The Secret to a Meaningful Portfolio - Solve a Real-world Problem

The Secret to a Meaningful Portfolio - Solve a Real-world Problem

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How Kevin started teaching English in Japan

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How Kevin started teaching English in Japan

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The Secret to a Meaningful Portfolio - Solve a Real-world Problem

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  1. 1 "Software development involves a lot of math, so I avoided that"
  2. 2 How Kevin started teaching English in Japan
  3. 3 Why Kevin wanted a career change from teaching: the tech world doesn't stop!
  4. 4 How did learning programming compare to learning languages?
  5. 5 Why Kevin struggled to learn to code - and how he solved that
  6. 6 Do you need to go to university to become a software developer?
  7. 7 What are the differences between a software developer and a web developer?
  8. 8 Community break with Jan the Producer
  9. 9 Kevin learned on Udemy, freeCodeCamp, and, ultimately, Scrimba
  10. 10 Tutorial hell
  11. 11 The path of least resistance is not the right one for coding
  12. 12 How to fix very stubborn bugs
  13. 13 How Kevin made his number one portfolio app
  14. 14 Picking a portfolio app: ask your friends and family and solve a real problem they have!
  15. 15 Killing three birds with one stone I mean, feeding three birds with one scone!
  16. 16 How Kevin landed his first dev job... and didn't like it
  17. 17 How Kevin landed his second dev job
  18. 18 "They just wanted to see the willingness to learn"
  19. 19 Quick-fire questions!
  20. 20 Did Kevin have a tech interview?
  21. 21 Your portfolio helps an interviewer help you
  22. 22 "What are the things you think are lacking?"
  23. 23 The working culture in Japan

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