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Re:Ask HN: Starting a career as a programmer in my mid-40s by RNCTX on Sunday November 07, 2021 @01:57PM (#29142332)
> You may take a compensation hit.

Does not align with...

> the market is hotter than I've ever seen it. We desperately need people

Pick one.

If the software / web businesses aren't going to compete with other engineering businesses, they're not going to compete. At the end of the day it's pulling recent grads from the same pools (math/eng).

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Re:Ask HN: Starting a career as a programmer in my mid-40s by sokoloff on Sunday November 07, 2021 @03:37PM (#29143284)
Mid 40s Mech E switching to entry-level SWE may very take a comp hit, even if the SWE field is indeed the hottest I’ve ever seen it (including 1999).
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