The coding life ain’t just about the lines you write, it’s about the folks you know. Your network, that’s your secret weapon, the thing that fixes your career path and makes you smarter. Without it, you’re coding in the dark, lost at sea with all those algorithms, and nobody wants that. They say eighty …

  So, you want to be a tech guy, eh? Self-taught, you say? It’s a long road, a lonely one, where you build your career, brick by coded brick, like a damn bricklayer. It’s no sprint, more like a marathon, gotta have guts, passion, and a never-say-die attitude. About 35% of the guys coding out …