InvisibleJim
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You're right @Priapus did the Hero's Journey in real life!
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Wanting to move into development - which area?
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Hamster
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Read the room bro. The guy with the least amount experience in this thread is a lead mobile developer with close to a decade's worth of experience.
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haha, this is awesome
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But seriously though, it's a classic resurrection - reminds me of the speed that tech moves. Coding since '98 
You're right @Priapus did the Hero's Journey in real life!
Hero's journey - Wikipedia
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It's been some journey and I am now about to move on to a third company.. in 8yrs.
You guys are old. Someone even said Blackberry would stick around
I once went to a BB workshop to learn how to write apps on them; CTO at bidorbuy at the time thought it would be a good thing. I forgot all about it right after the workshop.
**** its been so long and you were even in this thread back then.
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But I believe its heart lives on in the instrument panel of your Audi TT.You guys are old. Someone even said Blackberry would stick around
****. Why can't I be 24 again with the knowledge I have now?
It gets worse
Why must you bring the negativity here.It gets worse
To be fair it gets great too, that’s the joy of learning
I am 41 now and I have no intention of stopping.
RedViking
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It's always awesome to see how users grow and mature in life and experience. A small decision that was made 10 years ago, grew into a career. Well done for OP.
I wish more of us could think like that. The key is just to start somewhere.
I wish more of us could think like that. The key is just to start somewhere.
Thank you.
Starting is always the hardest part.
Thinking about it more. I’m not exactly what sparked the idea. I just knew I hated my then career and needed an out.
I recall getting one of those white MacBooks and I had an iPhone. I think it might have been that combination that lead to to think more about programming
RedViking
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Well. In 2008 I was in a 2x2 "maids" room, Core 2 Duo XP computer and a sleeping bag in Potch somewhere. Hell I hated that place. (My parents lived in a garage in Krugersdorp somewhere) . And I borrowed someones iBurst so I can make money online (with no hope to be able to study and uncertain future). Got R500 a month online.
Fast forward 13 years later. My 2x2 is now a house with fibre (which I need to leave soon, so thinking of buying) , still no studies lol, but doing consulting to architects in New Zealand and partnered with a friens starting a business.
But yeah, it all started with that Core 2 Duo and unreliable iBurst, and some awesome people along the journey.
Maybe not in your case, but Poverty Mindset was my biggest challenge life, and I still struggle with it, slowly getting out of it (the mindset). But once you just grab something and starting doing it and developing it, the rest will come and build over time.
Of course life is unpredictable, and we all have our lows, but then you get up and try again.
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