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I have also started my career in Software Development with a student job for QA where I was manually testing iOS apps while studying marketing. I was 24 when I took this job because I needed money and was good with computers and interested in software anyway. I am almost 28 now, working freelance with a partner, recently incorporated our little agency, developing products on the side and making around 120k$ a year pre-tax. So with some grid and determination it is well possible. My advise would be to:

- Ignore gatekeepers (The programmers at this first job ridiculed me when I was asking programming questions)

- When possible find a partner / mentor that you can learn form and with and whit whom you can motivate each other

- Keep on learning really hard, don't settle

- Show some fucking passion and good things will happen :)