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Being stuck in low-paying boring job? Try coding/programming as there is huge shortage of developers, companies are willing to hire juniors with zero previous experience.

> be me > high school grad, now industrial worker > wake up every morning at 5am for 8hours of boring manual work in a factory > get some average salary, but with current inflation rate it's not going to be enough > can't imagine doing this for the rest of my life > friend is luring me into IT field > says companies can't find any new developers to hire > idea.jpg > spend few months on tutorials learning coding/programming in my free time > doing little steps at a time actually learned something and began to tinker a little bit > try to create a very small garbage project to raise my confidence > go to 1st interview for junior web app developer > nervous as fuck > they liked my little piece of garbage > got a contract after 1st interview in IT > im now waking…


> be me

> high school grad, now industrial worker

> wake up every morning at 5am for 8hours of boring manual work in a factory

> get some average salary, but with current inflation rate it's not going to be enough

> can't imagine doing this for the rest of my life

> friend is luring me into IT field

> says companies can't find any new developers to hire

> idea.jpg

> spend few months on tutorials learning coding/programming in my free time

> doing little steps at a time actually learned something and began to tinker a little bit

> try to create a very small garbage project to raise my confidence

> go to 1st interview for junior web app developer

> nervous as fuck

> they liked my little piece of garbage

> got a contract after 1st interview in IT

> im now waking up at 8 am

> get paid more than previous job, salary is now increasing every year

> after few years make more money than some college grads

> actual work time is about 5 hours, rest of the time is checking out reddit or slacking

> im happy in my job for the 1st time in my life

> mfw i made it out of the hell loop

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