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I just got and accepted an offer to become a junior embedded software engineer! It took family, mentors at my company, people on Twitter when I belonged there and also many kind people on Mastodon.
@PHolder, I specifically was able to draw on the unit testing discussion and my attempts at C programming from advent of code during our interview. I can’t thank you enough!
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@derickflorian @PHolder I'm wondering if it's too late for me to "pivot" to software.
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@lopta @PHolder I am 35 but at any age it could be done, although age discrimination is real in general.
I got lucky even though I initially thought I would have to leave my company because I don’t currently have an engineering degree but I was able to work on projects after work on their team to gain more experience. I like my current job, but I definitely wanted to become a developer so if you want it, I say at least give pivoting a try!
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@derickflorian @PHolder
Congratulations and wish you success in your new role.