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Reading this thread makes me feel good. Software developer 2 years into uni, making 70k and doing school part time. Took a year off to finish school up after 2 years of work. Graduating today (last exam is in 7h wish me luck lads) and just got a job for 85k at a big tech company. Age: 23

Before you fags go like "oh you're lucky to be in CS", go fuck yourself. I go to a difficult university, and I can't tell you how many nights I've spent working on projects, assignments, learning difficult mathematics. I dealt with difficult deadlines at work, and had to pick up new technologies every two months. I had to work alongside people of 10-20 years of experience and not choke. The reason I got the job offer was because I was extremely productive during my internship, which they hired me full time out of.

I code at least 4 hours a day even when I'm not working. And I'm still shit at it. In my uni the grad rate for my program is 25%, and they don't let any retard in. There is no shortage of software developers. There's a shortage of good software developers. 96% of interviewees can not write functional code during the interview. Software development is a 125iq+ field. I don't doubt some of you can learn it on your own (100% possible if you have the drive and intelligence) but a lot of you won't be able to.