Long road starts with the first step

In my 38 years old I decided to change my career from Building industry to Software engineering.

The reason is dissatisfaction.

So the most complicated thing is to make first step. As I had some background in programming I decided to enter Java internship program in SAM Solutions. I wrote my first CV:

• Age: 38
• Marital status: married
• English: intermediate
• Main programming language: Java, C/C++
• Hold position: foreman
• Developed projects:
  1. Keyboard trainer. C/C++
  2. Construction reinforcement. AutoCAD/AutoLISP
  3. English-Russian dictionary. XML/XSLT/HTML
  4. Phonebook. Java/Spring
• Skills/Technologies:
  • C/C++
  • Java
  • HTML
  • Assembler
  • SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Access
  • XML
  • DOM
  • Spring
  • TCP/IP
  • HTTP
  • MS-DOS
  • Windows
  • OS/2
  • macOS

I waited for feedback for almost two weeks and finally entered Ruby courses at Rubyroid labs.

Nowadays I understand that I made the right decision. Because choosing Ruby courses gave me ground knowledge in full-stack web-development, rather than some Java framework.

It was my first step.

I did it.