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type: podcast
authors:
  - alex-patterson
  - brittney-postma
episode: 32
guests:
  - brad-garropy
recording_date: June 4, 2021 2:00 PM
season: 1
published: published
podcast: CodingCat.dev
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cover: https://media.codingcat.dev/image/upload/main-codingcatdev-photo/zrgetssjgnguqj4yclfp.png
devto: https://dev.to/codingcatdev/1-32-side-project-hustle-4jb8
excerpt: We sit down with Brad Garropy to talk about how he got started in web development. We also discuss how creating and maintaining side projects can help you get a full time job.
hashnode: https://hashnode.codingcat.dev/podcast-1-32-side-project-hustle
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      name: 'Nice Green Screen',
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      author: 'brittney-postma',
      name: 'HSL color theming with CSS variables',
      site: 'https://una.im/css-color-theming/'
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    { author: 'brittney-postma', name: 'IFTTT', site: 'https://ifttt.com/' },
    {
      author: 'brad-garropy',
      name: 'TC Helicon GoXLR',
      site: 'https://www.amazon.com/GoXLR-Mixer-Sampler-Voice-Streamers/dp/B07JKNG4NV'
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spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4e74hihRFusCBKNLXSSHdK?si=IIxfBbdTTHOeAyCJVnmDtQ
start: August 4, 2021
title: Side Project Hustle
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwb5zi5bjfE
---

## Questions

1. How did you get your start in Web Development?
2. Did building side projects help you get your job at Adobe?
3. What did you learn most from building side projects?
   1. Which side project did you learn the most from?
4. Can you talk a little about your Muphy app and how you built it?
5. You also maintain a npm-package called hue-sdk, what does that involve?
6. So, with all these side projects and a full time job, why did you want to start the Web Dev Weekly Podcast?
7. How has social media helped you along the way?
8. Aside: using GitHub Actions. How do you use GitHub actions to improve your workflow?
