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		onion2k on Jan 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would y... My first VB app was a lottery numbers generator. That immediately got me interested in writing software, and I've been writing code professionally for the past 20 years. A small start is more than enough to spark a life long career.

joss82 on Jan 11, 2017 [–]

That's what I and most of us did, I guess.

But isn't the professional stuff totally different from that initial first glimpse?

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