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I was a teacher for 17 years, but I couldn’t read or write (2018)
- throwaway1two3 7y agoI'm 47 and have just started learning some serious math. Born in a developing country, without any formal education, around the age of 15 I began teaching myself English. Worked in medical transcription for about 18 years. When I was 42, as a hobby I began teaching myself programming. At the age of 45, I got a job as a Sr. software engineer/data analyst at a company ranked below 10 on the 2019 Fortune 500, and about 10 months into the job, they made me part of a team working on ML projects. Last month, I lost my job because of visual impairment (I'm extremely myopic). Now I've decided to take a break and then begin putting myself back on track again.