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Seven Stages of Career Change To Code

Jun 22, 2025
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If you want to become a coder, of course you need to learn to code.

But pause for a moment and consider...

Will it be enough?

Will learning to code get your resume noticed?

Will it bring you interviews?

Will you know how to prepare for interviews?

Will you know how compete with the CS Grads that the hiring manager is interviewing at the same time?

Will you thrive in your first 30 days at your first dev job and actually be seen as effective?

Will you manage to complete all SEVEN stages to get hired?

The marketing BS will persuade you to look no further than learning to code because that's how they can sell the thing you're most focused about except ...

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