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Just want to share that in August I'll be starting my career as a developer, something which I'm super nervous and excited about.

I just finished my bachelor degree, and will be starting mid-August. I've been moderately interested in the concept of programming since I was 14, but I initially didn't think I had what it took to make it my profession ("Programmers need to be good at math and that sort of stuff, right?") So I studied electronics and started at the same place where I finished my apprenticeship, working IT support. Eventually, I found myself not fully pleased with how things had turned out and quit my job to get a bachelor degree. And now, having graduated a few days ago, I'm very excited to see what my future as a developer will bring. I'm stoked and nervous at the same time, and I just wanted to share this with someone.

During my time as a student, I've been so lucky as to have discovered the world of JavaScript/Node.js/React in addition to all the standard Java-centric curriculum they taught at school, and I think that's an area I hope to explore more in the coming future.

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    8y
    Props to you for realizing you weren't that into what you were doing and taking action to rectify it!
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    8y
    Congrats on seeking what makes you happy. You picked good tools to build on. I hope you enjoy your career in technology as much as I have enjoyed mine.
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    8y
    Congrats!! could you give tips to a fellow graduate currently applying to positions? thanks!
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    8y
    @LFarquaad thanks. My tips would be to seek out some aspects of the vastness that is IT and specialize in it. I believe it's harder to be successful as a jack-of-all-trades in today's world than excelling at one single area. It doesn't have to be a narrow one at that -- mine seems to be going towards front-end, and I can only hope that I won't regret that choice. But as my (limited) experience with employers go, they are surprisingly apt at sensing enthusiasm. So, again, I think you should just find the stack or area you like the most and get as good as you can with it. And *play* a lot. Have fun with it. That's what I noticed separated the good from the mediocre students that I studied with: the mediocre ones didn't have the interest to go outside the curriculum they were being taught and to experiment and play around with the technologies.
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