Ask HN: Returning to SW development after a 15-year break?

Re:Ask HN: Returning to SW development after a 15-year break? by dmrg on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @01:57PM (#26570749)

Consider starting in a QA role and gradually building your skillset toward possible transition into development, if that is what you will still want:

* while having low entrance barrier, manual QA role will allow you to get exposed to an industry and build domain knowledge

* you will get a daily sense of accomplishment and meaning which will help you deal with depression

* gradually you will be able to transition to automated testing, or an adjacent field, such as DevOps

* you will be able to make a living

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Re:Ask HN: Returning to SW development after a 15-year break? by ElectricMind on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:36AM (#26591952)

I disagree. QA is not SW development at all. Start with front end developer in any language, any framework or anything. But no QA or Testing.

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Re:Ask HN: Returning to SW development after a 15-year break? by backtoswdev15 on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:01AM (#26578257)

Thanks for mentioning QA, that was not on my radar.

The depression is currently not a problem. It's main reason, the skin problem, is fortunately gone.

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