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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by eyelidlessness on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:16PM (#25298855)
This is so sad to read. I made my way into a tech career in what would properly be described as “hacker” in the traditional sense, though I never applied the term to myself. I came into a ton of formal knowledge and became quite talented through paths that opened with recognition of my experience and skills. I’m going into the job market for the first time in a few years and this is exactly what I feared.

That said, I’m still very talented and I’m not going to let it shake me. Y’all can have the rat race, I’ll go find myself a place I can be productive.

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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by Shared404 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:28PM (#25298951)
Hoping the best for you. I'm hoping to either follow a similar path, or dodge computing entirely as a career path, find an interesting job, and keep it as a hobby where I have the chance to work on interesting problems. Don't know that I would describe myself as talented though, but definitely driven.
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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by workthistime on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:10AM (#25302348)
> Hoping the best for you. I'm hoping to either follow a similar path, or dodge computing entirely as a career path, find an interesting job, and keep it as a hobby where I have the chance to work on interesting problems.

I’m at the point I’m seriously considering this, and I’m just not sure I can do it. Everytime I run through the possibilities in my head nothing adds up. The only viable careers for me to switch into are a) not interesting or b) pay depressingly little and would require me to obtain expensive credentials.

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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by Shared404 on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:23AM (#25302462)
Check out this thread [0] I started the other day, there are a couple of recommendations there.

One of the jobs mentioned is free time rich and money OK, and the other I don't know what the payment is like, but would require credentials.

If you haven't worked in foodservice yet, I actually highly recommend it as an experience, at least in a short term sense.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25243187

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