Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software...
by Izkata on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @09:39AM
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> as people outside think it is.
> don’t want to deal with learning new stuff on the job
I think this might be the big one. A few years ago I got small window into someone going from no programming experience to getting a job (completely self-directed, not through school or a bootcamp) and he thought he had to learn everything before getting the job. I had to reassure him that no, that's really not how it works in tech - even if you could learn all of ___ right now, there's stuff continually being added so you'll have to keep learning anyway.
His previous experience mostly came from skilled laborer jobs, where you could learn everything in like 6 months and from there onwards it's just refining skill (as he described it, at least) and probably some unskilled laborer jobs.
> don’t want to deal with learning new stuff on the job
I think this might be the big one. A few years ago I got small window into someone going from no programming experience to getting a job (completely self-directed, not through school or a bootcamp) and he thought he had to learn everything before getting the job. I had to reassure him that no, that's really not how it works in tech - even if you could learn all of ___ right now, there's stuff continually being added so you'll have to keep learning anyway.
His previous experience mostly came from skilled laborer jobs, where you could learn everything in like 6 months and from there onwards it's just refining skill (as he described it, at least) and probably some unskilled laborer jobs.