech!
Meet Jean Lee! She was the nineteenth engineer at WhatsApp (that was even before it got acquired by Facebook!) and then worked at Meta as an engineeri...
How Not to Be Afraid of Git, with O'Reilly Author Anna Skoulikari
✨Use this link for a free month of O'Reilly Learning and read Anna's book and any other resource on the platform! ✨ Meet Anna Skoulikari! She's a UX...
The (Not so) Hidden Benefits of Talking about Code, with Scrimba Bootcamp Lead Micha
✨Use this link for a 20% discount on the Scrimba bootcamp! ✨ Meet Michaella Rodriguez! If you're already in the Scrimba Discord community, you proba...
Neurodiversity in Tech and Why We Should Care About It, with Parul Singh
Meet Parul Singh 🇬🇧! Parul is a Tech Careers & Neurodiversity Consultant, ADHD advocate, board member at Manchester Tech Festival, Public Speaker, and...
The Only Thing Worth Investing in Is Yourself, with Scrimba Student Özge
Meet Özge Ahras 🇹🇷! Özge studied computer enigneering, but felt her coding skills weren't up to par. She yearned to transition into frontend developme...
How to Figure Out What You Want to Do, with Scrimba Student Amy
Meet Amy Posten 🇺🇸! Amy was a veterinary technician for fifteen years before she decided to switch careers. First, she discovered freeCodeCamp while o...
Slow Down to Speed Up: Teacher-Turned-Developer Chris on Successful Adult Learning and Landing his Dream Role
Meet Chris Webster 🇬🇧! Chris is a full-stack developer based in Reading. In a past life, he taught Mandarin to both children and adults and obtained a...
The State of React (and Should You Still Learn It in 2024), with Dev Agrawal
Meet Dev Agrawal 🇮🇳🇺🇸! With a name like that, how could he not become a developer? He's a software developer, developer advocate, and content creator....
Everybody's Doing Their Best... Even Tech Recruiters (and This Is How to Get Their Attention), with Parul Singh
Meet Parul Singh 🇬🇧! Parul is a Tech Careers & Neurodiversity Consultant, ADHD advocate, board member at Manchester Tech Festival, Public Speaker, and...
The Making of an Industry: The Rise of AI Engineering, with Swyx
Meet Shawn Wang (Swyx) 🇺🇸! Swyx is a developer, writer, and startup advisor. If you listen to our show regularly, you know him as the biggest advocate...
Passions, Skills, Environment, and Compensation: Career Coach Adam Broda's Framework for Navigating Today's Job Market
Meet Adam Broda 🇺🇸! Adam is a tech lead and career coach who helps career changers break into tech. He did the same - after a decade of working in aer...
Effective Living for Better Coding: From Retail to Software Engineering with Scrimba Student Cassie
🎙 About the episode
Meet Cassie Lewis 🇺🇸! Cassie has a fine arts degree, which turned out to be too fancy for the real world. After worki...
Who's Afraid of AI Agents? The Future of Automation, with Bob Ziroll
🎙 About the episode
Meet Bob Ziroll 🇺🇸! Bob is Scrimba's Head of Education and one of the Internet's favorite React teachers. His latest...
What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation and How to Make AI Work for You, with Guil Hernandez
🎙 About the episode
Meet Guil Hernandez 🇺🇸! He is a developer and educator with over 15 years of experience in tech. He's also a Scrimba...
Demystifying AI: What Are Foundation Models (and How to Use Them), with Tom Chant
Meet Tom Chant 🇬🇧! Tom is a Scrimba instructor who is a part of our in-house team that brought you a brand new career path available on Scrimba.com -...
The Path to Becoming an AI Engineer with Scrimba CEO Per Borgen
🎙 About the episode
Meet Per Borgen 🇳🇴! Scrimba's co-founder and CEO returns to the show after more than two years. In this episode, Per and Ale...
What Is Productivity Anxiety and How to Beat It, with Matt and Eric from Self-Taught Devs Podcast
🎙 About the episode
Meet Matt Ehrlich and Eric Winkelspecht 🇬🇧! They are the hosts of the Self-Taught Devs podcast. And, you guessed it, they ar...
How to Find Your People and the Work You Find Exciting, with Scrimba Student Anna
🎙 About the episode
Meet Anna Ha 🇵🇱 🇰🇷! Anna was born in Poland, where she majored in English and minored in Chinese. She then moved to South Ko...
Mastering Corporate Culture for New Developers
🎙 About the episode
Ready for your first dev job? Today on the podcast, you'll learn how companies work and how teams stay efficient. How...
Nadia Zhuk: Anybody Can Code, and Your Background Doesn't Define You
🎙 About the episode
This is a rebroadcast of one of our most popular interviews. Meet Nadia Zhuk 🇧🇾! Nadia made a switch to coding from j...
How Johnny Learned Angular and Typescript in Three Days
🎙 About the episode
Meet Johnny Proano 🇺🇸! Johnny had a long and happy career in sales, spanning almost two decades. But, something was missing,...
Changing Careers? This Is How to Defeat the Sunk Cost Fallacy, with Doctor-turned-developer Shona
🎙 About the episode
Meet Shona Chan 🇸🇬🇬🇧! Shona was an anesthesiologist. Now, she's a developer. It all started when she wanted to write an app...
Learning to Code with ADHD: How Zuza Landed Her First Tech Job after Only Four Months
🎙 About the episode
Meet Zuza Grońska 🇵🇱🇳🇱! Zuza is a recently hired new developer with a previous career in social media marketing in the music...
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 construc...
Ultimate LinkedIn Guide: Listen to This If You’re Working on Your LinkedIn Profile
🎙 About the episode
No matter where you are in your career journey - whether you're a new developer just looking to break into the industry or a...