Re: Advice for mid-life career change (to programming)


"Tony" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> So, what suggestions would you have for my next step in my attempt at a
> career change?


I suggest building a name for yourself by:

1) writing programming / web design articles and getting them published by
programming magazines

2) if that fails, post those articles on your own website

3) contributing to a significant open source project

4) stepping in on the newsgroups to help others solve programming problems


For networking, which works a lot better than sending out resumes:

1) join your local programming club

2) attend C or C++ standard committee meetings


It certainly won't hurt to learn C++ or D.


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