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by mewpmewp2 812 days ago
It's probably a geographical thing as well, but I'm between age of 30-40, and not from US, I don't want to share the exact details of course.

It is unclear to me whether it is better nowadays, but times are changing quickly, it is hard to even predict future, or future jobs presently, so I think I honestly would be more stressed now if I hadn't set my life, career up, as I was able to do when I was younger.

I just remember school strictly as torture, and my real life beginning when I was able to do actual work and career, that developed my confidence because I was able to achieve real world success at something I naturally enjoy doing.

No point in dwelling on the past, but since we are having this topic, I still would like to question about all the wasted years in the youth.

I think when I started out, it probably was much easier to get coding jobs without any experience, compared to now, so if I was in present time, it would have been much more difficult for me, because ultimately due to all the difficulties I had a very non standard route of getting where I am.