lakeshore

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by lakeshore 5y ago
Emphasis on odds . It's still a small-ish probability. That said, getting to what my firm calls executive-level from where I am right now is attainable if I play my cards right.
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by lakeshore 5y ago
My thinking is as follows: if I commit to learning programming it would be for career reasons and not as a hobby. This is because there is an opportunity cost to my time, there are other skills that I could be developing that stack better w
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by lakeshore 5y ago
Got it. In all of the above, there's also the implicit assumption that I'll be good enough in coding to be able to benefit from the higher optionality in comp in tech, which is not a given.
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by lakeshore 5y ago
Thank you. I'm glad I posted on this forum as the responses are a departure from the usual 'everyone should learn coding' rhetoric.
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by lakeshore 5y ago
That is interesting. I did not know that. Thanks!
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by lakeshore 5y ago
Thanks! That's a wide spread of salaries! I will assume those earning $300K+ are the top-tier of talent and have roles that would be hard for me to break into while self-learning programming part-time. Would that be fair?
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by lakeshore 5y ago
Not raw or dismissive at all. This is the type of advice I was looking for.
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by lakeshore 5y ago
That is good perspective. If I understand you correctly: if I were to move to the tech industry, my product / industry knowledge of banking will be more valuable than any programming skills I self-learn
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by lakeshore 5y ago
That is true for sure. Question: do you think you'll have enough time with your current full-time job to be able to learn programming enough to be able to build your own digital products (in other words, do you have enough time to take
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by lakeshore 5y ago
Thanks. I know this is a very crude question to ask, but what does tech comp look like for software engineers?
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by lakeshore 5y ago
Is one disadvantaged in tech without having an engineering background?
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Ask HN: Worth shifting from banking to programming career?
13 points by lakeshore 5y ago|47 comments