Benedicte was about to quit when she got a call...

<p>When Benedicte returned from her pregnancy break, she was shocked to find that her university had stopped teaching her class!</p><p>After weighing her options, Benedicte made a brave decision to pursue web development.</p><p>At first, it was overwhelming.<strong> </strong>Benedicte<strong> didn't think she was smart enough</strong>.</p><p>She repeatedly questioned if she could do it and wondered if she would have to return to retail. Deep down, she knew that wasn't an option because of Coronavirus.</p><p>18 months into the journey, Benedicte felt tired.</p><p>Companies <em>still</em> weren't responding to her applications, and it made her want to quit...</p><p>Less than 2 months later, she got a phone call.</p><p>It was from a <em>huge</em> newspapers in Norway (<a href="https://www.vg.no/">VG</a>). <em>"</em><strong>You're HIRED</strong><em>,"</em> the manager said cheerfully!</p><p>In this interview, I spoke to Benedicte about</p><ul> <li>How Scrimba and the <a href="https://scrimba.com/learn/frontend">Frontend Career Path</a> helped her find success</li> <li>How to become invincible to rejection</li> <li>What to do when a job requires "2 years minimum experience" or a degree 🙄</li> <li>The <em>specific</em> details of her coding tasks (could you do them??)</li> <li>Her unique interview experience where she did pair programming on a Google Hangout but wasn't allowed to type any code 🤔</li> </ul>