Comment on 2025 be vibin'

• Ajen@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  There are a lot of other hobbies though, and not many other careers that pay as well as comp sci. If you can turn a programming hobby into a career, you should. You’ll have enough money to find another hobby.

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• PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I abandoned my plan to go into software development by means of university, left secondary school and took up employment in a different field.

  After a bit of lateral movement and promotion to a job that was more desk-oriented, I’m doing a computing degree part time, and I actually really enjoy it.

  I’m doing it for fun, because I enjoy the subject - I’ve got no plans to use it and there’s no job pinned on the hopes of passing. It’s wonderfully liberating.

  That said, I appreciate I’m in a privileged position to be able to do what I’m doing.

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  • spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And I think this merits being said, I think I speak on behalf of many here that were happy for you! Congratulations!

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    • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Thank you, friend. It’s lovely to have such a positive reply.

      I’d recommend it to anyone - education is never wasted. This is the end of year five or six now mind and I’ve had a bit of a titsful of it - the summer break has come at a perfect time. I’ll smash this last year in then give it a rest I think, maybe formalise my French over a year or two.

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