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3 Ways a Salesman Got His First Job as a Software Engineer
Introduction
The Junior Jobs Podcast is a show focused on surfacing the voices of recently hired junior developers to give you relatable and actionable job search advice relevant to TODAY’s market.
In this episode we interview Vlad Stoyanov, a bootcamp graduate in the UK with a background in sales, who got his first as a software engineer just 2 weeks after graduating!
And to help you all with your job search, this episode’s sponsor is Crushing Digital. They are offering our listeners a 10% discount on their book “Standing out in Tech” which covers every aspect of the job search, based on their 20 years of experience in technical recruiting.
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Guest Background
Originally from Bulgaria, Vlad did sales for 2 years before realizing he wanted a different direction in life, so he decided to learn how to code.
But even after learning to code on his own, he struggled on his job search, having sent out resumes to 150+ different openings with 0 responses. It was at this point he realized that he needed to (1) expand his network and (2) get some career support, so he joined the bootcamp, Northcoders.
