Re:Ask HN: Late-bloomer engineers, when and how did you disc...
by wilsynet on Thursday April 23, 2020 @02:17AM
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I dropped out of highschool when I was 16. Worked at KFC and McDonald's. Went to a local community college for a couple of years and learned how to program at 19. And then shortly dropped out again.
Eventually, my parents convinced me that I should go back to college. Which I did at age 24, as a 1st year computer science student.
I graduated with a CS degree from a university almost no one has heard of.
Today, I'm an Engineering Director at Google and I love my job and the people I work with.
You don't need to start programming when you're 9. But there's no substitute for putting in the hours. Or learning the material. Maybe you should switch majors?
Eventually, my parents convinced me that I should go back to college. Which I did at age 24, as a 1st year computer science student.
I graduated with a CS degree from a university almost no one has heard of.
Today, I'm an Engineering Director at Google and I love my job and the people I work with.
You don't need to start programming when you're 9. But there's no substitute for putting in the hours. Or learning the material. Maybe you should switch majors?