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There must be "dozens of us" with this fear right now. I'm kinda surprised there isn't a rapid growing place for us to discuss this... (Youtube, X account, Disc
by swah 9mo ago
There must be "dozens of us" with this fear right now. I'm kinda surprised there isn't a rapid growing place for us to discuss this... (Youtube, X account, Discord place..)
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[flagged]
- Archonical 9mo agoMay I suggest that it may be your attitude about that piece of paper that is holding you back rather than the paper itself?
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[flagged]
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[flagged]
- afr0ck 9mo agoI created my first Linux from scratch when I was a freshman in college in a third world country (not India). Fast forward few years later, I now write Linux kernel code for a living. Not sure what you did wrong, bud, to end up miserable like this.
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[flagged]
- tayo42 9mo agoThis account can't be real
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[dead]
- nafix 9mo agoSo you’re freeloading dumpster food from a corporation. You show them buddy!
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[dead]
- skeeter2020 9mo agoprogramming since you were 8 and created a HN account 16 days ago... seems legit
- groby_b 9mo agoProtip: When you consistently present yourself as somebody with a massively inflated ego who will be a constant pain to interact with, nobody's going to hire you, skills or not.
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[flagged]
- skeeter2020 9mo agoI'm confused as to why someone who freely admits they have been broke & unemployed for 15 years feels they are qualified to provide "advice", make critical judgement calls about others and brag about their awesomeness. >> My actual accomplishments in the world of computing ... are the stuff of legends We agree on the legends part
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[flagged]
- justin66 9mo ago> "going back to school" to learn what I already know pretty damn well already, given that I've been programming since I was 8 It's small consolation if sitting in a classroom is something you truly hate, but the guys who are programming pros before they go into a CS program are very often the ones who do really well and get the most out of it.
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[dead]
- immibis 9mo agoDid you already understand complexity theory (the most obvious example of this phenomenon) by the time you went to an actual school? Tinkering is great but (good) school teaches you all the things and not just the things you obviously, and then you don't have any knowledge gaps. Any fool can probably weld metal but how do you learn to do it properly if you don't learn properly?
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[flagged]
- cheema33 9mo agoI don't have a college degree either. I am about 50. I have never been unemployed and have had high paying software dev jobs my entire adult life. Your claim that the lack of degree is the only thing holding you back is very much incorrect. I suspect the problem is elsewhere and you are unwilling or uncomfortable to discuss it.
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[flagged]
- solumunus 9mo agoI left high school with average results and immediately got a job as a junior web developer, and I’m nothing special. I feel there must be more to this story… You don’t come off very well in your post, I imagine it could be the same in person and perhaps therein lies the issue?
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[dead]
- solumunus 9mo ago> There is MUCH you still have to learn about life. This response, along with your OP, it’s so pretentious and condescending. It seems you feel that you’re superior to everyone intellectually. I assume that you hold the same attitude in person and this is not helping your situation. The irony is that I’ve done exactly this. I tried to start a business in my early 20’s and failed dramatically. I stopped developing altogether for a decade while I did minimum wage jobs and struggled to find a career. I started developing again in my early 30’s and half a decade later I’m running a software business. You may well be intelligent but severely lacking in other necessary areas. It seems it is you who has much to learn.
- smeeagain2 9mo ago[flagged]
- shimman 9mo agoThere is, it happens locally in political organizations. Mostly in services and hospital work.