What was the biggest mistake of your career?

Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by theoneone on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:22PM (#10245097)

My biggest mistake was choosing my already established carrier( I am a medical doctor). All I wanted was to write code and make cool apps. :(

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by flarg on Sunday September 20, 2015 @06:04AM (#10247051)

If you're interested, their's an important and inspiring project called GNU Health that I am sure could use your help.

GNU Health -> http://health.gnu.org/

Great Podcast on GNU Health -> http://www.podcasts.com/floss_weekly_hd/episode/floss-weekly...

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by theoneone on Sunday September 20, 2015 @06:11AM (#10247059)

Interesting, I 'll take a look. Thanks

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by dawson on Monday September 21, 2015 @01:37PM (#10253830)

You might also be interested in http://home.tolven.org/

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by DanBC on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:29PM (#10245110)

HN has a bunch of people with great advice about changing career. Moving from a doctor to programmer is definitely possible.

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by theoneone on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:38PM (#10245140)

I already code a lot for the past 10 years but finance obligations, lack of good programming positions in my country(Greece) and "obstacles" like family and age(I am 37) are making the turn a little bit hard. 3-4 months ago I started applying for jobs and didn't received a single reply. You see,when your whole life you study for medicine and residency it's quite hard to persuade others that You love coding and designing apps.Being a doctor and a developer don't make a good match in third world countries like mine.

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by T-A on Saturday September 19, 2015 @03:09PM (#10245241)

3rd world or not, it's still in the EU, and free mobility still applies. Here's how the combination of medicine and IT looks further up north: http://frogleap.se/

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by S4M on Sunday September 20, 2015 @01:04PM (#10248198)

As a doctor, wouldn't you be in a really good position to work on a medical startup? I don't know that field at all, but I understand that lots of the work of a doctor can be automatized with machine learning, for example, writing an app that performs basic health checking.

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by lgieron on Saturday September 19, 2015 @04:20PM (#10245424)

One thing to keep in mind - coding for a living and coding as a hobby are two VERY different things. To get a taste of what you can expect in the industry, see for example Michael O. Church's blog (https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/)

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by su_yuen on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:37PM (#10245136)

You can try honing your skills by first taking on some freelance projects! Or still working on cool random apps on the side! Build something for the medical industry perhaps? :)

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by theoneone on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:42PM (#10245151)

I did coded a mammography scanner software (I am a radiologists) for analyzing the density of the breast and categorizing it according to how dense or fatty is. It's a wip but needs a lot of work, mainly on the scientific side.

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by jtfairbank on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @07:41PM (#10262492)

I'm working on a residency scheduling app (https://reschedulemed.com) and would love to talk to a doctor knowledgable about code. Shoot me an email? (the address is in my profile)

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by defraction on Monday September 21, 2015 @01:57PM (#10253974)

I am in a similar position. I am a med student who loves to program - I find eHEALTH really attractive!

health gnu looks really interesting. Have you guys any experience with its real world application?

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by jesseg17 on Saturday September 19, 2015 @04:15PM (#10245410)

As a high schooler who loves coding, I'm torn between these two fields. The problem is that I can code as much as I'd like now, but real medical experience is hard to come by.

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by runjake on Monday September 21, 2015 @11:24AM (#10252898)

This seems like a plus? Market interest in health tech/quantified self seems at an all-time high.

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Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career? by turgunovm on Saturday September 19, 2015 @06:46PM (#10245802)

Thats interesting :)

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