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Ask HN: What was the single best turning point in your life as a programmer?

by ggr2342 on 9/20/23, 1:31 PM with 3 comments

Everyone has some pivotal moment in their career that propels their career in a positive direction. If you are a programmer or software engineer, what was that pivotal moment that made your skills increase in folds?
  • by beardyw on 9/20/23, 2:12 PM

    The web. In the 90s I made myself 'the web guy' in the software company I worked for just by getting on it at home and playing with what tools there were.
  • by radonek on 9/20/23, 1:52 PM

    Learning C. Never written any serious code in it, but still among most usefull skills to have.