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Re: Ask HN: How do you keep motivated if nobody supports you?

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Post by giancarlostoro »

dabockster wrote: post #137
thesmallestcat wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You shouldn't need to network to get a job programming or to advance your career. It doesn't hurt, but it's unnecessary. That's at least half of the allure of this line of work.

You're right. It shouldn't be necessary to network that much. But it can be necessary if you live in an area that doesn't favor the kind of job market necessary for tech opportunities.

Or if your "resume" wont get through HR, which isn't always discerning of talent.

Re: Ask HN: How do you keep motivated if nobody supports you?

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Post by devonkim »

dabockster wrote: post #138
rustynails wrote: post #128

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There are so many great response postings here that I don't know which one to praise the most. Maybe the one I'm replying to. You have a path forward. Take it, learn from it. When I was 10, I got into computers. You REALLY needed to be thick skinned back then as nobody got any support from anyone. If you expressed interest in computers, you were ostracised as a freak. I was bullied at school for it more times than I…

> You REALLY needed to be thick skinned back then as nobody got any support from anyone. If you expressed interest in computers, you were ostracised as a freak. Reminds me of high school where I chose not to learn coding on the side since another kid almost got expelled for "hacking". Sometimes you have to really choose your battles.

I stayed away from coding for a lot of pre-high school and figured I should go to music school since I found it easy because everyone kept advising me "you need to be really good at math to be a developer" and my interest and grades in math were mediocre with the same level of effort. Then there were other perception barriers (imagine being told you'd need to program on punch cards as a 12 year old... in the 90s). But it turns out you shouldn't really trust people that have never been in a career to get much valid advice about it.
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