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Re:Ask HN: how to become technical in 2-3 years? by Sabrosa on Thursday April 21, 2011 @08:19PM (#2472880)
Wow, a developer job? Impressive. What was your background before then?
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Re:Ask HN: how to become technical in 2-3 years? by civilian on Thursday April 21, 2011 @08:28PM (#2472896)
I was doing data-entry vomit and I had a degree in biochemistry. I had taken two years of programming in high school (like 6-7 years ago) which helped give me a basic understanding/foundation.
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Re:Ask HN: how to become technical in 2-3 years? by tumes on Thursday April 21, 2011 @08:41PM (#2472921)
Ha, as someone with a degree is chem with a similar programming background who has been studying rails for 6 months, you give me hope and make me feel like a total slacker! Seriously though, that's awesome!
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