Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and how did you do it?

Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by wffurr on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @12:01PM (#16377241)

My first programming job out of school was on really obsolete tech: IBM Unibasic aka Pick Basic in an ERP system. It's a career trap on par with taking a COBOL programming job right out of university: https://medium.com/@csixty4/pick-was-post-relational-before-...

I broke out and rebooted my career by quitting and going to grad school full time and getting a Master's degree in CS from a fancier university in a tech hub city. My phone blew up with recruiters when I graduated and posted my resume online.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by su30mki117 on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @03:57PM (#16379293)

Any tips that you can give to someone who is about to finish his Master's when it comes to looking for jobs?

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Re:Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and ... by wffurr on Thursday February 15, 2018 @01:36PM (#16386362)

Brush up on your algorithms and whiteboard coding. Tech interviewing is a skill that you can practice and master.

Cracking the Coding Interview, Topcoder, Euler Project, etc. are good places to do this.

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