---
type: podcast
authors:
  - brittney-postma
episode: 10
guests:
  - jhey-tompkins
recording_date: January 12, 2022 1:00 PM
season: 2
published: published
podcast: CodingCat.dev
chapters_done: true
cloudinary_convert: false
cover: https://media.codingcat.dev/image/upload/v1646709981/main-codingcatdev-photo/Creative_Coding_to_Boost_your_Skills.png
devto: https://dev.to/codingcatdev/210-creative-coding-to-boost-your-skills-15nc
excerpt: Brittney sits down with Jhey Tompkins and talks about how to be creative while improving your skills.
hashnode: https://hashnode.codingcat.dev/podcast-2-10-creative-coding-to-boost-your-skills
picks:
  [
    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'Learn with Jason - Whimsical SVG Animations using GSAP',
      site: 'https://www.learnwithjason.dev/whimsical-svg-animations-using-gsap'
    },
    {
      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: "Accelerating Svelte's Development",
      site: 'https://svelte.dev/blog/accelerating-sveltes-development'
    },
    { author: 'jhey-tompkins', name: 'Muzli Browser Extension', site: 'https://muz.li/' },
    {
      author: 'jhey-tompkins',
      name: 'TickTime Pomodoro Timer',
      site: 'https://www.ticktime.store/'
    }
  ]
slug: 2-10-creative-coding-to-boost-your-skills
sponsors:
  - builder-io
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/43c5DEVQcuMfYVZTPis7lq?si=Iiu9rwtAR0-tcaLbqCCOwQ
start: March 9, 2022
title: Creative Coding to Boost your Skills
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM8fIqsD3eo
---

## Questions

1. Can you go more into what a polyglot is and what tools you work with?
2. Do you have a favorite tool?
3. What does your process look like for tackling a problem?
4. What do you think makes you want to create tooling around your process?
5. What is your background?
6. How did you get started making whimsical codepens?
7. Where do you get your ideas?
8. How do you keep track of your ideas?
9. What was the origination of the Jhey Bear?
10. You have had some pretty big clients along the way and some awesome projects, can you talk about any of them?
11. How do you go about getting clients?
