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How Learning to Code Made Me Rich
- rpowers 12y agoI agree with several points you made, but I can't help but worry about the context of "Made Me Rich." Your last two paragraphs basically state that the design business elevated you to a management role and a chance encounter in Seattle brought you to untold success. Those two scenarios scream "I was lucky" and are unlikely to be a common scenario. I understand that learning to code helps enable folks to expand their careers, but I would hesitate to tell them it'll make them rich. Your points about how spending 1 month building something and using e-learning are spot on however. I think that definitely the biggest take away.
- ketan_anjaria 12y agoI hear what you are saying but it wasn't just the chance encounter. I still had to interview, knock their socks off (actually fixed a live bug in the interview) and be a good team player. I believe you make luck happen by being open to chance and being prepared.
- hashtag 12y agoI can't agree with the "made me rich" but I can dig "led me to a better life".