Teaching Yourself Career Skills with Gerritt Maatkamp

Gerritt Maatkamp is a front-end web developer who started from scratch and taught himself the tech skills he needed to change careers.  Gerritt shares his career story, from dropping out of university to learning programming while working as a janitor and how anyone can follow a similar path.  In this episode:  * How seeing his brother work from home opened Gerritt’s mind to the idea of learning to program * Making the decision to drop out of university  * How working as a janitor helped Gerritt learn programming and get his first opportunities in the field  * What was Gerritt’s process like for learning the skills to build a career as a web developer * Gerritt’s advice for others early in their career looking to find skills they can build careers around Learn more and connect with Gerritt at gerritmaatkamp.com We also want to hear your story. If you've created an opportunity and found a career that makes you feel alive, send it to Isaac [at] crash.co For more resources on creating a great career Check out Crash.co