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		thewileyone on July 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Got a CS degree, but I’m unable to be prog... Switch to being a tester for your first job. Learn a different point of view to producing quality software. If you want to go back into programming, it would less difficult. This is a path that I took.

jacekm on July 23, 2018 [–]

+1 to that. I started as a QA hoping to switch to being a dev in the future. However I eventually grew to like my role and I enjoy my work very much. I am much better QA than (potentially) a dev. IT is not only programming, there are plenty of more roles there.

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