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> And in this industry, nobody is comfortable talking about it. Most of the people I work with graduated from school as guaranteed millionaires.

This is surprising to me. I’m also a former poor. A lot of people I work with in tech come from generally “normal” backgrounds. Middle to lower class (in excluding h1b and green card holders). It just turned out for them that their passion and hobby (computers) ended up being a great career.

Now things are probably different for younger generations now that the secret is out about P90 software salaries.

Good thing I got in while they were still taking nobodies.



> Good thing I got in while they were still taking nobodies.

I feel the same way! I look around at my younger peers with such impressive pedigrees: Stanford, Ivy League, PhD’s, former founders, etc. and I think “wow, I’d never even get my foot in the door if I were entering today!


Oh I'm not much different than you and the parent either.

I got in before the door closed for sure. I just started late so the younger ones are my peers.


Ha ha, you and me too. Grew up in a single-parent home where mom was a "secretary" (remember that?).

I've been a blue-collar programmer (not Software Engineer) my entire career.

I think they're finally on to me though and I may have to skip out soon. Code reviews, unit tests and Scrum are not my thing anyway. ;-)


Maybe its just the FAANG companies that are hiring only those from prestigious universities?

I still hope I can land a decent software engineering position someday without such a degree, even if its not at a FAANG company and doesnt pay as well




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