Why Finding a Mission Fit Is Important, with Scrimba Student Matheus

<p><strong>🎙 About the episode</strong></p><p><br><strong>Meet Matheus Pessoa 🇧🇷! </strong>Matheus is a recently hired new developer who landed his first junior developer job after only about a year of learning to code. To make this story even more awesome, the CTO of the company he now works at reached out to him!   </p><p>In this episode, you'll hear how Matheus approached learning to code with ADHD, how he chose front-end development as a career that blends his different interests, and how he ultimately landed his first dev job. You'll learn what's important when applying for jobs at startups (hint: it's not necessarily your tech knowledge, especially if you're a junior), whether you can apply for a position involving something you haven't learned yet, and how not to get stuck if everybody on your team is super young.<strong><br></strong><br><strong>🔗 Connect with Matheus</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-pessoa/">👨‍💼 Linkedin</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/matt-pessoa">👨‍🚀 GitHub</a></li> </ul><p><strong>⏰ Timestamps</strong></p><ul> <li>How Matheus decided to learn to code after studying statistics while being interested in visual arts (01:42)</li> <li>What projects did Matheus make to learn to code? (03:02)</li> <li>How Matheus decided to focus on becoming a front-end developer (04:32)</li> <li>How Matheus approached learning to code and navigated being self-taught while having ADHD (05:56)</li> <li>What's the job market like in Brazil, and when did Matheus start applying? (08:23)</li> <li>Community break! (09:35)</li> <li>The real challenge is finding the right cultural fit (11:37)</li> <li>Matheus found a job because the CTO of the company reached out to him! (12:06)</li> <li>Interviewing in reverse (14:43)</li> <li>What kind of technical skills were they looking for from a junior candidate? (15:47)</li> <li>What made Matheus stand out (16:10)</li> <li>What is more important: mission fit, tech, or communication skills?</li> <li>Matheus got an offer letter on