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Discussion on: Coming back to development after a decade away

 
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Will👨🏾‍💻✨(he/they)

The advantage to being a late bloomer and a lifelong screw up is perspective. I’ve been doing a lot of what I thought I should have been doing and failing because I didn’t want it. Now I have the presence of mind to go for what I want to do without feeling like I’m losing anything by compromising.

Scary, but less paralyzing than if I were still in my 20s.

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Judit Lehoczki (she/her)

I'm not religious but Amen to that! 😄
I'm in my thirties getting into software development for the first time. Absolutely loving it!
Good luck to you.

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Vicki Langer

Perspective is good. I think it's often hard to do what you want to when expectations (eg society, parents, mentors, role models, etc) are often very different.

Glad you're doing it now. Go get it!