Greetings from an islander

[araknid]

Hi everyone. I live on a small island near the UK.

MJ's books have been very influential for me, not least because of their authenticity and value compared to most other business books.

I was working as a software engineer remotely for a tech company in London. I quit my job almost half a year ago to pursue my business, which I now realise was a mistake (process vs event). So I'm going back to work soon, but will continue to hustle in the evenings/weekends until I am fast lane.

I have tried and failed with at least 3 projects, but I am still going.

Hope to contribute to some discussions here and help others where possible!

 

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[Sega Saph]

Hello sir! What is your background? How you decided to become IT specialist? Did you have any abilities to it in childhood? Did you like math in school? How you become your career? Yor first job? Thank you

 

[araknid]

Hello sir! What is your background? How you decided to become IT specialist? Did you have any abilities to it in childhood? Did you like math in school? How you become your career? Yor first job? Thank you

Hi SEGA

My background was actually non-technical - I did a philosophy degree (quite a useless degree, which I do not recommend)! I started working for a law firm but hated it.

I decided to work in tech because I loved the idea of working remotely at the time. Also, the power of software amazed me.

Nope, I didn't really have any special abilities. I didn't enjoy math in school (I like it more now). I taught myself coding in my twenties (I'm still in my twenties).

I taught myself for a year, then I got a junior dev job working remotely for an East coast US company. The pay was quite low (for US standards) because I was living abroad at the time. A year and a half ago, I switched to working for the company I mentioned above, and my pay increased around 2-3x.

I mentioned in this thread, which I highly recommend reading, what I think about programming. The most important thing is that you either enjoy it or see it as useful to learn for your business. You do not need natural talent, whatever that means. Just a lot of hard work and perseverance.

Good luck, and free free to ask me more questions!