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Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by ryandrake on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @08:13PM (#13872783)
Just curious, how close are you and pacaro to 40? Congratulations on your success but you guys might find the smooth sailing become much less smooth the older you get.
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Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by pacaro on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @10:20PM (#13873279)
I'm in my mid 40s, currently a Principal Engineer at Amazon. My experience is probably not typical for all sorts of reasons
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Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by ryandrake on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @12:44PM (#13877448)
Fair--everyone's situation is different and I was making a generalization. Congrats on your early good luck and sustained success!
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Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by acchow on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @08:19PM (#13872809)
I was in my mid 20's when I quit my job to learn programming.

Do you mean if I tried to enter the industry in my 40's it would have been much harder? Or now that I'm in the industry, the smooth sailing will eventually get rougher as I approach my 40s? If the latter, I don't really believe it...

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Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by ryandrake on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @10:07PM (#13873230)
Yea, I meant the latter. Software is the ultimate "early plateau" career.
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Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by acchow on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:30AM (#13874213)
Isn't it standard to just go to Google when you're older and cruise it out there?

Also, I think plateauing is fine.... Why do I need to move upwards when they're paying me plenty already?

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Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by lazyasciiart on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @04:17AM (#13874592)
"Standard"? What percentage of the industry do you think will ever work for Google?
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Re:How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS ... by aquabib on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:44PM (#13878638)
About 0.1%
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