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From the Oil Field to Silicon Valley: How Coding Changed My Life

by Harj on 11/12/18, 5:00 PM with 4 comments

• by charliewrites on 11/12/18, 5:25 PM

  "There are a lot of intelligent people out there with skills that are being wasted. They could be making products that are going to further society, in the “greater good” sense. There's a disconnect between these good engineers and companies, which is just a waste of human resources. It's just crazy.

  Companies like Triplebyte that are facilitating that connection have this trickle down effect on society. I've been very selfish in talking about the benefits to my own life, but this can really benefit society. It's not over night, and it's not necessarily very direct. But the existence of platforms like Triplebyte helps the percentage chance of propagating good stuff like that, which is all you can do."

  - This seems like an important point to me. - I wonder how many people out there are like this? - The way credentials work (at least for fields like tech) seems broken.

• by ejanus on 11/13/18, 6:53 PM

  I left Oil field some years ago but I haven't made it in coding field . I just can't figure out why . Looks like I need help

• by varjag on 11/12/18, 8:50 PM

  Puts your suffering in open space office into perspective.