From Photographer to Developer at 35

<p>Christopher Kühn is a Scrimba student from Cologne, Germany 🇩🇪, <strong>who recently got their first Developer job 🎉!</strong> At the ripe age of 35 and after 3 arduous years learning to code alongside a full-time job and 70 job applications, <strong>this is the interview about how Christopher finally completed the transition from Photographer to Developer.</strong> In the conversation, <a href="https://twitter.com/bookercodes">Alex from Scrimba</a> and Christopher talk about changing careers later in life, keeping motivated, and what the job interview process specifically looked like.</p><p><strong><br>🔗 Connect with Christopher</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-k%C3%BChn-4359731a2/">👨🏻‍💼 LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/CRMKone">🐦 Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.christopherkuehn.com/">🌐 Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/minternational/">👩‍🚀 GitHub</a></li> <li>🤖 KlarLuCK#1266 on <a href="https://scrimba.com/podcast/p/85c293bc-f859-4546-b85d-76f3168e77d9/scrimba.com/discord">the Scrimba Discord</a> </li> </ul><p><strong><br>⏰ Timestamps</strong></p><ul> <li>Introduction (00:00)</li> <li>Christopher on learning to code at 35  (00:57)</li> <li>Christopher's bizarre encounter that made them want to learn React (03:03)</li> <li>"The JavaScript Masterplan" (05:49)</li> <li>Learning and managing your energy learning to code alongside a full-time job (07:44)</li> <li>How to know if you're ready to apply (10:59)</li> <li>Christopher worked for free to build a reputation - it worked (14:01)</li> <li>Be honest about what you want with recruiters (15:18)</li> <li>Remember to subscribe to job alerts by email (16:48)</li> <li>How Christopher specifically got this job and what the interview process looked like (19:16)</li> <li>Christopher got the job (24:47)</li> </ul><p><strong><br> 🧰 Resources mentioned</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XnWICYcqlHh4BPudb8nqI-uDBt3q7eBCbXAV8mUIL3U/edit#gid=640230340"