Hello Reader 😃

Happy Saturday! Ready for a new edition of the Scrimba Community Roundup? We sure are!

This week we hear the ever-so-inspiring stories of the community's new hires, ski through the slippery slopes of Alpine.js, and of course.... look at the Scrimba pet of the week.

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TL;DR 📝

💥 New Hires: Conrad, Irene, David, Mislav, Brian, and Faraz!

💥 Fab Resource: A guide to JavaScript error messages​

💥 Ask an Expert: Senior Developer Michael shares his advice on how to read and understand code error messages.

💥 Podcast: Vikas Jyani talks about how they tripled their salary within one year of getting hired!

💥 Live-code Fun: Leanne and Michael discover Alpine.js!

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New Hires 🎉

Big congratulations to all the Scrimba students who've landed jobs this week! 🥳 🎉

Faraz has been taken on as an intern UX developer at a company called 'Artive' in Hungary. Best of luck Faraz!

The #i-got-hired channel on our Discord server also contains stories of good news from this week's other new hires: Conrad, Irene, David, Mislav, and Brian - head on over there to read them all! 👀

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Fab Resource 📚

​MDN's JavaScript error reference is a list of JS errors which can help you debug when the reported problem isn't immediately clear - when you get "SyntaxError: unparenthesized unary expression can't appear on the left-hand side of '**'", for instance.

On the topic of error messages...

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Live Stream 💻

Senior developer Michael will be joining the live stream again soon to share his advice on how to read and understand code error messages 😃

He'll cover:
💻 The most common error messages
💻 Confusing error messages
💻 His two-day error message odyssey (it was a journey)
💻 How to troubleshoot with error messages
💻 HTTP status codes
🪦 Fatal errors
💻 When to ignore error messages
🚨 Which error messages you should NEVER ignore
💻 Showing errors to users
💻 "X is not a function" 🤬
💻 Resources for understanding error messages

🔔Set a reminder to learn how to interpret your errors on November 2nd at 5 PM GMT!​

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Scrimba Podcast 🎙️

Meet Vikas Jyani 🇮🇳! He studied fine arts before discovering coding and realizing that web development is what can combine his eye for design and interest in tech.

​In this episode, you'll hear about Vikas's approach to learning and job hunting and why he thinks remote work might still not be optimal for a junior. He talks about life-changing advice he got from a senior developer when he saw Vikas was burning out, recognizing red flags in job offers, and, eventually, how he tripled his salary within a year of getting his first job!

You will also learn more about India. Specifically, its job market and education, differences between big and small cities, and why a hybrid approach to work, combining remote work and going to an office, might not work there.

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Meme of the week 🤡

Have a funny coding meme you want to share? Drop it into the #random channel in the Scrimba discord community for a chance to have it featured in a future issue of the Community Roundup!

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Wrap up 🐈‍⬛

It's time for your weekly dose of cuteness from #scrimba-pets!🐶🐱🐍🐟

This week's Pet of the Week is here to prove that cold-blooded friends can be cute, too. Apparently, his name is 'Grumpy'... we wonder how he got that name? 🤔

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Thank you for reading, everyone! Have a lovely week, keep calm 🧘 and Scrimba on 💻🦾

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Alana 🐾👩‍💻🎾

Leanne ☕️👩🏻‍🔧🐱

Your Scrimba Roundup Team

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