From Retail to Software Engineering with Scrimba Student Cassie

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Meet Cassie Lewis 🇺🇸! Cassie has a fine arts degree, which turned out to be too fancy for the real world. After working in different fields, from photography to retail, she got interested in coding - and it turned out to be just the right fit with how her mind works! Cassie is fueled by curiosity, creativity, and challenges. And learning to code alongside a day job was certainly a challenge.
Two years into her learning path, Cassie realized she had hit a wall. In an attempt to get unstuck, she joined the Scrimba bootcamp. She also challenged herself to read more non-fiction and embarked on a path toward effective living. In this episode, Cassie explains effective living and how it can make you a more effective coder, too! You'll hear how Cassie defeated burnout, how she approached learning, and how she - only nine months after joining the bootcamp - landed her first dev job. This is a story about setting goals, establishing systems, frictionless networking (even if you don't live in a tech hub), and keeping your plans realistic. But also: this is also a story of creativity and exploration!
🔗 Connect with Cassie
- 🧑💼 Linkedin / clewisdev
- 🌐 Website www.clewisdev.com
⏰ Timestamps
How Cassie went from a fine arts degree to retail to coding (01:24)
How Cassie chose her careers and roles and basically created her last retail position (03:35)
Cassie originally discovered coding through WordPress (05:11)
Is coding similar to making art? (05:47)
Learning to code was a gradual shift (06:53)
Why you should maintain some balance while learning to code (08:39)
How Cassie managed her self-confidence (10:03)
Community break with Jan the Producer (10:59)
Resources Cassie used to help with her mindset during her coding journey (13:39)
What is effective living (15:39)
What did Cassie do to put herself back on track when she slipped? (19:32)
Cassie's systems (21:13)
Identify the key pillars in your life (23:07)
How Cassie landed her first developer job (26:50)
You never know who can help you (28:07)
How's Cassie's new job going after three months? (34:15)
Getting paid to learn on the job (35:54)
🧰 Resources Mentioned
- Scrimba Bootcamp scrimba.com/bootcamp
- How Johnny Learned Angular and Typescript in Three Days podcast.scrimba.com/135
- Cooking Up a Career Change: Overcoming Burnout and Finding Your Why, with Scrimba Student Jimmy podcast.scrimba.com/115
- Essentialism gregmckeown.com/books/essenti...
- Atomic Habits jamesclear.com/atomic-habits
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