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A 37-year-old wanting to learn computer science

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165 points chbkall | 1 comments | 05 Jul 25 08:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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lisp2240 ◴[05 Jul 25 20:34 UTC] No.44475341[source]▶
Nobody else will tell you the truth: nobody will ever hire you as a software developer. You will never get past the filter.

I tried to enter the field at 35. I couldn’t get an interview with a CS degree. I did everything right. Good GPA. Portfolio. Professional resume help. Sent applications for two years and heard nothing. Now I’m 45 with nothing to show for it. All those late nights studying coding interview questions and I never got a chance to try.

The success stories you hear are people with friends or family members who get them through the door. Unless you know someone like this, give up now and don’t waste your time.

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1. yupitsme123 ◴[06 Jul 25 01:20 UTC] No.44476976[source]▶
An often forgotten field that's adjacent to programming but much easier to get into is network engineering. If you're smart enough to program then you're smart enough to to architect and configure a network. Salaries are comparable to programming jobs, and college degrees generally don't matter much.