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Excellent advice - I did this, basically. I knew how to program but no formal experience, and at the time at least there was nothing available nearby and they
by silisili 5y ago
Excellent advice - I did this, basically. I knew how to program but no formal experience, and at the time at least there was nothing available nearby and they all wanted degrees.
Tech company came to town and I jumped on it, as a support person. Proved my chops to anyone who would listen, and went up and up and up. Making about 7x now as I did when starting, doing wildly different work!
- dogman144 5y agoI did it as well. I witness people I mentor as falling into either will not/will do this approach also, and I haven't decided how to navigate that as a mentor. I think I can often falsely assume people are inherently down with this way of working/advancing or not, but I haven't pushed anyone after witnessing taking the no route. Def wonder how that would work as a discussion or if this risk-taking could be taught.