Alex Booker
Host of The Scrimba Podcast
Appears in 169 Episodes
Learning to Code Alongside a Full-Time Job: How Josh Went from Property Manager to Junior Developer in 10 Months with Scrimba
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...
Lessons Learned Recruiting and Managing Junior Developers for 10 Years
Jason has been recruiting and supporting Junior Developers for more than a decade! He joins us to share his inspiring story breaking into tech after sustaining a head ...
Advice from a Junior Developer Career Coach
Anna is well-regarded as the Opera singer who turned into a Developer! Aside from working full-time, Anna also coaches Junior Developers on her YouTube channel, Twitte...
3 Months and 600 Job Applications Later: How Fredrik Became a Junior Developer in Record Time with Scrimba
Meet Fredrik Ridderfalk from Sweden 🇸🇪! He went from not knowing any code to landing a Junior Developer role in just 3 months! Here is how.
How to become a successful Junior Developer with Danny Thompson
🎙 About the episode Meet Danny Thompson 🇺🇸! Danny worked in gas stations frying chicken for 10 years before teaching himself how to code. Since then, he’s gone from s...
This Scrimba student dropped out of college to learn online instead - now she's a Junior Developer!
Meet Elly! She dropped out from their CompiSci degree to double down on frontend web development with Scrimba. After showing a recruiter their beautifully-presented po...
Origin of the name Scrimba, winning the lottery, and our biggest mistakes - Christmas special QnA with Team Scrimba
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! In this special episode, Scrimba co-founders Per (CEO) and Sindre (CTO), plus Bob, Leanne, Michael, Abdellah, and Matias from Tea...
Career advice from the maintainer Redux, Mark Erikson
Mark maintains Redux and is a seasoned developer with more than a decade of professional experience coding and working with Juniors. Alex and Mark explore if beginners...
Recruited by Activision to code email templates (best first Developer job ever?)
Tony is a successful Scrimba student from Los Angeles who was recently got their first Junior Developer job at Activision!🎙 About the episode Tony is a successful Scr...
How an effective portfolio landed Claire her first remote Junior Developer role
Claire Ramming is a successful Scrimba student from New York City 🇺🇸, who recently got their first full-time developer job 🎉!
From Photographer to Developer at 35
At the ripe age of 35 and after 3 arduous years learning to code alongside a full-time job and 70 job applications, this is the interview about how Christopher from Ge...
Becoming a Standout Developer with Randall Kanna
Once upon a time, Randall learned the unsettling truth that almost everyone on her team earned more money than her. She mustered the courage to confront her her boss a...
From a PhD in Materials Science to Junior Developer with Scrimba
Maeling earned a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering before realising her passion for code! After months of practice and with help from her new friends in various...
Advice from a Senior Silicon Valley Engineer
Swizec Teller moved from Slovenia to Silicon Valley to work with the best engineers on the most challenging problems. Along the way, he hired and continuous to mentor ...
From Guitar Teacher to Software Developer after Scrimba
John Mckay (also known fondly as Johno in the Scrimba community) used to work as a Guitar Teacher. After learning to code on Scrimba, he now works as a full-time train...
Last-minute guide to Hacktoberfest (there's still time), featuring GitHub Star Of The Year, Eddie Jaoude
The month-long celebration of Hacktoberfest is nearly over but don't threat! There's still time to get involved and potentially earn a Hacktoberfest T-shirt. In this e...
How to make money as a developer with Florin Pop
Florin Pop is a JavaScript developer who made $22K in August. In this episode, Florin and Alex outline several ways to make money if you know how to code and are willi...
From Circus to coding - how Milos turned COVID into an opportunity
At 32 years of age and after 10 years of climbing the ranks in the theatre industry, Milos Dokic from Australia had to start again because of the pandemic.
How to stand out as a new developer (and ask amazing questions) with Dan Moore from FusionAuth
What do you wish someone had told you when you were just starting out? If you are a new developer (we’re not using “junior developer” here - listen along to find out w...
Overcoming interview nerves - how this Scrimba student recovered from failure to become a Junior Developer
Scrimba student Serhan almost canceled his interview at Microsoft because of nerves.
What a good developer resume looks like and how to write one - learnings from an Uber Engineering Manager
Your resume determines if you will be called in for an interview or not. It’s an advertisement targeted towards your future boss and it can make or break your applicat...
Lessons learned from 400 unsuccessful job applications - how Scrimba student Gandev finally found success
With every rejection, Gandev felt more determined than ever. It didn't matter to him that no one had replied positively yet because he was only really testing the wate...
How to work with recruiters according to Senior Recruiter Taylor Desseyn
For every sucky recruiter conflating Java and JavaScript (oh boy), there is a recruiter like Taylor Desseyn ready to listen to your goals, craft your resume, and help ...
How to remember everything you learn with Ali Spittel from Amazon Web Services
Ali has helped hundreds of new developers learn to code through her work as a lead bootcamp instructor and author. She’s an equally talented developer and teacher and ...
How to get started in Developer Relations according to Head of Developer Relations Phil Leggetter
The demand for Developer Relations candidates has never been greater. Yet, employers are struggling to fill this unique role. In this episode, Phil Legetter (Head of D...
From Air Conditioning Technician to Junior Developer in 6 months
Meet Dan (35) from Australia 🇦🇺🦘. After working as an Air Conditioning Technician for 9 years, Dan enrolled in Scrimba's Frontend Developer Career Path to become a hir...
Tom's portfolio earns him six figures a year
Tom Hirst's inbox is full to the brim. It's practically spilling with emails from companies and clients inquiring to work with him! This demand comes from Tom's effect...
Ace the job interview with Cassidy Williams from Netlify
There are two sides to every story, and a job interview can seem very different depending on whether you’re the interviewee or the interviewer. Cassidy Williams (Direc...
Becoming rejection-proof with Erik Hanchett from Amazon Web Services
When Erik started his coding career, several companies rejected him. Today, he works as a Front End Engineer at Amazon Web Services! Can you imagine how different thin...
The road from intern to Senior Developer with Darin Doria from Wistia
Darin started his developer career as an intern. Now he works as a Senior Engineer at Wistia! This his advice for new programmers considering an internship or junior ...
