59jmp

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   by 59jmp 3y ago

   I have a (slightly) unorthodox professional background, and I learned to play the game the hard way, after an extended period of not playing the game and expecting to just be able to be a programmer. I don't mind trying to provide feed
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   by 59jmp 3y ago

   Sounds like you learnt a valuable lesson (albeit the hard way) about slaving away on low-visibility internal maintenance work for years on end. The most obvious paths are either to focus more on becoming a deep technical expert, or alternat
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   by 59jmp 3y ago

   I also hit some mid-career "challenges" at almost exactly the same time, mid-30s, 15-ish years of experience on what felt like a good track at some household name companies... but in hindsight was relatively low-value work a lot o