Have you ever had to give up on a dream career? (lemmy.ml)

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I wanted to be a programmer a few years ago but I just couldn't put my head around it. Considering AI is becoming a thing I made the right call there.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah IT is intensely customer focused, either via direct support or project planning and coordination with execs/etc at the higher levels.

You have to have deeply arcane technical knowledge, but also at least passable social skills and patience to do the work well.

this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025

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