Take a Chance, Even If Things Sound Weird and You Don't Feel Ready: How Wemerson Learned to Code and Landed a Dream Job in a Web3 Startup

🎙 About the episode

Meet Wemerson Queiroz 🇧🇷! Wemerson never thought he was going to become a developer. He started studying computer science, dropped out, and spent ten years working in sales because he wanted to earn money immediately. Ten years later, he realized he was unhappy (after all, money is not everything), learned to code, and got his first developer job in no time!

What got him back into IT was Blockchain, so he first started learning Solidity before realizing he should first learn the basics. Shortly after, those basics got him a job at a startup working with Blockchain technology! In this episode, you'll learn how far HTML, CSS, and Javascript can get you and how important it is to follow your passion. You'll also hear about Wemerson's unusual interview process and why taking a chance can sometimes pay off.

🔗 Connect with Wemerson

• 👨🏻‍💼 LinkedIn
• 🌐 Website
• 👩‍🚀 GitHub
• 🐦 Twitter

⏰ Timestamps

• Wemerson's journey into tech (02:44)
• How important is money? (05:13)
• How Wemerson decided to leave his previous career behind and learn to code (06:45)
• On diving head-first into Blockchain and Solidity... and then going back to basics (08:29)
• How Wemerson landed his first developer job after only three months of learning to code (09:47)
• Why junior developers should look for work opportunities as soon as they can (11:00)
• On motivation, passion, and learning (14:29)
• Why context matters in problem-solving (15:43)
• About the Web3 startup excal.tv, where Wemerson got his first developer job (18:18)
• What's it like working at a startup as a junior developer? (20:50)
• How Wemerson landed this opportunity? (25:18)
• Was Emerson put off by an unorthodox interview process? (26:59)
• Wemerson's plans for the future (27:56)

🧰 Resources mentioned

• The Frontend Developer Career Path
• Learn React for free!

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