• @tomcatt360@lemmy.zip
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      1225 days ago

      People hear that it’s a higher paying office job that has a low barrier for entry, not realizing that continuing education and constant learning are mandatory. If you don’t have a passion for it, you struggle.

    • @Zink@programming.dev
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      625 days ago

      Probably the old assumption “there’s money in computers” is still guiding some people into the wrong field.

    • @TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
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      425 days ago

      I know someone who just started studying game development. No prior programming experience required. I guess that’s not a problem as long as you do your homework properly.

      • @datavoid@lemmy.ml
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        225 days ago

        I’d say programming / comp sci are kind of different skill sets. Working in IT basically just requires that you know how to use a computer - I’ve met plenty of devs who are pretty poor with their OS.

    • Swordgeek
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      325 days ago

      I work with a number of developers who don’t know how to find and edit a file on their computer.

      Literally.