How an effective portfolio landed Claire her first remote Junior Developer role

<p><strong>🎙 About the episode</strong></p><p><br>Claire Ramming is a successful Scrimba student from New York City 🇺🇸, <strong>who recently got their first full-time developer job </strong>🎉<strong>! </strong>Before learning to code, Claire studied Data Science and received mentorship on <strong>how to choose projects that standout and navigate the job market without a degree</strong>. Claire joins us today to share the tactics she learned and how specifically they helped her land this awesome new opportunity.<strong> Stay tuned for the end where Alex asks Claire a mock job interview question.</strong></p><p><strong><br>🔗 Connect with Claire</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-ramming/">👨🏻‍💼 LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://claireramming.github.io/">🌐 Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/claireramming">👩‍🚀 GitHub</a></li> <li>🤖 clay2k#2840 on <a href="https://scrimba.com/discord">the Scrimba Discord</a> </li> </ul><p><strong><br>⏰ Timestamps</strong></p><ul> <li>Introduction (0:00)</li> <li>Claire's first lines of code (01:30)</li> <li>Building a standout portfolio full of projects (03:55)</li> <li>Can you use Scrimba projects in your portfolio? (05:23)</li> <li>Changing companies without your boss knowing 🤫 (06:45)</li> <li>Claire's clever idea to apply to Asana by cloning their app (08:50)</li> <li>Finding success on <a href="https://hired.com/">Hired</a> (09:07)</li> <li>How to successfully answer "Tell us about yourself" (14:23)</li> <li>Do. Your. Homework. (15:41)</li> <li>How to answer "Do you like to work alone or as part of a team?" (16;08)</li> <li>In-depth account of Claire's interview process and how long it took for them to get back  (17:17)</li> <li>What would Claire do differently if they did it again? (24:42)</li> <li>Mock interview question: "What is the hardest thing you've ever done?" (26:35)</li> </ul><p><strong><br>🧰 Resources mentioned</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://scrimba.com/podcast/p/74afa492-a2ff-428a-8a1d-753dcc0dff72/hired