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by nngrey 3495 days ago
After a long career in public health, I began learning to code at age 50. I took a couple computer science courses at a local university and then attended a bootcamp focused on Rails. The bootcamp got me an internship, and after the internship, I was hired on a junior dev. Three years later, I am still at the same company (although it has been acquired) and have received one promotion. Most of what I learned, I learned on the job, and there was a long period where I just googled, cut and pasted, but with time, things began to make more sense. I really enjoy what I do today and can imagine doing it for many years to come.
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