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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (6 children)

wooo! comp-sci dropout! I heard way too many of you describe the kind of code that gets written under deadlines and client demands. Programming is fun, why would I want to ruin it by turning it into work?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (4 children)

A piece of advice I wish I had listened to is “don’t turn your hobbies into a vocation”.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

There are a lot of other hobbies though, and not many other careers that pay as well as comp sci. If you can turn a programming hobby into a career, you should. You'll have enough money to find another hobby.

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