Ask HN: Was a dev. Became a lawyer. How do I become a dev again?

Re:Ask HN: Was a dev. Became a lawyer. How do I become a dev... by spag_meatballs on Sunday December 26, 2021 @05:43AM (#29691301)

1. Backend-wise it seems to be a Java, .Net, Golang and Node world at the moment, so you might like to prioritize those. If you are crazy or adventurous Rust, Ada, Kotlin, Erlang and Dlang are nice, but you will get few bites. Python is fine for all your scripting needs.

2. While you are earning good money in your biglaw job you should stay there while scoping out a startup you can use your legal quals + programming chops at. Or start your own. If I was starting a legal-falvoured startup and looking for devs I would hire you in a flash and train you to use my stack. Impossible the other way around.

Good luck

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Re:Ask HN: Was a dev. Became a lawyer. How do I become a dev... by ss108 on Sunday December 26, 2021 @12:49PM (#29694531)

Thanks

Luckily I know Node and .Net (though a little out of practice with that one). Learning Go as well.

Definitely keeping a list of legal tech startups to which to apply (hence why I am learning Go, tbh lol).

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