Ask HN: Have you ever left your software development career as immigrant?

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Post by greencore » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 9:59 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Have you ever left your software development career as immigrant?

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Post by greencore » Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 10:15 PM UTC

I already had a front-end development job in my home country when I arrived to Copenhagen to deliver news papers at night. Tried to get a dev job there but I was rejected without interviews. Went back to my home country when I understood that the only job I can do is programming.

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever left your software development career as immigrant?

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Post by factorialboy » Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 7:42 AM UTC

As an immigrant I went from soft engg to sales, then back to r&d engineering.

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever left your software development career as immigrant?

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Post by marto1 » Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 3:39 PM UTC

factorialboy wrote: post #3

As an immigrant I went from soft engg to sales, then back to r&d engineering.

I'm about to delve into sales. Would you mind expanding on what detracted you from sales ?

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever left your software development career as immigrant?

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Post by factorialboy » Mon, Aug 30, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

marto1 wrote: post #4

factorialboy wrote: post #3

As an immigrant I went from soft engg to sales, then back to r&d engineering.

I'm about to delve into sales. Would you mind expanding on what detracted you from sales ?

Nothing. I love sales. After 5 years, it's time for the next chapter.

If you're interested, I'm authoring a series of essays (might be a short book someday) on the transition from engineering to sales.