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A startup I can't get a job, so I start a company. Not sure if it's super backwards.
> I'm curious what other kinds of work other former developers got into and if they like it. Speaking in general terms, age discrimination in tech (not just software development) is, in my opinion, a really serious problem. It's like society discards you after a certain point in time, even though you are likely more capable than most younger candidates. I am going to point the finger squarely at YC on some of this, s…
Its been about exploitation, and control. They want people who will blindly follow orders while providing the value that is implicit in intellect for pennies. Slavery by any other name.
Its not about society either, because this wasn't a choice made by society, it was a choice made by people who have money. Less the people who earned it, and more the people who stole it through money printing non-reserve debt issuance.
I’m usually hesitant to share but I’ve been doing commodities trading. There’s a humongous amount of BS out there about trading or day trading but the fact is that people do it and make it, and my best friend being a consistently profitable trader for the last 4 years didn’t help my skeptic case… At any rate, turns out that the challenge of trading is less of a technical or financial one. Sure, one needs to understan…
I'm contemplating becoming an aircraft mechanic. I've always loved planes and I still sometimes wish I had chosen to become a commercial pilot. There's a "crash course" school near me that's designed to get you the FAA A&P certifications in eight months. I'd be taking a significant pay cut at the beginning but after 5ish years I'd be back up about to where I am now.
I've thought of taking a similar path myself. Which school are you looking at?
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Did you need licensing / training to take on electrical work? Do you market yourself as an electrician or more just a handyman that does minor electric jobs?
I got my license in my gap year before uni a long time ago; it's not valid here, but in my country I got trained with a lot higher standards than where I live now so I can do anything besides actually hooking stuff up to mains. I helped some people out and they told others. Like said; there is a massive shortage of handy people and as this is not my day job, I have to say no a lot.
I’m usually hesitant to share but I’ve been doing commodities trading. There’s a humongous amount of BS out there about trading or day trading but the fact is that people do it and make it, and my best friend being a consistently profitable trader for the last 4 years didn’t help my skeptic case… At any rate, turns out that the challenge of trading is less of a technical or financial one. Sure, one needs to understan…
what success numbers you think are achievable for reasonably good algo-trader?
I also started with the idea of doing algo trading, my tests results looked amazing! then I learned about slippage, commission, over fitting my stuff to my test data... trading is not a computer problem, is a market problem and once one understands those building an algo makes more sense. I use some tools I coded myself but I still have no idea how to quantify what I see on a chart, why one "signal" I'm fine trading, and another is a no inspite of being the same signal (think stuff like SMA crossing)
Good luck!
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AI coding tools are rapidly changing what a single person can accomplish.
Where I ran up against the limits was not in coding tasks. Programming is "easy" It's UX & UI design, documentation, product specification, promotion. I'm unsurprisingly just not that good at these things, but also don't really like to do them. And missed having team members who specialized in them.
They already help me to write marketing copy (a weakness of mine), and have been helpful in solving bugs and researching the correct approaches to design.
I’ve been doing “soup to nuts” apps for a long time, but it can be tedious, so my scope is limited. I’m hoping that AI will help me to expand it.
Medicine. It's significantly harder than software engineering in terms of the lifestyle and demands on you, but I've never been happier or more fulfilled. A lot of the skills translate over, other than perhaps the actual coding.
So did you start med school? How old are you? It takes a long time to get to practice, so I'm wondering what is the full story here.
Did my premed coursework a decade ago when I did neuroscience. Just needed biochem, and about 800 hours of self-study for the MCAT. Interview two weeks ago, fairly optimistic about this cycle but if not, I think next cycle will go well.
Everyone focuses on the amount of schooling and training that this requires. I am happy when I am helping people and constantly learning new things, and I'm already doing both.
There are a lot of other options than just med school, tbh you can make as much money with way less schooling as an anesthesiology assistant.