Hi all. The article is more for those who are over 30 and who still doubts taking this step and changing their lives. But I invite everyone else to read it too. At the time of writing, I am 32. A year and a half ago I completed the JavaRush course, a little over a year ago I found my first job, and half a year ago I became a certified programmer. Well, now more about this path. I wrote the first lines of code a long time ago, when even I myself still had no idea what it was and why I was doing it. My childhood passed at a time when not every family could afford a computer. But I was lucky (I was generally lucky with my parents). No, I didn’t have a computer until I was 18 years old, but my parents, instead of a regular game console, which is now called the fashionable word “console,” gave me a console in the form of a full-size computer keyboard. You could insert joysticks (gamepads), cartridges with games or programs into this keyboard console and play. In general, it was essentially a “dandy” prefix (you can google it to get an idea of what we’re talking about), only it looked like a keyboard. This console also came with a book on programming in BASIC and a pre-installed console, in which I took my first steps in programming. But that was a distant 20 years ago. This stage, unfortunately, ended very quickly. I forgot what BASIC was, and I forgot that it was even possible to do anything through the console. When choosing my profession, I settled on a technical specialty and decided that electrical engineers would always and everywhere be in demand. He studied well and successfully graduated from college. But they were in no hurry to hire me for an engineering position. And as a result, my first job was the subway, and I received the position of electrician, i.e. ordinary electrician. A year later, I was promoted to electrician, but this is also an ordinary electrician, only in addition to your main job, you also fill out magazines. After just a few years, I realized that I had reached my maximum in this position, and there were no prospects for growth, so I began to look for further ways of development. But at that time I still wanted to connect my life with the profession I had acquired. After much thought, I decided to go abroad and gain experience from our European colleagues. But even there I only managed to get a job as an electrician. After another couple of years, I also realized that I wasn’t learning anything new, everything had become routine, but it was also far from home. And at that moment I made one of the most important decisions in my life. Although almost all the people close to me at that time argued that it was too late for me to change anything and, moreover, “Why? You’re a good electrician.” But despite all this, at the age of 30 I decide to become a programmer. I decide that I want to learn Java. By incredible chance, I came across an advertisement for JavaRush (at that time there were New Year's discounts on an annual subscription). And I begin to persistently absorb the materials from the lectures, while reading books at the same time. I would like to note that at this time I had not yet quit my job and continued to work 10-12 hours a day, 5-6 days a week. And in this mode, I completed the entire course in about six months, hearing from my colleagues something like: “Since you’ve been sitting on this laptop all weekend, you’d better go for a walk” or “Do you think you can become a programmer? Do not make me laugh". Following the course on JavaRush, I took several courses on databases and began to master Spring. With this knowledge, I began to take my first interviews remotely in the IT field. I quit my job and returned home because... I was accepted for an internship at a large company. It so happened that I completed the internship, but was not hired for the project. But another company believed in me and took me in. After six months of work, I decided for myself that I wanted to pass the certification, and after a while I became an Oracle Certified Java Programmer. Now I work as a Java developer and improve my level on interesting projects in a small but successfully developing company. I continue to study and learn something new every day. And I wish you not to be afraid to change a life in which something does not suit you. After all, it’s always better to try to change something for the better than to blame yourself later for not having the courage to try. P.S. You might think that I'm just some kind of fickle person and change jobs like socks. And you will most likely be right. You can say that it will be the same with this work. And you may be right about this. But I can only say that neither you nor I know the future. But at the same time, I know for sure that I left only when I realized that I had stopped developing, and when I realized that there were more prospects “there” than “here.” I wish the same for you. You might think that I’m just some kind of fickle person and change jobs like socks. And you will most likely be right. You can say that it will be the same with this work. And you may be right about this. But I can only say that neither you nor I know the future. But at the same time, I know for sure that I left only when I realized that I had stopped developing, and when I realized that there were more prospects “there” than “here.” I wish the same for you. You might think that I’m just some kind of fickle person and change jobs like socks. And you will most likely be right. You can say that it will be the same with this work. And you may be right about this. But I can only say that neither you nor I know the future. But at the same time, I know for sure that I left only when I realized that I had stopped developing, and when I realized that there were more prospects “there” than “here.” I wish the same for you.
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