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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wrapping my head around coding concepts when I objectively got one of the worst educations available in this country has been hard work and I’m proud to be where I am. I hope you find something you can work towards.

Well, coding is only a start on path of programming.

[–] yrmp 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Well naturally, but I was and still am a dumb hick from Appalachia, so I didn’t understand that at the time. I’m a senior engineer now who does system integrations. I was speaking of the cliché advice given to people without marketable skills in a bit of a tongue-in-cheek way.