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Same. Self taught as a child (like OP). Offered a job at a FAANG twice, and took it the second time.
by bsimpson 3y ago
Same. Self taught as a child (like OP). Offered a job at a FAANG twice, and took it the second time.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoYMMV. I self taught as a child as well and gave up trying to crack FAANG. I still enjoy my less blingy current role.
- bsimpson 3y agoOne nice thing about megacorps is that they're big enough to support specialization. UX Engineering it a good fit for my skillset (and might be for other self taught people too).
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- tomcam 3y agoI actually started learning programming at 21. That was in the early 80s ;) Thought it might be too late. As a magazine writer I had interviewed Chris Espinosa of Apple, their first documentation person. He started his employment at Apple when he was 14 years old.