Is it possible to become a humanities programmer?

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Thomas Storm2015-09-17 14:29:30

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Thomas Storm, 2015-09-17 14:29:30

Greetings, colleagues, the situation is as follows.
There is a girl, age up to 30 years.
By education - a linguist, in her career she was first an assistant, now she is organizing events and all sorts of marketing husks.
There is no experience in IT as such and never was.
Now she wants to change her field of activity, he suggested that she try herself in IT (either as a programmer or a tester). I signed her up for a couple of free courses for the "zero", but one question torments me.
Is it likely that such a person will be taken to a starting position (junior or trainee) in programmers / testers, if a person passes a certain self-training, will have skills, but at the same time, all previous experience is in no way related to IT? Well, age, of course, will they refuse because of it? Do they pay attention to this, do juniors take not quite young graduates?
Please respond to the point, preferably those who deal with hiring newcomers.

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Denis Ineshin, 2015-09-17
@v_sadist

It's easy to become a tester. There are many examples, even among acquaintances.
It’s more difficult as a programmer, I myself have a legal education. It was very difficult to retrain and took years. At the age of 30, it is more difficult to start such a process, you just need enchanting enthusiasm and interest in the profession.

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Dmitry Kovalsky, 2015-09-17
@dmitryKovalskiy

If a girl is drawn to IT only because of salaries, then it is better to immediately quit this venture. For starters, it's better to go as a tester, and immediately find out whether it will be possible to learn how to write auto-tests, or non-manual testing (write scripts or unit tests for program modules). Along the way, you can learn the syntax of the programming language used in the project, understand how the application under test is arranged. Do not be afraid to contact the developers for advice and help. Considering that the development teams, this is usually a solid sausage-party - the chance to win the favor is very high.

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thepry, 2015-09-17
@thepry

Is it likely that such a person will be taken to a starting position (junior or trainee) in programmers / testers, if a person passes a certain self-training, will have skills, but at the same time, all previous experience is in no way related to IT?

There is! :-)

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ramjke, 2015-09-17
@ramjke

I myself do not understand anything either in programming or in linguistics, but I have a linguist friend who went to a company developing an electronic dictionary.
Look at vacancies like these - where knowledge of both linguistics and programming is required
spb.hh.ru/vacancy/14608156
career.ru/vacancy/14476767

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Alejandro Esquire, 2015-09-17
@A1ejandro

Moreover, even just a school graduate can become a programmer =) i.e. "not even a humanist."

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Alexander Vasilenko, 2015-09-23
@SanchelliosProg

If there is a desire - then it is necessary! Necessarily!!!