Oops, I Became an Engineer
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A career pivot from English grad school and assistant dean to junior engineer at LivingSocial shows that writing skills transfer and that a short, focused training path can land an engineering job. The path uses community college C and systems classes, an in-person bootcamp teaching HTML CSS JavaScript Ruby on Rails, and networking to secure interviews. Concrete claims: expect repeated failures, limit scope to two or three edits or rules, Epicodus curriculum is available free online, and the job pays more and lets one wear jeans.
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