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Re:Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work by dfgasfjhjhsdojj on Monday December 19, 2016 @06:57AM (#13210870)
Really well. Dev work is way more fun than science! If you want some advice then:

- Take some time to learn some CS fundamentals.

- Make sure you know a language that someone that might employ you knows (just so they have a point of reference).

- Write some toy applications in the field you want to move to.

Re:Beware of Developers Who Do Negative Work by MereInterest on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @07:50PM (#13225849)
Thank you, and it is very good that the path I'm looking towards is possible. I've been brushing up on algorithms, mostly as I run into them in things that I have been writing on nights and weekends. Primarily C++ and Python, with a smattering of C, bash, javascript, and php. I have probably about 6-9 months before graduation, so I've been starting to look at fields in more detail, rather than the nebulous concept of "industry" that you typically hear about in academia.