With a full-time job as a worship pastor and as a single dad of three girls, Chris Misterek couldn’t afford to take any job that required him to be away from home. So on a friend’s recommendation, he started looking into web design, took courses, and even started building websites for his friends’ businesses or blogs.
He eventually found his way to Showit, a family-oriented tech company, and in this episode, Chris talks about his transition from being a pastor to a web designer, time management strategies, the importance of having a variety of skills, and the role of Upwork in the development of his career.
Learn more about Chris, host Laurence Bradford, and everything we discussed in this episode at learntocodewith.me/podcast.
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The End of Season 8
S8E8: From Film Student and Rugby Player to Startup Software Engineer with Michael Poage
S8E7: From Tutus to Tech: How a Ballerina Became a Front-End Developer With Kara Luton
S8E6: How to Code With Your Voice (No Typing Required) With Matt Wiethoff
S8E5: From Admin Assistant and Cancer Survivor to Software Developer With Stacey Graham
S8E4: From Washing Dishes to Managing Engineers: How Jesse Weigel Pivoted into a New Tech Career
S8E3: From Prison to Programming: How Nikkole Spurgeon Learned to Code While Incarcerated
S8E2: From Frying Chicken to Working at Google With Danny Thompson
S8E1: From Stay-At-Home Mom to Full-Time Front-End Developer With Phoebe Voong-Fadel
S8E0: Introducing Season 8 of the Learn to Code With Me Podcast
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S7E8: Building a Robotics Career and the Impact of Mentorship with Camille Eddy
S7E7: From Glassblower to Software Developer using Free Coding Resources with Michael Pimentel
S7E6: An Unexpected Shift from Selling Beer to Coding Bootcamp with Caitlyn Greffly
S7E5: How a Passion for Patients turned this Pharmacist into a Software Developer with Newvick Lee
S7E4: An Introduction to Vue.js with Developer and Author Erik Hanchett
S7E3: How a Former Squarespace Developer Helps New Coders Build Strong Technical Resumes with Rebecca Garcia
S7E2: How an English Professor Became a Front-End Web Developer with Bekah Hawrot Weigel
S7E0: Introducing Season 7 of the Learn to Code With Me Podcast
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