From Lawyer to Programmer
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From Lawyer to Programmer
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#2I asked God if the World was perfectly just. He asked if I was calling Him lazy.
If you make more money, you earn it, or don't enjoy it or lose it or something.
God said, "pride or money, choose one." Advanced degrees cost money and are humbling because you are amongst peers.
God says... while answered total misery away groans Word safety Madagascar -for constituted chosen light ghetto glad goodly mistresses Substance blameless flat sue plot Vietnam Catholics School pander lusts Hide what's talent humbledst permission plead Living holden enquire attained heaven-taught wounds Prelate palate foundations products any bitterness disclosed referred bank makest draws
Just remember, "Thou shall not covet."
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#4What is a recommended accelerated developer program like hackbright but for everyone(not just women)?
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#5It's been just over 3 years since I last practiced law, and I just let my last state license go inactive. I couldn't be happier with how things have turned out. The job hunt can be frustrating, but after a few months, someone took a chance on me as a mobile developer, and now I've got 3 years experience in a decently hot field. The best part may be the people. There are jerks in every occupation, but nothing attracts and cultivates horrible personalities - bosses, co-workers, and especially clients - like a law office.
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Most interviewers don't seem to care either way. They don't hold your laywerdom against you, but you don't get any bonus points for the "attention to detail" or "grace under pressure" type soft skills. Also, most states let you go inactive without termination - all you have to do is some back-CLE to restart.
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#7This is an interesting story, and as a hardware engineer looking to get into pure coding, I find it encouraging. That said, there's no shortage of online code-camps that are willing to accept your tuition. As my company isn't going to front the $5-10k that many schools want to charge, I'm more interested in hearing about the employment prospects/ROI that result from these schools.
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#8The "Law School changes how you think" line seems to be a popular one, but I'm not sure I buy the premise that it's inherently different. Anyone know of studies done to compare neurological effects between fields of study? I wonder if she'll feel the same about coding after finishing hackbright.
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#9The article states "law is perhaps the only field where being a pessimist is actually an advantage", but I actually find this is an attribute that programmers and lawyers share. In developing code, one is always trying to think of all the possible inputs and outputs includes the unintended corner cases in order to write robust code.
I would say the two professions are more alike than credit is given, and working as a programmer in a lawyer-heavy firm, I've often been told by those in the legal profession that programmers have the ability to think logically stepwise through law more clearly than others.
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#10The "Law School changes how you think" line seems to be a popular one, but I'm not sure I buy the premise that it's inherently different. Anyone know of studies done to compare neurological effects between fields of study? I wonder if she'll feel the same about coding after finishing hackbright.
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