Re:I don’t want to be a software developer anymore
by empath75 on Thursday November 23, 2017 @02:15PM
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I actually was working as a grocery clerk, then in a mail room. There are a lot of developers without degrees in the world. I was a nobody from nowhere and my vocational opportunities were pretty limited if I didn’t have the good luck of having a Commodore 64 when I was a kid.
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Re:I don’t want to be a software developer anymore
by LouisSayers on Thursday November 23, 2017 @03:49PM
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We had a Commodore 64 when I was a kid. It was fun! I used to play games on it. That was the only thing I did on it - I guess I just didn’t know that you could do more than play games on it. Maybe I was a bit too young at the time, or the fact that it was gifted to my family who knew next to nothing about computers.
So I still ended up working at supermarkets and doing manual labour jobs until I was at university and started doing some tutoring.
I think it’s good to have had the experiences of doing some manual labour type jobs - it gives people context and perspective.