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Genuine good times. You spend hours and days, months and years head down in that cloud, that great cloud of complete immersion in code, software development...an immersive career you have to have a real passion for. Otherwise, it’s worse than not good. But, you’ll know if you love it pretty quick. When it compiles, when it finally works, it’s like that magic fix everyone wants, but it’s only right for a particular personality. Then, you cut loose!
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