Starting in Special Ed and ending at Microsoft (so far), my journey into Software Engineering was difficult to say the least. If I could start over, where would I land? Which languages would I learn and which projects would I build?

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Chapters:
Intro – 0:00
Langs I learned – 0:29
Most useful languages to know – 1:10
My point – 1:45
Coding vs programming – 2:50
Best starting language – 3:35
What to do next – 4:22
What do I build – 6:10
Dunning Kruger Effect – 8:18
Are Hackathons worth? – 8:40

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