We’ve turned into a Hive, things are getting serious.

A virgin IT specialist 😔
- Pays money for education.
- Spends months looking for a job.
- Ruins his health.
- Gets calls on weekends.

Or, like my husband – he went to university for free to study to be a physics and computer science teacher (by the way, computer science is also taught in technical schools). He got his first job as an IT specialist with minimal knowledge, based on the principle of "well, you know your way around computers and programs, so you'll figure it out."

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Or, like one of my artist friends, who studied graphic design at a technical school (or something like that, I don't remember exactly), then worked for a pittance for a couple of years at an animation studio in Voronezh, while also drawing commissioned art on a tablet (often porn or furry porn). He built up a portfolio, first moved to St. Petersburg, then abroad. Now he works for 300k+ (although, probably even more, since we haven't talked in a long time) as a designer in a foreign game company. I don't know exactly what he's doing now, but I definitely remember that he drew character, item, and furniture models for Pathfinder and its expansions. But that's not IT, and it's probably the only success story among my acquaintances.