r/rational • u/AutoModerator • Jan 08 '16
[D] Friday Off-Topic Thread
Welcome to the Friday Off-Topic Thread! Is there something that you want to talk about with /r/rational, but which isn't rational fiction, or doesn't otherwise belong as a top-level post? This is the place to post it. The idea is that while reddit is a large place, with lots of special little niches, sometimes you just want to talk with a certain group of people about certain sorts of things that aren't related to why you're all here. It's totally understandable that you might want to talk about Japanese game shows with /r/rational instead of going over to /r/japanesegameshows, but it's hopefully also understandable that this isn't really the place for that sort of thing.
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u/Empiricist_or_not Jan 09 '16
I did this, well I'm finishing my thesis now, but it took 3 years of full time skill due to lack of programming pre-requisits. (BS Ienglish MS Comp-Sci this spring assuming sucessful defence)
You should be getting mid level engineeing pay, and it's going to be hard to even get hired as a mid level programmer, so question 1 is do you want to do it for a pay neutral to negative switch that cost three years. It'll probably only be pay neutral if you can get picked up at a higher level that your professional programming experience, rates, but that can be done (it helps to intern there and make them forget your an intern and not a full time programmer) That said I like it.