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FWIW I've worked with quite a few software developers who have no degree. All of them have good jobs, some very good You are not trapped, you're in a rut. I'm
by circlefavshape 7y ago
FWIW I've worked with quite a few software developers who have no degree. All of them have good jobs, some very good
You are not trapped, you're in a rut.
I'm 48, and 35 seems young enough to do pretty much anything
- ryanmercer 7y agoI'm not a software developer and I haven't touched code, aside from pasting some ad script into my website, since trying to copy paste sections of C++ on MUDs in the 1990's. That's not entirely true, I have been trying to learn Atari BASIC (vintage computer fan, 8-bit Ataris are my interest) but it's slow going. It's more like feeling stupid and growling at my PVM. I do not think like a machine. I'd have better luck writing a sonnet from a can of alphabet spaghetti than I would writing a meaningful bit of code. People tend to forget HN is more than programmers.
- gtaylor 7y agoFor what it's worth, I'm over ten years into a career in software and have never stopped feeling stupid.