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im 29 yo. recently lose my job, and thinking about use some of my saving money to school for programming, for the sake of not being homeless, but idk consider of my age, will it helps me in the future to survive if i have a degree on programming.

pardon my english

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[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

We just hired a former musician who spent his 20s-30s in a band, and his 40s playing in dive bars.

He took a 2 year bootcamp and he's currently one of my juniors in his 50s. He told me the salary at the junior level was 2x more than he ever made.

Maybe he's lucky. But if you're obsessed with programming, you'll make it. It's a tough industry right now. But in two years, who knows? Maybe they'll be a hiring spree again.

[-] hungrythirstyhorny@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

wow.. good little story, thanks dude..

[-] Hammerheart@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

I needed to read this. Thank you.

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