<story><title>Tell HN: I just wanted to say: thank you, Hacker News</title><text>a few years ago i posted a question:&lt;p&gt;Ask HN: Chances for Restarting a Career in CS @ 30+ ?
( https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=7997624 )&lt;p&gt;after reading all the answers and recommendations, i decided to study CS in 2015.&lt;p&gt;it was quite challenging in every sense: time&amp;#x2F;money management, high drop-out rates (~80% fail or stop studying cs at my university), lack of math skills - school was far far away.&lt;p&gt;now, i finished it and i can say, i definitely don&amp;#x27;t regret it. it sharpened my mind and changed my mindset in a positive way. i&amp;#x27;ve got absolutely no problems finding job offers (mainly as consultat or junior software engineers (i.e. IBM)) although i am now in my mid-thirties.&lt;p&gt;thank you, hn community</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>50something</author><text>I am finishing my bachelors in CompSci at Harvard Extension and just got hired by Google. And I&amp;#x27;ve got about 20 years on you. So yeah, absolutely, this can work!&lt;p&gt;It was fun and challenging competing with top computer science students. In the long run, my organizational skills, focus, determination and world experience outweighed their raw brainpower and better memory.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s an ultramarathon, not a sprint.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>eganist</author><text>&amp;gt; just got hired by Google. And I&amp;#x27;ve got about 20 years on you.&lt;p&gt;As impressive as your achievement is, I&amp;#x27;m equally impressed that Google finally started addressing their perceived ageism problem.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tell HN: I just wanted to say: thank you, Hacker News</title><text>a few years ago i posted a question:&lt;p&gt;Ask HN: Chances for Restarting a Career in CS @ 30+ ?
( https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=7997624 )&lt;p&gt;after reading all the answers and recommendations, i decided to study CS in 2015.&lt;p&gt;it was quite challenging in every sense: time&amp;#x2F;money management, high drop-out rates (~80% fail or stop studying cs at my university), lack of math skills - school was far far away.&lt;p&gt;now, i finished it and i can say, i definitely don&amp;#x27;t regret it. it sharpened my mind and changed my mindset in a positive way. i&amp;#x27;ve got absolutely no problems finding job offers (mainly as consultat or junior software engineers (i.e. IBM)) although i am now in my mid-thirties.&lt;p&gt;thank you, hn community</text></story><parent_chain><item><author>50something</author><text>I am finishing my bachelors in CompSci at Harvard Extension and just got hired by Google. And I&amp;#x27;ve got about 20 years on you. So yeah, absolutely, this can work!&lt;p&gt;It was fun and challenging competing with top computer science students. In the long run, my organizational skills, focus, determination and world experience outweighed their raw brainpower and better memory.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s an ultramarathon, not a sprint.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mkagenius</author><text>&amp;gt; n the long run, my organizational skills, focus, determination and world experience outweighed their raw brainpower and better memory.&lt;p&gt;Great. Would love to hear more of the story.</text></comment>