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Career Switching........

Matt Taylor on February 18, 2024

Hi there, My name is Matt and I am a career changer / switcher. I used to drive truck and trailer units for a living up and down the country. After...
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Ben Halpern

If you’ve found your way to DEV you’re on the right track!

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Nathan G Bornstein

What kind of languages are you interested in? Or put in a different way, what kind of things would you want to make/work on? It's such a hard thing to switch and it's definitely a bumpy road, but persistence is key. When things seem insurmountable, that's the most important time to remember why you chose to go this path in the first place.

Be kind to yourself, take time for yourself and reach out to your community (here or elsewhere). I'd love to provide some resources to you once I know what languages/projects you're interested in

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Matt Taylor

I am currently studying with Yoobee Colleges to get my diploma in software development. I want to get into building secure apps.
I am enjoying learning C++ at the moment.
I had studied full stack development with the Developers Institute before they went under.
So that's where I am at right now.

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Gabriel Carvalho

Good luck

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Volker B. Duetsch

Wish you all the best. If you go for Golang, maybe some of my notes may help you github.com/vbd/Fieldnotes/blob/mai... or some of my other notes can be of help.

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JAO

I only drive trucks in ETS. Hope you enjoy your IT career, it's a lot of fun learning new things!

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Guilherme Martin

Good luck!

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Luca Ramseyer

You got this!

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kevinbkdev

Best wishes for you !

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Pizofreude

Best of luck Matt, ygt!

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Igor Rubinovich • Edited

You already have the patience of a long-distance driver. Software is very similar, you sit on your chair and stay focused. Good luck!

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Antoine Despres

Have fun 🦾

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fullfull567

How did you pull this off

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Matt Taylor

hehe what do you mean? ?

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Hasitha

Wish you all the best !

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Akhilesh286

good luck wishing you a great feature

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Mace

Best of luck!