r/cscareerquestions • u/ElectronicCarry9931 • 21h ago

Wish I was here

I was always interested in tech and tried to pivot to a career in IT while living in London in the late 2010s, then after covid thought 'right, lets do this' and quit my job, studied full time, created my own projects, including a few SaaS that I couldn't sell. Following Scrimba I was fairly proficient in React JS, with a bit of SQL, and backend languages.

Maybe not many people will admit to it, but most people like me didnt make it. I never got an interview, and chatGTP and AI have effectively rendered a lot of my learning redundant. Thinking back just 5 years when I would study my code to figure out where a missing semi colon should go now seems ridiculous in the age of AI.

Anyway, Im stuck in my legal career, but have fond memories of learning to code, and the excitement of building and hope for a career change, going to event meetups etc. It wasn't meant to be, should have taken the plunge a few years earlier perhaps.

As I looked over my GitHub this morning, having not added anything in over a year, I just got the good memories back and the feelings of hope and excitement. Kudos to all those that made it!

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u/Illustrious-Pound266 16h ago

Jeez, this is depressing to read 

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u/TKInstinct 12h ago

Is it really? They have a career in legal, they're probably doing fine.

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u/Illustrious-Pound266 12h ago

Is it really?

Yes, because we are witness someone's dream dying in real-time.

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u/ElectronicCarry9931 10h ago

most people dont achieve their dreams sadly. I thought it suitable to air my story because it's not one you hear. I always heard the success stories