Building Remotely
Welcome to Building Remotely! In each podcast episode, Sondre Rasch, CEO and Co-founder of SafetyWing, interviews remote founders and thought leaders to discover innovative and thought-provoking ways to successfully build a remote company. Through the series, we will explore a range of topics and ideas that will help you build, scale-up and accelerate your remote company and team success. Get original insights, tips and tools that leaders of the world's most successful remote companies are using today to succeed.
Building Remotely
How to become a remote developer with Per Borgen from Scrimba
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Season 5
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Episode 9
After studying economics, Per Borgen switched careers to become a software developer in 2015. One year after taking part in a three-month Bootcamp he co-founded Scrimba - an interactive learning platform for aspiring developers.
In this episode, Per gives advice to people that want to start their career as a software engineer.
Topics we discussed:
- How Per got started with coding, and how Scrimba grew from a side-project into a full startup.
- How hard is it to learn how to code?
- How do you get a job as a remote developer?
- Learning no-code tools vs programming languages
- Hiring a technical co-founder vs learning to code yourself
Find the full transcript here.
Stay tuned for the next episode with Elie Dagher on being an authentic leader in a remote company.