{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Scrimba Podcast","title":"Pre-Interview Nerves Are Just Stage Fright: Learn How to Manage Them With Pianist-Turned-Developer Emre","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/77b5f010\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1841,"description":"🎙 About the episode\n\nMeet Emre Albayrak 🇹🇷!  Emre is a classical pianist from Turkey who decided to change careers, so he trained as a pilot! But then, the pandemic hit. Looking for something else to do (yet again), Emre discovered coding, tried it, and realized he enjoyed it! Only a year after starting to learn to code, Emre landed a job at an international IT company.\nIn this episode, Emre talks about his long and winding but also efficient path to becoming a developer. You'll hear how he learned to code, what resources he used, and how he approached his portfolio projects and job applications! You will probably learn something about keeping up your motivation and managing stage fright before your interviews.\n\n🔗 Connect with Emre\n👨‍💼 LinkedIn\n⏰ Timestamps\nHow Emre went from music to piloting to coding (02:06)\nEmre had a developer friend who encouraged him to focus on frontend, after writing his first code in Python (05:10)\nWhat resources did Emre use to learn to code? And how did he discover Scrimba? (07:06)\nEmre landed a job only a year after he started learning to code... and he completed the Career Path in the meantime! (08:10)\nEmre's job hunting strategy: it's all about your portfolio (09:19)\nThe secret to getting a job quickly (10:45)\nQuickfire questions: Why doesn't Emre, a musician, listen to music while coding? Who are his favorite coding teachers? Who does he follow on YouTube?\nHow Emre knew he was ready for job interviews? (15:24)\nWhere does Emre work now? (16:01)\nEmre found the job posting on LinkedIn. Here's what happened next (18:12)\nEmre had to learn Redux for the test project (18:44)\nThe interview was so successful that HR told Emre they would continue with him immediately! (19:32)\nThe final stage of the interview was an English test! (20:05)\nHow Emre felt when he found out he was hired (20:24)\nCommunity break! Here's what you tweeted since our previous episode. (20:55)\nDid Emre regret leaving musicology? (22:37)\nHow Emre made sure to stay...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3qNz-AxOjZ6Oiowf_zRLRsZeOxv5p7FYbB0-kA5vS6A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1Njg5LzE3MDE4/MDIzOTYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}