Are there any other good in-person programs like this around SF that anyone could recommend? This one sounds great, except that I am a male which is not allowed apparently.
How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a software engineer in 5 months
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Re: How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a software engineer in 5 months
#62Damn good job. Genuinely happy for you, I think more so because I can relate so closely. I've made the very tough decision to not pursue a residency after medical school and to finally commit to jumping into the startup world. It's both really frightening and exciting to go in a completely different direction after dedicating 4 years of my life to rigorous education. I graduate in May, so I've been trying to absorb a…
kyro - I want to congratulate you on your decision! I went through the same thing (graduated in 2011) and it was indeed very difficult at the time. Over time your friends and family will come around and realize you made the best decision for yourself. Work hard, find a great mentor, and enjoy the ride !
Oh wow there's a couple of us? Are u in the bay area? We should get in touch as well and share stories and our ambitions!
Re: How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a software engineer in 5 months
#63sounds like a good article for hackbright, is there something similar existing for guys?
Re: How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a software engineer in 5 months
#64While I commend the drive to switch to career it is a little scary that it's apparently so easy to become a $100k engineer in 5 months in SF.
Reading HN from the other side of the pond in UK sometimes I get the feeling that there's more money than sense flying around the startup world and that this sort of switch to work in this startup ecosystem is why there are so many dreadfully poor app ideas that should never see the light of day being funded with millions of dollars of VC cash.
I may just have a slightly distorted view of startup world but is it really that easy to score a highly paid job with so little experience because they're so desperate for bodies who can write some code or is OP someone very talented who's just rolled with it and got very lucky?
Re: How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a software engineer in 5 months
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
When your biggest complaint about your full-time employment is that you are too sedentary, you are in a much better place than millions of other people.
Not to mention that we are living in an age of rapid innovation, including standing desks.
Benedictine Monks used standing desks for their tedious book rewriting.
Re: How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a software engineer in 5 months
#66Why is the $12,000 "Coder" school only for females? It
does remind me of the store keepers who sold miners
overpriced goods for their dream? I have a feeling,
if these women are hired; it has more to do with companies
wanting the hidden benefits of a female's presence in the
office?
This term Coder has always irritated me. I'm surprised it's not on Tee Shirts yet? "I'm a Coder", or better yet, "I'm a Koder". All very cute.
Right now--I guess in San Francisco--you can go to one if these schools, and land a cute job as a Coder--at 90K?
I wonder if these people will be employed when the bubble ends though?
Re: How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a software engineer in 5 months
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
What are locomotive/train engineers called in Canada? Like the guy driving the train.
Conductor
On passenger trains what are the people taking tickets called then? I've never heard the person driving the train to be called a conductor before since that's usually (at least in US terms) a demotion for them.