Re:Switching Jobs
by gervase on Sunday November 19, 2017 @07:15PM
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Is there any way to view the inverse, "Which professions were most likely to switch to X?" I'd be interested to see where most developers are coming from, instead of where they're switching to. I couldn't figure out how to see that information from the page.
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Re:Switching Jobs
by claudiulodro on Sunday November 19, 2017 @08:37PM
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As one data point, I was a furniture upholsterer before I switched to development.
How did you make the switch? Did you have practical experience beforehand? Or did you take courses?
Re:Switching Jobs
by claudiulodro on Monday November 20, 2017 @11:38AM
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I spent some time messing around with QBasic and Microsoft FrontPage when I was a kid, but that was about the extent of it. I was able to get a grant from the government (thanks Obama!) for college and got a CS degree at the local state university.
Overall, I'd say it was an excellent investment on the government's part. They spent a few thousand on grant money and will be getting hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax revenue over my lifetime from increased earnings.
Re:Switching Jobs
by franklin_cobb on Monday November 20, 2017 @12:25AM
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I'd be interested in that too. I switched to development from carpentry. I'd like to know where to go when I get burned out on development. I'm not really interested in the standard management or project management routes.