Ask HN: What would you be doing if you weren't working in software?

Re:Ask HN: What would you be doing if you weren't working in... by matt_s on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @07:28AM (#27687259)

Probably some kind of actual engineer or architect of physical things. I just love understanding how things work and how to build them.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you be doing if you weren't working in... by jqpabc123 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @08:18AM (#27687555)

I went the opposite direction --- from engineer to software for a couple of reasons.

1) Software development is something you can easily teach yourself if you've math, science and logic skills. Get a computer, get on the internet, read, study, look at other people's work. For an engineer, it really ain't that hard.

The difficult part is separating the wheat from the chaff. For some reason, people tend to go to great lengths to make it more difficult than it has to be --- a real no-no in engineering.

2) You can start a software oriented business with virtually no money. I've been running my own SaaS (software as a service) business for 25 years.

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