hardcorenobody

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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
:0 NEAT
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
How do you go about getting experience for this? It sounds like the type of thing best learned on the job.
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
Alright, I think I'll stick it out. Doesn't seem like a bad trajectory. Thanks!
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
No problem. Thank you! Added to the very long list of things to look into from this thread.
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
Interesting. By backend apis do you mean for things like angularjs and azure?
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
I do have a therapist. I've resolved many of my issues and I'm working on the other ones. However, choosing CS is a legacy of bad decision making in the past (I was terrible at some aspects of emotional intelligence, such as the v
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
... Oh. I guess I've been pressuring myself too much. None of my friends are taking CS, so I don't have a clear idea of what the competition is like.
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
Heh, I've never heard of automation companies. I'll look this up, thank you!
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
It's too late because of personal reasons not appropriate for this forum, lol. Interesting, what's wrong with Android or web dev? I keep hearing they're pretty okay to get into.
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
Sorry that I was unclear. My bad. I hate programming, of all things. Math, electronics, all good, I hate code.
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
There's a program in my university called "Management Information Systems." I suppose I should look at what kind of things their majors do, and what their jobs are usually like?
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
It seems like I like multiple things about computers, but I don't like programming, specifically, and that's what I find myself doing for hours a day because of this degree. And that's apparently to be expected in this fiel
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
Honestly, you're right on the money. These are the fields I find the most tolerable. Cheers. 1. With security, I tried it and I'm not sure my brain is built for it. 2. Machine Learning — I got discouraged because I heard they most
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
This is exactly why I left, actually. Although it's looking like I'm more obsessed with it than I thought. Whoops. I'm seriously considering taking a bachelor's in it for fun in the future, after some years of working.
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
LMAO. I am wondering if working my way up to middle management would make it worth it. What's your story, if you'd be willing to share?
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by hardcorenobody 5y ago
I realize any interest I had about computers was more of a "how does this work?" type of deal, and I'm not interested in making whatever app or site or something. "Oh, you don't need to know that. You just need to k
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Ask HN: Stuck as a CS Major. Is there a way out?
19 points by hardcorenobody 5y ago|51 comments