RE: Starting anew as a Techie - by @lightforge13

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Starting anew as a Techie - by @lightforge13

in blog •  6 years ago  (edited)

Did it not seem a bit late to get into tech? I learned to code when I was about 17 and I thought that was a bit late at the time. I still think it was late for me. I have a degree that isn't IT related and I always look for things associated with that. Even though I keep up with programming and understand it fairly well, I feel intimidated to look for any programming work.

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P.S. Not trying to be discouraging, just trying to get your take. I wish you the best of luck with tech.

Thanks for the comment @rosebudds. To be honest, I'm not going to disagree with you, it is late, and the learning curve is insane. I have my doubts but I revel at the challenge. I hit the ceiling of my previous designation and the thought of moving to another job doing the same mundane things day in and day out felt like a much higher hurdle than changing professions completely. Granted, I could have made the change slowly, carefully picking jobs that will eventually get me to tech, doing diplomas and so on and honestly it would have been a lot easier. However, time moves on faster than we want it to, and tech changes rapidly, so even experienced guys are always learning. But truth be told, I was given a golden opportunity to take the dive, and if it wasn't for that, I'd probably still be bored out of my mind with the same old things. I didn't plan for this at all, but we don't have much control over our future so we go with the flow and see where it takes us.