{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Scrimba Podcast","title":"The Only Thing Worth Investing in Is Yourself, with Scrimba Student Özge","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/99278cb4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1845,"description":"Meet Özge Ahras 🇹🇷! Özge studied computer enigneering, but felt her coding skills weren't up to par. She yearned to transition into frontend development and explore cutting-edge technologies, but the company she had spent eight years in was relying on vanilla javascript. Eventually, she discovered Scrimba, back in the day before the Frontend Career Path even existed. Can you imagine?\nÖzge fell in love with Scrimba's pedagogy and enrolled in the Path. But the journey wasn't without its challenges. It took her two and a half years to complete the course, balancing her studies with a demanding full-time job. And in February 2023, a devastating earthquake struck her hometown in southern Turkey. Yet Özge persevered, realizing that the true investment lay in nurturing her own growth and peace of mind.\nToday, Özge is a front-end developer living in sunny Malta! You'll hear how she picked where she wanted to move and how she went about hunting for jobs, as well as learn one trick that boosted her job application success rate. Özge also shares the details of her interview process (spoiler: there was a bit that was slightly unconventional). \nThis is a story about giving yourself grace and time, staying motivated, and remaining curious!\n\n🔗 Connect with Özge\n👩‍💼 Linkedin\n🌐 Portfolio\n👩‍🚀 GitHub\n⏰ Resources Mentioned\nÖzge studied computer engineering and worked at the same company for eight years, but wanted to get better at frontend (01:03)\nHow it felt to relearn JavaScript and React (04:15)\nWhy JavaScript fixed 90% of Özge's work problems (06:43)\nCommunity Break with Jan the Producer (07:48)\nHow Özge stayed motivated and learned to code alongside her full-time job (09:43)\nÖzge's mindset shifted after a devastating earthquake that hit her hometown (11:13)\nInvest in yourself, that's the only thing you can't lose (12:50)\nThe aftermath of the earthquake (14:02)\nLetting go of material goals (17:38)\nWhy Özge moved to Malta to continue her career (18:35)\nÖzge's job-hunting process:...","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}