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By calling what happened to me "luck," I do not AT ALL mean to minimize the difficulty of getting into this industry. But I found software in college due to a fluke of class scheduling. It wasn't risky or hard at that point for me to change direction.
Certainly the fact that it paid well was a factor in my decision-making, although my brain aligned with programming so strongly that I'd have still considered it if it paid less.
I like to organize things and construct systems. There are lots of lower-paid ways to satisfy that - for example, my brother is a pharmacy tech.
Same! Although I think this was a great take as well:https://twitter.com/tsunamino/status/1121477314649321472?s=19 …
For me it actually was luck. I found software in college when there was very little difficulty/risk in switching focus.
Not for me. Programming/Tech is the 4th career for me. I’ve been a Scientist Teacher and Film Maker. I picked programming after an injury make film set work not doable. Honestly it’s the first I feel adequately remunerated.
First major was Mechanical Engineering. Way harder, way lower paying. Being good at tech, and probably having all the white cis male privilege on top of that, is basically life on easy mode. Nobody like me should ever claim "but my bootstraps".
Yes, very much
In this case RT means very much a "yup" for me too.
But it is nice to see that the field of interest have changed name - twice, and now finally gotten some traction.
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