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I'm turning 30 this year, a professional accountant and started out as a hobbyist, but work in data engineering consultancy as middle management, leading effort
by nevi-me 7y ago
I'm turning 30 this year, a professional accountant and started out as a hobbyist, but work in data engineering consultancy as middle management, leading efforts into getting our team to adopt Rust of all languages.
I've found being willing to learn more to help me out, my breadth of knowledge is good enough that in many languages and concepts, I can hold my own against CS graduates.
I think knowing what you don't know is important, because you get incentivized to expand your knowledge. I'm currently studying Maths and Stats, because they're a good base for data science, and where I want to go in my life out of corporate.
The value that I bring to the table is no longer fluency in about 7 languages and a skill to learn more quickly (I've done obscure things like reverse engineering 'complex' accounting rules written in COBOL). What I bring to the table is the ability to solve problems using my financial expertise and technology.
So if anyone's reading this, don't be intimidated by "coding". I see writing software as a natural extension of what's on my mind, using what I understand technology to enable me.
So, stretch your mind, it's a very powerful thing. Have faith in yourself, and do great like the people on No CS Degree
- tracker1 7y agoIn the very early days (60's-80's) when the needs for programming outweighed the supply... Most programmers were being cross trained from other professional disciplines, such as accounting.