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Time for a new course (feddit.uk)

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[–] hdsrob@lemmy.world 70 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This is basically me.

I was in restaurant management in the late '90s, and knew it well, but loved computers and had been teaching myself programming for a while.

My last restaurant job was for a small franchisee, and I moved into IT and support for them after a couple of years (while also doing catering, covering vacations for managers, doing graphics on vehicles and banners, pretty much whatever needed to be done).

In 2001 I went to work for the company that sold us our POS Systems. Originally I did installation, training, and support, but started coding pretty quickly, and after a few years became lead.

I now own all of that software / IP, and my own company.

[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 25 points 21 hours ago

That rules. I hope you use your powers for good.