Re:Ask HN: Late-bloomer engineers, when and how did you disc...
by sua3000 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @09:33PM
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> Do you have any recommendations for types or scope of personal projects?
you're in a really great place to teach yourself because colleges will generally have hands-on, free help. Beyond that I would say get projects that people or business need - you'll be way more incentivized to learn. An internship with a small startup where you work for cheap would be a really great starting place. It's a tradeoff - cheap labor for them if they're willing to help teach you.
For security & systems, look for backendy, devops, or rel-eng. opportunities. You'll quickly learn a lot.
you're in a really great place to teach yourself because colleges will generally have hands-on, free help. Beyond that I would say get projects that people or business need - you'll be way more incentivized to learn. An internship with a small startup where you work for cheap would be a really great starting place. It's a tradeoff - cheap labor for them if they're willing to help teach you.
For security & systems, look for backendy, devops, or rel-eng. opportunities. You'll quickly learn a lot.