Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career?
by theoneone on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:38PM
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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
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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/
Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career?
by S4M on Sunday September 20, 2015 @01:04PM
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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.
Re:What was the biggest mistake of your career?
by lgieron on Saturday September 19, 2015 @04:20PM
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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/)